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B-125289, JAN. 25, 1956

B-125289 Jan 25, 1956
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WERE SHIPPED FROM YOUR LAST DUTY STATION AT CAMP EDWARDS. WAS SHIPPED FROM FORT WORTH. THE TOTAL NET WEIGHT SHIPPED WAS 21. YOU WERE ADVISED BY THE FINANCE OFFICER AT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE. WAS $288.14. WAS ASSESSED AGAINST YOU AS EXCESS COSTS. PROVIDES THAT COSTS FOR SHIPPING HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN EXCESS OF THOSE AUTHORIZED BY THE REGULATIONS WILL BE PAID BY MEMBERS FOR WHOM SHIPMENTS ARE MADE. PARAGRAPH 8100-3 OF THE REGULATIONS PROVIDES THAT WHERE TWO OR MORE SHIPMENTS ARE INVOLVED ON THE SAME CHANGE OF STATION ORDERS WITH EXCESS WEIGHTS SHIPPED. THE SHIPMENTS WILL BE NUMBERED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF APPLICATION DATES. THE EXCESS COST CHARGEABLE TO THE MEMBER WILL BE COMPUTED ON THE SHIPMENT WHICH CONTAINED THE EXCESS WEIGHT AS DETERMINED FROM THE CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF THE APPLICATIONS.

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B-125289, JAN. 25, 1956

TO BRIGADIER GENERAL ARNOLD J. FUNK, USA, RETIRED:

YOUR LETTER OF JULY 25, 1955, REQUESTS THE REVIEW OF OUR SETTLEMENT OF MAY 6, 1955, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF AN AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM YOU AS EXCESS COSTS INCURRED IN DRAYING, UNPACKING, AND UNCRATING YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS SHIPPED FROM FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TO SARASOTA, FLORIDA, INCIDENT TO YOUR RETIREMENT FROM ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE U.S. ARMY UNDER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ORDERS DATED MAY 13, 1952.

IT APPEARS THAT YOU MADE THREE SHIPMENTS OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS TO YOUR HOME AT SARASOTA UNDER THE ORDERS OF MAY 13, 1952. THE FIRST, INVOLVING A NET SHIPPING WEIGHT OF 720 POUNDS, AND THE SECOND, WITH A NET WEIGHT OF 7,812 POUNDS, WERE SHIPPED FROM YOUR LAST DUTY STATION AT CAMP EDWARDS, MASSACHUSETTS, WHILE THE THIRD, WITH A NET WEIGHT OF 12,474 POUNDS, WAS SHIPPED FROM FORT WORTH, TEXAS. THE TOTAL NET WEIGHT SHIPPED WAS 21,006 POUNDS. YOU STATE THAT YOU PERSONALLY PAID DRAYAGE AND UNCRATING CHARGES ON THE FIRST TWO SHIPMENTS. BY LETTER OF MAY 5, 1954, YOU WERE ADVISED BY THE FINANCE OFFICER AT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA, THAT THE ACTUAL COST TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR DRAYING THE THIRD SHIPMENT TO YOUR RESIDENCE, AND UNPACKING AND UNCRATING IT, ON THE BASIS OF A GROSS WEIGHT OF 17,463 POUNDS, WAS $288.14. THE FRACTION OF THAT AMOUNT REPRESENTING THE RATIO BETWEEN YOUR AUTHORIZED WEIGHT ALLOWANCE OF 12,000 POUNDS AND 21,006 POUNDS NET WEIGHT ACTUALLY SHIPPED, IN THE AMOUNT OF $123.54, WAS ASSESSED AGAINST YOU AS EXCESS COSTS.

