
    HENRY C. FULLER v. THE UNITED STATES.
    (30 C. Cls. R., 108; 160 U. S. R., 593.)
    
      On the defendants’ Appeal.
    
    A mate in the Navy in 1888 is attached to and serves on a receiving ship. If he is a petty officer he is entitled to a ration.
    The court below decides:
    1. The Eevised Statutes (secs. 1408, 1410,1569,1579) changed the law concerning mates in the Navy. Under the Eevised Statutes they must be regarded as petty officers.
    2. The Navy Eegulations, 1893, which declare that “ mates are petty officers," are authorized by law.
    The decision of the court below is affirmed on the same grounds.
    January 20, 1896.
   Mr. Justice Beown

delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court,  