B-130012, JAN. 28, 1957

B-130012, JAN. 28, 1957

TO CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER VERNON A. NITCHEY, USN:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR UNDATED LETTER RECEIVED HERE ON NOVEMBER 19, 1956, REQUESTING REVIEW OF SETTLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 25, 1956, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM FOR $88.34, REPRESENTING STORAGE AND CARTAGE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

BY ORDERS OF DECEMBER 10, 1955, YOU WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE HOME YARD OF THE U.S.S. HORNET (CVA-12), THE VESSEL ON WHICH YOU WERE SERVING, WAS CHANGED FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, TO PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15, 1956. THE ORDERS AUTHORIZED SHIPMENT OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHANGE OF THE HOME YARD. THE GOODS WERE REMOVED FROM STORAGE AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, ON DECEMBER 19, 1955, UPON YOUR REQUEST AND WERE SHIPPED ON GOVERNMENT BILL OF LADING NO. N 30777947 TO BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, FOR WHICH SHIPMENT THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE PAYMENT. THE GOODS WERE PLACED IN COMMERCIAL STORAGE ON DECEMBER 28, 1955, BECAUSE OF LACK OF ADDRESS, YOU HAVING PREVIOUSLY AGREED IN WRITING TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY SUCH STORAGE. STORAGE CHARGES FROM DECEMBER 28, 1955, TO JANUARY 9, 1956, AND CARTAGE CHARGES FROM THE STORAGE WAREHOUSE TO YOUR NEW RESIDENCE IN BREMERTON, WERE PAID FOR BY YOU IN THE AMOUNT OF $88.34.

PARAGRAPH 8006-C, JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS, CHANGE 35, DATED JUNE 1, 1955, IN EFFECT AT THE TIME YOUR EFFECTS WERE SHIPPED, AUTHORIZES TEMPORARY STORAGE AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE ONLY IF THE CLAIM FOR PAYMENT IS SUPPORTED BY A CERTIFICATE OF PROPERLY DESIGNATED AUTHORITY THAT THE STORAGE WAS NECESSARY. HENCE, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATE, THERE IS NO AUTHORITY FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM.

ACCORDINGLY, ON THE PRESENT RECORD, THE SETTLEMENT OF OCTOBER 25, 1956, IS SUSTAINED.