B-117937, MAR 1, 1954

B-117937, MAR 1, 1954

PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE

LIEUTENANT HIRAM B. DICKSON, USNR:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 5, 1953, REQUESTING REVIEW OF SETTLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 19, 1953, WHEREIN YOU WERE ALLOWED THE SUM OF $188.97 ON YOUR CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE COST OF PACKING, TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, INCIDENT TO ACTIVE DUTY ORDERS OF JULY 2, 1952.

BY THE ORDERS DATED JULY 2, 1952, AND ENDORSEMENTS, YOU WERE ORDERED TO EXTENDED ACTIVE DUTY FROM YOUR HOME, BELLEVILLE, KANSAS, DIRECTED TO PROCEED AND REPORT AT LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA, FOR TEMPORARY DUTY UNDER INSTRUCTION AND THENCE TO DUTY AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA. YOU REPORTED FOR TEMPORARY DUTY AT LITTLE CREEK ON JULY 31, 1952, AND TO DUTY AT CAMP LEJEUNE ON OCTOBER 24, 1952. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT INCIDENT TO SUCH CHANGE OF STATION ORDERS YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WEIGHING 3,640 POUNDS WERE PACKED AND HAULED FROM YOUR RESIDENCE IN BELLEVILLE, KANSAS, TO COMMERCIAL STORAGE IN EMPORIA, KANSAS, ON JULY 23, 1952; THAT THEREAFTER ON DECEMBER 4, 1952, A PART OF SUCH EFFECTS WERE REMOVED FROM STORAGE AND HAULED TO A RESIDENCE IN EMPORIA; THAT PURSUANT TO YOUR APPLICATION DATED JULY 14, 1952, THE REMAINDER OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD AFFECTS WEIGHING 3,340 POUNDS WERE REMOVED FROM STORAGE AND SHIPPED FROM EMPORIA, KANSAS, TO WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, ON GOVERNMENT BILL OF LADING NO. N-9304735, ISSUED ON JANUARY 14, 1953, AT A COST TO THE GOVERNMENT OF $365.73 PAID ON VOUCHER NO. 211291, MARCH 1953 ACCOUNTS OF J. A. DAVIS. A RECEIPT OF THE BAILEY TRANSFER AND STORAGE COMPANY, EMPORIA, KANSAS, SHOWS CHARGES PAID BY YOU AS FOLLOWS: MOVING FROM BELLEVILLE TO EMPORIA $136.48; PACKING $20.35; INSURANCE $15; WAREHOUSE LABOR AND WRAPPING $18.80; STORAGE FOR FIVE MONTHS AT $22.40, $112; WAREHOUSE LABOR DECEMBER 4, 1952, $4; STORAGE FOR ONE MONTH $20.80; CARTAGE FROM WAREHOUSE TO RESIDENCE IN EMPORIA $7.21; AND WAREHOUSE LABOR OUT ON JANUARY 22, 1953, $17.20; A TOTAL OF $351.84, FOR WHICH YOU CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT. BY SETTLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 19, 1953, YOU WERE ALLOWED ON YOUR CLAIM THE SUM OF $188.97.

INCIDENT TO YOUR ORDERS TO ACTIVE DUTY AND ASSIGNMENT TO DUTY AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, YOU WERE ENTITLED UNDER PARAGRAPHS 8006 1A AND 8009 OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS TO THE PACKING, NECESSARY TEMPORARY STORAGE, AND SHIPMENT OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE FROM YOUR HOME TO YOUR PERMANENT DUTY STATION, OR BETWEEN OTHER POINTS AT NO GREATER COST. PARAGRAPH 8013-1 OF THE REGULATIONS PROVIDES THAT THE AUTHORITY FOR SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE EXTENDS ONLY TO THE THROUGH SHIPMENT TO AUTHORIZED ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF THE SAME LOT OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, THE EFFECT OF WHICH IS TO PROHIBIT REIMBURSEMENT OF ANY TRANSPORTATION CHARGES IN EXCESS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SO AUTHORIZED INCREASED BY SHIPPING TO A PLACE FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE WITH SUBSEQUENT RESHIPMENT TO THE AUTHORIZED ULTIMATE DESTINATION.

IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT ON YOUR CLAIM COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: TRANSPORTATION OF 3,640 POUNDS OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FROM BELLEVILLE, KANSAS, TO CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, AT THE APPLICABLE TARIFF RATE OF $10.15 PER HUNDRED POUNDS, OR $369.46; PACKING, $20.35; WAREHOUSE LABOR AND WRAPPING, $22.80; LABOR OUT OF STORAGE, $17.20, AND STORAGE $132.80, OR A TOTAL OF $562.61, LESS THE AMOUNT OF $365.73 PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION OF YOUR EFFECTS FROM EMPORIA TO CAMP LEJEUNE, OR $196.88. BY THE SETTLEMENT OF OCTOBER 19, 1953, YOU WERE ALLOWED THE SUM OF $188.97. HENCE, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $7.91. A SETTLEMENT FOR THAT AMOUNT WILL ISSUE IN YOUR FAVOR IN DUE COURSE.

THERE IS NO AUTHORITY UNDER THE REGULATIONS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CHARGES FOR INSURANCE.