PARAGRAPH 8100-1 OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS, IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF YOUR RETIREMENT, PROVIDES THAT COSTS FOR SHIPPING HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN EXCESS OF THOSE AUTHORIZED BY THE REGULATIONS WILL BE PAID BY MEMBERS FOR WHOM SHIPMENTS ARE MADE. PARAGRAPH 8100-3 OF THE REGULATIONS PROVIDES THAT WHERE TWO OR MORE SHIPMENTS ARE INVOLVED ON THE SAME CHANGE OF STATION ORDERS WITH EXCESS WEIGHTS SHIPPED, THE SHIPMENTS WILL BE NUMBERED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF APPLICATION DATES, AND THE EXCESS COST CHARGEABLE TO THE MEMBER WILL BE COMPUTED ON THE SHIPMENT WHICH CONTAINED THE EXCESS WEIGHT AS DETERMINED FROM THE CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF THE APPLICATIONS. PARAGRAPH 8005-4 PROVIDES THAT THE COST OF DRAYING OR HAULING UNAUTHORIZED ARTICLES "OR ANY WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF PRESCRIBED WEIGHT ALLOWANCES WILL BE BORNE BY THE OWNER.' SUCH PROVISIONS ANTICIPATE THAT COSTS OF SHIPPING, INCLUDING DRAYAGE, UNPACKING AND UNCRATING, SHALL BE AN OBLIGATION OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR EACH SUCCESSIVE SHIPMENT WITHIN THE AUTHORIZED WEIGHT ALLOWANCE OF THE MEMBER, AND, WHERE SUCH AUTHORIZED WEIGHT ALLOWANCE IS EXCEEDED BY THE COLLECTIVE WEIGHT OF THE VARIOUS SHIPMENTS, THAT EXCESS COSTS SHALL BE ASSESSED ONLY AGAINST THE FINAL SHIPMENT WHICH CONTAINS THE EXCESS WEIGHT.

SINCE THE COMBINED WEIGHTS OF YOUR FIRST TWO SHIPMENTS, TOTALING 8,532 POUNDS, DID NOT EXCEED YOUR AUTHORIZED WEIGHT ALLOWANCE, YOU WERE ENTITLED TO THEIR SHIPMENT AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF ANY AUTHORIZED DRAYAGE, UNPACKING, ET CETERA. HOWEVER, INASMUCH AS 8,532 POUNDS WERE SHIPPED IN THE FIRST TWO SHIPMENTS THERE REMAINED ONLY 3,468 POUNDS OF YOUR AUTHORIZED 12,000 POUNDS FOR MOVEMENT AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE IN ANY FURTHER SHIPMENTS UNDER THE ORDERS OF MAY 13, 1952. THEREFORE, THE WEIGHT INVOLVED IN THE THIRD SHIPMENT, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT EXCEEDED 3,468 POUNDS, WAS EXCESS WEIGHT, AND THE COSTS OF THAT PART OF THE SHIPMENT, INCLUDING COSTS FOR DRAYAGE, UNPACKING AND UNCRATING, WERE PROPERLY CHARGEABLE TO YOU UNDER THE REGULATIONS. CONSEQUENTLY, THE GOVERNMENT WAS OBLIGATED TO PAY ONLY 3,468/12,474 OF THE $288.14 DRAYAGE, UNPACKING AND UNCRATING COSTS OF THE THIRD SHIPMENT, OR $80.11. THE BALANCE, $208.03, IS PROPERLY CHARGEABLE TO YOU AS EXCESS COSTS OF THE SHIPMENT. IT APPEARS, THEREFORE, THAT YOU ARE INDEBTED TO THE GOVERNMENT TO THE EXTENT OF $84.49 FOR SUCH EXCESS COSTS IN ADDITION TO THE $123.54 PREVIOUSLY PAID.

YOU HAVE NOT SUBMITTED EVIDENCE OF THE DRAYAGE AND UNCRATING EXPENSES WHICH YOU INDICATE YOU INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE TWO SHIPMENTS OF EFFECTS FROM CAMP EDWARDS. UPON THE RECEIPT OF EVIDENCE OF SUCH EXPENDITURES THAT YOU MAY CARE TO SUBMIT, FURTHER CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN THE MATTER WITH THE VIEW TO GIVING YOU CREDIT FOR SUCH EXPENDITURES TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE FOUND TO BE PROPER OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

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