B-86001/H), I-17000-366, NOV. 10, 1955
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TO THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED DECEMBER 10. THE PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION TRANSMITTED TO YOU WITH OUR LETTER OF APRIL 30. A FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS MADE AND THE FACTS AND INFORMATION DEVELOPED ARE SET FORTH IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF INVESTIGATION. THREE COPIES OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED. SINCE ON THE FACTS NOW DISCLOSED THE RECORD DOES NOT ESTABLISH THAT THE OFFICER'S MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON HIM FOR CHIEF SUPPORT DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1 TO DECEMBER 31. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THE MOTHER'S AVERAGE MONTHLY INCOME WAS MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF HER AVERAGE MONTHLY LIVING EXPENSES. IT THUS APPEARS THAT THE MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON THE OFFICER FOR HER CHIEF SUPPORT DURING THAT PERIOD.
B-86001/H), I-17000-366, NOV. 10, 1955
TO THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED DECEMBER 10, 1954, WITH ENCLOSURES, FROM THE CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, FILE FORM B12C-BS 286555/1100, CONCERNING PAYMENTS OF RENTAL AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES MADE TO LIEUTENANT HERBERT B. M. HARRIS-WARREN, USN, AS AN OFFICER WITH A DEPENDENT MOTHER DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1945, TO JANUARY 28, 1949. THE PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION TRANSMITTED TO YOU WITH OUR LETTER OF APRIL 30, 1951.
AFTER RECEIPT OF THE LETTER OF DECEMBER 10, 1954, A FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS MADE AND THE FACTS AND INFORMATION DEVELOPED ARE SET FORTH IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF INVESTIGATION, THREE COPIES OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED. SINCE ON THE FACTS NOW DISCLOSED THE RECORD DOES NOT ESTABLISH THAT THE OFFICER'S MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON HIM FOR CHIEF SUPPORT DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1945, NO FURTHER ACTION NEED BE TAKEN TOWARD RECOVERY OF THE INCREASED ALLOWANCES PAID TO HIM FOR THAT PERIOD.
FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1946, TO JANUARY 28, 1949, HOWEVER, THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THE MOTHER'S AVERAGE MONTHLY INCOME WAS MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF HER AVERAGE MONTHLY LIVING EXPENSES. IT THUS APPEARS THAT THE MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON THE OFFICER FOR HER CHIEF SUPPORT DURING THAT PERIOD, REGARDLESS OF THE AVERAGE MONTHLY AMOUNT OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE WILL APPRECIATE INFORMATION AS TO THE AMOUNTS COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ON ACCOUNT OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS MADE TO THE OFFICER FOR THE LATTER PERIOD.