B-135158, MAR. 17, 1958

CHARLES HOWARD SILVIA: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JANUARY 23. WAS DISALLOWED BY OUR SETTLEMENT OF JANUARY 13. YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 208 OF THE NAVAL RESERVE ACT OF 1938. THAT YOU WERE DISCHARGED DECEMBER 4. WERE DISCHARGED MARCH 10. WERE DISCHARGED DECEMBER 31. WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE FLEET NAVAL RESERVE JULY 11. SUCH TRANSFER WAS EFFECTED UNDER THE ACT OF JULY 1. OR WHO HAVE COMPLETED SIXTEEN YEARS' SERVICE. IT WAS SAID. - THAT THE PRACTICAL EFFECT OF SECTION 208 "IS TO ADD THE ACTIVE SERVICE PERFORMED SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH TRANSFER TO THE SERVICE CREDITED TO HIM PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER AND ANY FRACTIONAL YEAR OF SIX MONTHS OR MORE APPEARING IN SUCH TOTAL SERVICE IS TO BE CONSIDERED A FULL YEAR'S SERVICE.'.