B-135041, JUN. 25, 1958
Highlights
32215: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED MAY 5. YOUR PRINCIPAL CONTENTIONS ARE THAT YOU WERE NOT PAID THE AMOUNT OF $80 IN JANUARY 1944 AND THAT YOU DID NOT ABSENT YOURSELF FROM NAVAL JURISDICTION UNTIL SOME TIME IN MAY 1944. WE EXPLAINED WHY NO FURTHER AMOUNT IS DUE ON YOUR CLAIM. A STATEMENT OF YOUR PAY ACCOUNT WAS FURNISHED FOR THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 11. THE STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT THERE WERE SHOWN ALL AMOUNTS TO WHICH YOU WERE ENTITLED FOR THE PERIOD INVOLVED AND ALL PROPER CHARGES AGAINST YOUR ACCOUNT FOR THAT PERIOD. CONCERNING YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PAID $80 AS PAY IN JANUARY 1944. - SINCE YOU WERE BEING PAID AT THE RATE OF $27 PER MONTH. YOUR ATTENTION IS INVITED TO THE FACT THAT THE STATEMENT OF YOUR ACCOUNT CREDITED YOU WITH PAY AT THE RATE OF $54 PER MONTH.
B-135041, JUN. 25, 1958
TO MR. FREDERICK WILLIAM PROSSER, 32215:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED MAY 5, 1958, REQUESTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR PAY AND ALLOWANCES BELIEVED TO BE DUE YOU FROM DECEMBER 1943 UP TO THE TIME OF YOUR DISCHARGE FROM THE NAVY IN JUNE 1944. YOUR PRINCIPAL CONTENTIONS ARE THAT YOU WERE NOT PAID THE AMOUNT OF $80 IN JANUARY 1944 AND THAT YOU DID NOT ABSENT YOURSELF FROM NAVAL JURISDICTION UNTIL SOME TIME IN MAY 1944.
IN OUR DECISION DATED FEBRUARY 28, 1958, B-135041, WE EXPLAINED WHY NO FURTHER AMOUNT IS DUE ON YOUR CLAIM. A STATEMENT OF YOUR PAY ACCOUNT WAS FURNISHED FOR THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 11, 1943, TO MARCH 8, 1944, THE LATTER DATE BEING THE DATE SHOWN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AS THE DATE YOU ABSENTED YOURSELF FROM THE NAVAL SERVICE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY. THE STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT THERE WERE SHOWN ALL AMOUNTS TO WHICH YOU WERE ENTITLED FOR THE PERIOD INVOLVED AND ALL PROPER CHARGES AGAINST YOUR ACCOUNT FOR THAT PERIOD, INCLUDING "VALUE OF MONEY ISSUES" AMOUNTING TO $80 AS REPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND THE AMOUNT OF $10.03 ALLOWED BY OUR SETTLEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 5, 1951. THAT AMOUNT REPRESENTED THE BALANCE FOUND DUE YOU FOR THE PERIOD INVOLVED.
CONCERNING YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PAID $80 AS PAY IN JANUARY 1944--- FOR A PERIOD WHICH APPARENTLY INCLUDED PART OF NOVEMBER 1943--- SINCE YOU WERE BEING PAID AT THE RATE OF $27 PER MONTH, YOUR ATTENTION IS INVITED TO THE FACT THAT THE STATEMENT OF YOUR ACCOUNT CREDITED YOU WITH PAY AT THE RATE OF $54 PER MONTH. THE COURT-MARTIAL SENTENCES OF FORFEITURE MENTIONED IN OUR DECISION OF FEBRUARY 28, 1958, WERE FOR ONE-HALF OF THE PAY TO WHICH YOU WERE ENTITLED.
YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU DID NOT LEAVE NAVAL JURISDICTION UNTIL SOME TIME IN MAY 1944 IS AT VARIANCE WITH THE INFORMATION FURNISHED US BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT FAVORABLE ACTION ON YOUR CLAIM. WE MAY NOT ACCEPT, FOR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PURPOSES, ANY STATEMENT AS TO YOUR SERVICE WHICH IS NOT SUBSTANTIATED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES. IF YOU FEEL THAT THE FACTS HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTLY REPORTED TO US, YOU MAY TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH THE CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
YOUR LETTER OF MAY 5, 1958, CONTAINS NO INFORMATION NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY OUR OFFICE AND HENCE DOES NOT WARRANT ANY MODIFICATION OF THE PRIOR ACTION TAKEN IN YOUR CASE.