Travel Expenses Incident to Transfer from Anchorage, Alaska, to Fort Meade, Maryland

The Chief, Finance and Accounting, of the National Security Council, Central Security Service, Fort Meade, requested a decision with regard to the claim of an employee for travel and transportation expenses incurred incident to transfer from Anchorage, Alaska, to Fort Meade, Maryland. The employee, who was authorized to use his automobile incident to the transfer, was entitled to reimbursement for the mileage from Anchorage to Skagway, Alaska, the ferry to Seattle, Washington, and mileage from Seattle to Fort Meade, plus applicable per diem. He was not entitled to reimbursement for the travel expenses of a second automobile or for shipment of the automobile by rail for part of the trip.