B-130511, AUG. 7, 1957
Highlights
THE QUESTION OF YOUR RIGHT TO THE SUM DISALLOWED WAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED ON YOUR PREVIOUS REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF THE SETTLEMENT. THE REASONS FOR THE ACTION TAKEN WERE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DECISION. IT IS SHOWN THAT PURSUANT TO ORDERS DATED AUGUST 22. YOU WERE RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY EFFECTIVE JANUARY 31. WHEN THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO A DESIGNATED RESIDENCE IN CAMBRIDGE. BY SETTLEMENT OF OUR CLAIMS DIVISION YOU WERE ALLOWED $52.50 REPRESENTING THE COST THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE INCURRED HAD THE DRAYAGE OF YOUR EFFECTS (WEIGHT 3. WHOSE CONTRACT PRICE FOR DRAYAGE WITHIN THE BOSTON AREA WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY REPORTED AS $1.50 PER HUNDREDWEIGHT. NO AMOUNT WAS ALLOWED YOU FOR STORAGE.
B-130511, AUG. 7, 1957
TO LIEUTENANT (JG) WILLIAM GROTE, USNR:
YOUR LETTER OF MAY 19, 1957, REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION TO YOU DATED MARCH 18 1957, B-130511, WHICH SUSTAINED THE SETTLEMENT ALLOWING YOU $52.50 IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR CLAIM COVERING CHARGES BELIEVED TO BE DUE FOR HAULING YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO A STORAGE WAREHOUSE, THENCE TO YOUR RESIDENCE IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, AND FOR SIX MONTHS' TEMPORARY STORAGE, FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF ORDERS DIRECTING YOUR RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE.
THE QUESTION OF YOUR RIGHT TO THE SUM DISALLOWED WAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED ON YOUR PREVIOUS REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF THE SETTLEMENT, AND THE REASONS FOR THE ACTION TAKEN WERE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DECISION.
IT IS SHOWN THAT PURSUANT TO ORDERS DATED AUGUST 22, 1955, AS AMENDED, YOU WERE RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY EFFECTIVE JANUARY 31, 1956. DECEMBER 1955, YOU HAD YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS HAULED FROM YOUR RESIDENCE IN BOSTON TO A STORAGE WAREHOUSE THERE WHERE THEY REMAINED UNTIL OCTOBER 6, 1956, WHEN THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO A DESIGNATED RESIDENCE IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. THEREAFTER, BY SETTLEMENT OF OUR CLAIMS DIVISION YOU WERE ALLOWED $52.50 REPRESENTING THE COST THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE INCURRED HAD THE DRAYAGE OF YOUR EFFECTS (WEIGHT 3,500 POUNDS) TO A BOSTON WAREHOUSE BEEN PERFORMED BY A GOVERNMENT (DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY) CONTRACTOR, WHOSE CONTRACT PRICE FOR DRAYAGE WITHIN THE BOSTON AREA WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY REPORTED AS $1.50 PER HUNDREDWEIGHT. NO AMOUNT WAS ALLOWED YOU FOR STORAGE, FOR EXPENSES INCURRED INCIDENT THERETO, OR FOR SUBSEQUENT DRAYAGE FROM PLACE OF STORAGE TO RESIDENCE IN CAMBRIDGE.
YOU REQUEST FURTHER VERIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT PRICE FOR DRAYAGE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN BOSTON. EVIDENTLY, YOU HAVE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT $3.50 PER HUNDREDWEIGHT IS THE CONTRACT RATE ALLOWABLE FOR DRAYAGE IN THE BOSTON AREA. ALSO, YOU INQUIRE WHETHER THE PERSONNEL ON DUTY AT THE BOSTON NAVAL SHIPYARD WHO SUPERVISE THE TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS RESULTING IN THE ACTION TAKEN UPON YOUR CLAIM.
YOU ARE AGAIN ADVISED THAT THE SUM PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED FOR DRAYAGE WAS BASED UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE CONCERNED, WHICH DISCLOSED THAT AT THE TIME YOUR EFFECTS WERE MOVED TO STORAGE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HAD AN EXISTING CONTRACT COVERING THE DRAYAGE OR HAULING OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS IN BOSTON AT A SPECIFIED RATE OF $1.50 PER HUNDREDWEIGHT. FURTHER, IT MAY BE STATED THAT A COPY OF EACH SETTLEMENT ISSUED BY OUR CLAIMS DIVISION REQUIRING THE DISBURSEMENT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS IS SUPPLIED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE CONCERNED. MOREOVER, COPIES OF DECISIONS RENDERED HERE TO INDIVIDUAL CLAIMANTS INVOLVING A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY ARE AVAILABLE TO SUCH DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY.
AFTER A CAREFUL REVIEW OF YOUR FILE, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE PRIOR SETTLEMENT AND DECISION WERE IN LINE WITH ESTABLISHED PRECEDENTS, AND IN ACCORD WITH VALID REGULATIONS WHICH HAVE THE FORCE AND EFFECT OF LAW. ACCORDINGLY, AND SINCE YOUR RECENT REQUEST CONTAINS NO INFORMATION OR MATERIAL FACTS NOT HERETOFORE CONSIDERED, NO BASIS IS FOUND FOR ANY MODIFICATION OF THE PRIOR ..END :