B-108482, JUN 27, 1952

B-108482, JUN 27, 1952

PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE

MAJOR D. E. SLESSMAN, USAF:

BY LETTER DATED MARCH 6, 1952, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, REFERRED TO THIS OFFICE YOUR FOURTH INDORSEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 13, 1952, REQUESTING AN ADVANCE DECISION ON THE CLAIM OF JULIUS SULER, SR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JULIUS SULER, JR., DECEASED, LATE PRIVATE, GRADE E-1, HQ. 158TH AC&W GP, TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD, FOR ARMORY DRILL PAY DUE THE DECEDENT AT THE DATE OF HIS DEATH ON APRIL 28, 1951, SUPPORTED BY AN ARMORY DRILL PAY ROLL - WHICH WAS NOT, BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, DESIGNATED AS A "SUPPLEMENTAL" ARMORY DRILL PAY ROLL - OF THE SAID ORGANIZATION FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1951.

WITH LETTER DATED JUNE 2, 1952, OF THE COMPTROLLER, AIR FORCE FINANCE CENTER, DENVER, COLORADO, THERE WAS SUBMITTED A CERTIFICATE EXECUTED ON APRIL 24, 1951, BY THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURT OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, SHOWING THAT ON MAY 21, 1951, JULIUS J. SULER WAS APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JULIUS J. SULER, JR., DECEASED.

THE CLAIMANT APPEARS TO BE ENTITLED, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JULIUS (J.) SULER, JR., DECEASED, TO SUCH AMOUNT AS WAS LEGALLY DUE THE DECEDENT FOR ARMORY DRILL PAY AT THE DATE OF HIS DEATH (SEE THE ACT OF JUNE 30, 1906, 34 STAT. 750, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 4 OF THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 25, 1946, 60 STAT. 30), AND PAYMENT TO HIM IN THAT AMOUNT IS AUTHORIZED, IF OTHERWISE CORRECT, NO DETERMINATION BEING MADE HEREIN AS TO THE CORRECTNESS OF THE AMOUNT OF SUCH PAYMENT, OR AS TO THE CORRECTNESS OF THE (SUPPLEMENTAL) ARMORY DRILL PAY ROLL IN OTHER RESPECTS.

THE CLAIM AND SUPPORTING PAPERS, SUBMITTED WITH YOUR FOURTH INDORSEMENT, AS WELL AS THE CERTIFICATE SUBMITTED WITH THE AFORESAID LETTER OF JUNE 2, 1952, ARE RETURNED HEREWITH.