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B-129135, JAN. 14, 1957

B-129135 Jan 14, 1957
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USAF: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 3. YOU WERE RELIEVED FROM YOUR OVERSEAS STATION AND ASSIGNED TO TEMPORARY DUTY AT MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE WITH SUBSEQUENT PERMANENT DUTY AT OKLAHOMA A AND M COLLEGE. THE ORDERS OF MAY 11 WERE AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR PERMANENT DUTY AT NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA A AND M COLLEGE. YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WERE SHIPPED FROM YOUR OVERSEAS STATION TO STILLWATER. OKLAHOMA) THE CARRIER REQUESTED DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR WIFE WHO WAS IN TULSA. SINCE SHE WAS UNABLE TO FURNISH SUCH INSTRUCTIONS. THE EFFECTS WERE STORED IN THE CARRIER'S WAREHOUSE IN TULSA. YOU WERE ADVISED THAT THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR EFFECTS FROM YOUR OVERSEAS STATION TO STILLWATER AND THE PLACING OF THEM IN STORAGE IN TULSA EXHAUSTED YOUR SHIPPING RIGHTS AS TO THOSE EFFECTS.

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B-129135, JAN. 14, 1957

TO CAPTAIN LEONARD J. SHERROW, USAF:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 3, 1956, RELATIVE TO YOUR CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF SHIPPING YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FROM TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TO MIAMI, OKLAHOMA, AND FROM THERE TO OTTAWA, OKLAHOMA.

BY ORDERS DATED MAY 11, 1955, YOU WERE RELIEVED FROM YOUR OVERSEAS STATION AND ASSIGNED TO TEMPORARY DUTY AT MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE WITH SUBSEQUENT PERMANENT DUTY AT OKLAHOMA A AND M COLLEGE, STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA. BY ORDERS DATED MAY 27, 1955, WHICH YOU RECEIVED BEFORE DEPARTING FROM YOUR OVERSEAS STATION, THE ORDERS OF MAY 11 WERE AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR PERMANENT DUTY AT NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA A AND M COLLEGE, MIAMI, OKLAHOMA. UPON YOUR APPLICATION DATED MAY 11, 1955, YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WERE SHIPPED FROM YOUR OVERSEAS STATION TO STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA. THE RECORD INDICATES THAT WHEN THE HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS ARRIVED AT CUSHING, OKLAHOMA, EN ROUTE TO STILLWATER (LONG AFTER YOU HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO MIAMI, OKLAHOMA) THE CARRIER REQUESTED DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR WIFE WHO WAS IN TULSA. SINCE SHE WAS UNABLE TO FURNISH SUCH INSTRUCTIONS, THE EFFECTS WERE STORED IN THE CARRIER'S WAREHOUSE IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SHIPPED WITH ADDITIONAL EFFECTS TO MIAMI, OKLAHOMA, AND FROM THERE TO OTTAWA, OKLAHOMA.

IN OUR DECISION OF OCTOBER 16, 1956, B-129135, YOU WERE ADVISED THAT THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR EFFECTS FROM YOUR OVERSEAS STATION TO STILLWATER AND THE PLACING OF THEM IN STORAGE IN TULSA EXHAUSTED YOUR SHIPPING RIGHTS AS TO THOSE EFFECTS. RESPECTING THE EFFECTS WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT IN TULSA WHEN YOU WENT OVERSEAS, HOWEVER, YOU WERE ADVISED THAT YOU WERE ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF SHIPPING NOT IN EXCESS OF 2,845 POUNDS (THE BALANCE AVAILABLE IN YOUR AUTHORIZED WEIGHT ALLOWANCE) FROM TULSA TO MIAMI. AS TO THE SHIPMENT FROM MIAMI TO OTTAWA, WE STATED THAT SINCE THESE EFFECTS WERE CO-MINGLED WITH THE OVERSEAS SHIPMENT, THE COST OF SHIPPING THEM BETWEEN THOSE POINTS WAS NOT ESTABLISHED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT DECISION YOU WERE ALLOWED $47.98 BY SETTLEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 5, 1956. IN YOUR PRESENT LETTER YOU EXPRESS THE BELIEF THAT YOU SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF SHIPPING ALL YOUR EFFECTS FROM MIAMI TO YOUR RESIDENCE IN OTTAWA.

UNDER CONTROLLING REGULATIONS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HAVING HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS RECONSIGNED TO PROPER DESTINATION WHEN NECESSARY DUE TO CHANGED ORDERS, FALLS UPON THE MEMBER WHOSE EFFECTS ARE BEING SHIPPED. SINCE THE RECORD CLEARLY SHOWS THAT YOUR ORDERS WERE CHANGED IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO HAVE YOUR OVERSEAS HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS SHIPPED TO PROPER DESTINATION AND THAT YOU DID NOT DO SO, IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY COST INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MOVEMENT OF YOUR OVERSEAS HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AFTER THEY REACHED TULSA. THE EFFECTS THAT ALREADY WERE IN TULSA (INCLUDING THE STOVE AND REFRIGERATOR ACQUIRED AFTER ORDERS AND AS TO WHICH YOU HAD NO SHIPPING RIGHTS) EXCEEDED YOUR AVAILABLE WEIGHT ALLOWANCE. HENCE, YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF SHIPPING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THOSE EFFECTS. HOWEVER, SINCE IT APPEARS YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE YOUR AVAILABLE ALLOWANCE INCREASED BY FIVE PERCENT FOR SHIPMENT BY VAN, THE AMOUNT DUE FOR SHIPMENT OF THE ALLOWABLE PORTION OF THOSE EFFECTS FROM TULSA TO MIAMI WILL BE RECOMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF 2,987 POUNDS LESS THE AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY PAID. ALSO, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF HAULING 2,987 POUNDS FROM MIAMI TO OTTAWA. WHILE THAT COST IS NOT SEPARATELY SHOWN ON THE BILL IN THE AMOUNT OF $50.47 FOR THE ENTIRE MOVEMENT FROM MIAMI TO OTTAWA, IT WILL BE COMPUTED ON A PROPORTIONATE BASIS, THAT IS, 2987/11501 OF THE COST INCURRED BETWEEN THOSE POINTS.

A SETTLEMENT FOR THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT DUE ON THE BASIS INDICATED ABOVE WILL ISSUE IN DUE COURSE.

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