B-152789, FEB 6, 1964
Highlights
THE SUBMISSION WAS ASSIGNED NO. YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE CASE OF MR. SINCE THERE WAS NO SHOWING THAT HE SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY BEFORE AUGUST 5. WHICH DATE IS AFTER JULY 4. MAY NOT BE COUNTED FOR BASIC PAY PURPOSES BY THOSE WHO ARE NOW MEMBERS OF OUR ARMED FORCES. A COPY OF THAT DECISION IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR INFORMATION. ARE BEING RETAINED HERE.
B-152789, FEB 6, 1964
PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE
J. M. SHELTON, NATIONAL NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY:
BY SECOND ENDORSEMENT DATED DECEMBER 18, 1963, THE COMPTROLLER OF THE NAVY FORWARDED TO OUR OFFICE YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 14, 1963 (NNMC:061:JMS:VLA 7220), REQUESTING A DECISION AS TO THE LEGALITY OF CREDITING THE PAY ACCOUNT OF CAMILO V. GUTIERREZ, 455 14 87, YN2, USN, WITH INCREASED LONGEVITY FOR PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE PERFORMED AS A MEMBER OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY. THE SUBMISSION WAS ASSIGNED NO. SS-N-736 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY PAY AND ALLOWANCE COMMITTEE.
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE CASE OF MR. GUTIERREZ HAD BEEN CONSIDERED BY US PRIOR TO THE RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 14, 1963. SINCE THERE WAS NO SHOWING THAT HE SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY BEFORE AUGUST 5, 1948, WHICH DATE IS AFTER JULY 4, 1946, THE DATE ON WHICH THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES BECAME AN INDEPENDENT NATION, AND SINCE WE BELIEVE THAT SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY AFTER JULY 3, 1946, MAY NOT BE COUNTED FOR BASIC PAY PURPOSES BY THOSE WHO ARE NOW MEMBERS OF OUR ARMED FORCES, WE SO ADVISED MR. GUTIERREZ IN OUR DECISION OF DECEMBER 3, 1963, B -152789. A COPY OF THAT DECISION IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 14, 1963, AND THE ACCOMPANYING ENDORSEMENTS AND ENCLOSURES - WHICH CONTAIN NO INFORMATION NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY US, ARE BEING RETAINED HERE.