B-134104, DEC. 27, 1957

B-134104, DEC. 27, 1957

TO MR. JOHN R. SCHNEIDER:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO A LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 25, 1957, FROM YOUR ATTORNEY, E. W. MILLER, ESQUIRE, FURTHER CONCERNING YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE AMOUNT OF $264, REPRESENTING AN ERRONEOUS CREDIT IN YOUR PAY ACCOUNT OF DEDUCTIONS PREVIOUSLY MADE FROM YOUR PAY FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1944, INCIDENT TO YOUR ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN ENLISTED MAN, U.S. NAVAL RESERVE.

IN THE LETTER MR. MILLER IN EFFECT REQUESTS A STATEMENT OF YOUR PAY ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING NOVEMBER 16, 1945, THE DATE OF YOUR DISCHARGE, AND HE INDICATES THAT, UPON A SHOWING OF AN ERRONEOUS CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $264, YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE REPAYMENTS AT THE RATE OF $10 A MONTH.

A STATEMENT OF YOUR PAY ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1 TO NOVEMBER 16, 1945, BASED ON THE ENTRIES ON YOUR OFFICIAL PAY RECORD FOR THAT PERIOD, IS AS FOLLOWS:

TABLE

CREDITS AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD FROM

PRIOR PERIOD $286.84 BASE AND LONGEVITY PAY AS A

WATER TENDER, SECOND CLASS,

WITH OVER 3 YEARS OF SERVICE,

JULY 1 TO 31, 1945 100.80 SEA PAY, JULY 1 TO 31, 1945 19.20 CLOTHING ALLOWANCES 24.00 BASE AND LONGEVITY PAY AS A

WATER TENDER, FIRST CLASS,

WITH OVER 3 YEARS OF SERVICE,

AUGUST 1 TO NOVEMBER 16, 1945,

AT $119.70 A MONTH 422.94 SEA PAY, AUGUST 1 TO OCTOBER 6,

1945, AT $22.80 A MONTH 50.16 REFUND OF FAMILY ALLOWANCE

DEDUCTIONS MADE FOR THE PERIOD

FROM JANUARY 1944 THROUGH

NOVEMBER 1945, AT $22 A MONTH 506.00 TRAVEL ALLOWANCE1.15

$1,411.09

CHARGES CLASS N ALLOTMENT, JULY 1945

THROUGH NOVEMBER 1945, AT

$3.35 A MONTH 16.75 CLASS B ALLOTMENT, JULY 1945

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1945, AT

$6.25 A MONTH 18.75 FAMILY ALLOWANCE DEDUCTIONS, JULY

1945 THROUGH NOVEMBER 1945,

AT $22 A MONTH 110.00 PAYMENTS ($216, $26, $20, $455,

$42.59 AND $506) 1,265.59 $1,411.09

THE PAY RECORD INVOLVED DOES NOT SHOW THE EXACT DATE WHEN THE PAYMENT OF $506 WAS MADE BUT, AS YOU WERE ADVISED IN OUR LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1957, B-134104, THE PAYMENT WAS MADE BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 1945. IN THAT LETTER YOU WERE ALSO ADVISED THAT PAYMENT OF THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE AT THE RATE OF $50 A MONTH WAS MADE TO YOUR WIFE FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1944, AND THAT, THEREFORE, THE APPLICABLE STATUTORY PROVISIONS REQUIRED THAT YOUR MONTHLY PAY BE CHARGED WITH THE AMOUNT OF $22 FOR EACH MONTH THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE WAS SO PAID. ACCORDINGLY, REFUND OF THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE DEDUCTIONS MADE FROM YOUR PAY FOR THAT PERIOD WAS UNAUTHORIZED AND YOU ARE INDEBTED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE AMOUNT OF $264.

THE PROPOSAL TO LIQUIDATE THE INDEBTEDNESS BY PAYMENTS OF $10 A MONTH IS SATISFACTORY AND SUCH PAYMENTS SHOULD BE COMMENCED IMMEDIATELY. THE PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER MADE PAYABLE TO THE "U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE" AND FORWARDED TO U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, POST OFFICE BOX 2610, WASHINGTON 13, D.C. ..END :