B-134164, JAN. 9, 1958
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MORRIS: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 4. WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LETTERS DATED DECEMBER 13. WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION YOUR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 5. YOUR ATTENTION WAS INVITED TO THE ACT OF DECEMBER 22. YOU WERE ADVISED THAT SINCE YOUR CLAIM WAS NOT FILED WITH US UNTIL AUGUST 23. CONSIDERATION THEREOF WAS BARRED BY THAT LAW.
B-134164, JAN. 9, 1958
TO MR. ARTHUR J. MORRIS:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 4, 1957, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR PAY BELIEVED TO BE DUE YOUR LATE FATHER, ARTHUR MORRIS, INCIDENT TO HIS SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. ALSO, WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LETTERS DATED DECEMBER 13, 1957, AND DECEMBER 20, 1957, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION YOUR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 5, 1957, TO THAT AGENCY RELATIVE TO THE SAME MATTER.
BY OUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 4, 1957, YOUR ATTENTION WAS INVITED TO THE ACT OF DECEMBER 22, 1911, 37 STAT. 49, WHICH LIMITED THE TIME FOR FILING CLAIMS GROWING OUT OF THE SERVICE OF SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO DECEMBER 31, 1912, AND YOU WERE ADVISED THAT SINCE YOUR CLAIM WAS NOT FILED WITH US UNTIL AUGUST 23, 1957, CONSIDERATION THEREOF WAS BARRED BY THAT LAW.
THE ACT OF DECEMBER 22, 1911, 37 STAT. 49, PROVIDES:
"NO CLAIM FOR ARREARS OF PAY, BOUNTY, OR OTHER ALLOWANCES GROWING OUT OF THE SERVICE OF VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR SHALL BE RECEIVED OR CONSIDERED BY THE ACCOUNTING OFFICERS OF THE TREASURY (NOW THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE) UNLESS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE * * *.'
SINCE WE HAVE NO RECORD THAT YOUR CLAIM WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR FOR THE WAR ..END :