B-130826, OCT. 31, 1957

B-130826, OCT. 31, 1957

TO MR. HERBERT A. JONES:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 16, 1957, CONCERNING THE MATTER OF THE DEBT CHARGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $391.60 WHICH HAS BEEN RAISED AGAINST YOU IN CONNECTION WITH PAYMENT OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR QUARTERS AND STATION PER DIEM ALLOWANCE MADE TO YOU WHILE YOU WERE SERVING AS AN ENLISTED MAN IN THE AIR FORCE IN FRENCH MOROCCO DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 3 TO FEBRUARY 19, 1952.

THE AMOUNT OF $391.60 WAS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS, ON THE BASIS THAT THE QUARTERS FURNISHED YOU BY THE ATLAS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WERE "GOVERNMENT QUARTERS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THAT TERM AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH 1150-5 OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS:

TABLE

TOTAL AMOUNTS PAID AS BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR

QUARTERS AND STATION PER DIEM ALLOWANCE,

JANUARY 3 TO APRIL 9, 1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$964

DUE:

STATION SUBSISTENCE PER DIEM ALLOWANCE AND

BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE AT $2.55

PER DAY FROM JANUARY 3 TO FEBRUARY 19,

1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $122.40

PER DIEM ALLOWANCE AT TRAVEL RATE OF

$9 PER DAY FROM FEBRUARY 20 TO APRIL 9,

1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.00 572.40

$391.60

SINCE YOU ADMIT YOU HAVE NO POSITIVE MEMORY AS TO THE EXACT AMOUNT YOU PAID THE ATLAS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE QUARTERS YOU OCCUPIED AT BEN GUERIR AIR BASE, INFORMATION SHOULD BE FURNISHED FROM SOME OTHER SOURCE--- PREFERABLY IN AFFIDAVIT FORM--- AS TO THE AMOUNT CHARGED BY THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE QUARTERS FURNISHED AIR FORCE PERSONNEL AT THAT PLACE DURING THE PERIOD INVOLVED. IN OUR LETTER TO YOU DATED JULY 9, 1957, YOU WERE INFORMED THAT COLONEL CHESTER C. COX, USAF, WHO APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER AT THAT TIME, HAS ADVISED US THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FURNISHED HIM QUARTERS AT A COST OF $10 PER MONTH.