B-86001/C), I-17000-2956, AUG. 3, 1955
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED AUGUST 9. WHICH PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION TRANSMITTED TO YOU WITH OUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 8. NO BASIS IS FOUND FOR CHANGING THE CONCLUSION REACHED IN OUR REPORT OF INVESTIGATION THAT THE MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON THE OFFICER FOR CHIEF SUPPORT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE APPLICABLE STATUTES DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 1. WE ARE ENCLOSING TWO COPIES OF A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF INVESTIGATION PREPARED BY OUR INVESTIGATORS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF THE OFFICER'S STATEMENT OF JUNE 29. FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WITH A VIEW TOWARD RECOVERY OF THE IMPROPER PAYMENTS MADE TO CAPTAIN CACCIATO AND INFORMATION AS TO THE AMOUNTS COLLECTED WILL BE APPRECIATED.
B-86001/C), I-17000-2956, AUG. 3, 1955
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED AUGUST 9, 1954, WITH ENCLOSURES, FROM THE CHIEF OF FINANCE, CONCERNING INCREASED RENTAL AND SUBSISTENCE AND SAVED TOTAL COMPENSATION PAYMENTS MADE TO CAPTAIN RICHARD C. CACCIATO, 0935273, UNITED STATES ARMY, AS AN OFFICER WITH A DEPENDENT MOTHER FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 1946, THROUGH APRIL 4, 1950, WHICH PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION TRANSMITTED TO YOU WITH OUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 8, 1953. THE CHIEF OF FINANCE REQUESTED RECONSIDERATION OF THE MATTER IN VIEW OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE OFFICER'S STATEMENT OF JUNE 29, 1954.
UPON REVIEW OF THE RECORD, NO BASIS IS FOUND FOR CHANGING THE CONCLUSION REACHED IN OUR REPORT OF INVESTIGATION THAT THE MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON THE OFFICER FOR CHIEF SUPPORT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE APPLICABLE STATUTES DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1947, THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, 1949. WE ARE ENCLOSING TWO COPIES OF A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF INVESTIGATION PREPARED BY OUR INVESTIGATORS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF THE OFFICER'S STATEMENT OF JUNE 29, 1954. THAT REPORT REFUTES THE OFFICER'S LATEST CONTENTIONS.
FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WITH A VIEW TOWARD RECOVERY OF THE IMPROPER PAYMENTS MADE TO CAPTAIN CACCIATO AND INFORMATION AS TO THE AMOUNTS COLLECTED WILL BE APPRECIATED.