B-139643, MAR. 3, 1960
Highlights
PETERSON: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 19. THE FACTS IN YOUR CASE AND THE REASON FOR THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM ARE FULLY SET FORTH IN OUR DECISION TO YOU OF JULY 15. IN SUPPORT OF YOUR CONTENTION THAT YOU WERE. YOU HAVE SUBMITTED A COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE COMMANDANT. WHICH STATES "THE RECORDS SHOW THAT YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO THE COAST GUARD GROUP. DURING THAT TIME YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY AT THE WHITE HOUSE POLICE PISTOL RANGE. IS IDENTICAL TO THAT PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED BY YOU IN THE FORM OF COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE COMMANDER. YOU WERE DIRECTED TO MAKE A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TO SUCH STATION AS MIGHT BE ASSIGNED. WHILE IT IS STATED THAT THE COAST GUARD RECORDS SHOW YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO BALTIMORE.
B-139643, MAR. 3, 1960
TO. MR. THEODORE M. PETERSON:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 19, 1959, REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION OF JULY 15, 1959, B-139643, WHICH SUSTAINED THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM FOR PER DIEM INCIDENT TO DUTY PERFORMED AT WASHINGTON, D.C., AS CHIEF GUNNER'S MATE, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 10, 1952, TO JUNE 15, 1954.
THE FACTS IN YOUR CASE AND THE REASON FOR THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM ARE FULLY SET FORTH IN OUR DECISION TO YOU OF JULY 15, 1959, AND NEED NOT BE REPEATED HERE.
IN SUPPORT OF YOUR CONTENTION THAT YOU WERE, IN FACT, PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, FOR DUTY, WITH TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY AT WASHINGTON, D.C., DURING THE PERIOD IN QUESTION, YOU HAVE SUBMITTED A COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE COMMANDANT, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, DATED DECEMBER 15, 1959, WHICH STATES "THE RECORDS SHOW THAT YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO THE COAST GUARD GROUP, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, FROM 10 MARCH 1952 UNTIL 15 JUNE 1954. DURING THAT TIME YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY AT THE WHITE HOUSE POLICE PISTOL RANGE, WASHINGTON, D.C.' THIS INFORMATION, IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, IS IDENTICAL TO THAT PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED BY YOU IN THE FORM OF COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE COMMANDER, BALTIMORE GROUP, DATED SEPTEMBER 16, 1953 AND FEBRUARY 19, 1954.
BY ORDERS OF MARCH 7, 1952, YOU WERE DIRECTED TO MAKE A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TO SUCH STATION AS MIGHT BE ASSIGNED. WHILE IT IS STATED THAT THE COAST GUARD RECORDS SHOW YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, WITH TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY AT WASHINGTON, D.C., CONSIDERATION OF THE ENTIRE RECORD FAILS TO ESTABLISH THAT YOU, IN FACT, WERE SO ASSIGNED. THE CONTRARY, THE DURATION OF YOUR STAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THE ABSENCE OF WRITTEN ORDERS DIRECTING TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY AT WASHINGTON, D.C., AND UPON ITS COMPLETION A RETURN TO BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, FOR DUTY, AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, INDICATE THAT WASHINGTON, D.C., IN FACT, WAS YOUR PERMANENT DUTY STATION DURING THE PERIOD INVOLVED, AND CONSEQUENTLY, NO AUTHORITY EXISTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR CLAIM.
YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 19, 1960, AND INCLOSURE CONTAIN NO INFORMATION OR FACTS NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY US AND, THEREFORE, AFFORD NO BASIS FOR MODIFICATION OF OUR PRIOR ACTION IN THE MATTER.