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B-142387, MAY 31, 1960

B-142387 May 31, 1960
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REQUESTING A DECISION ON WHETHER PAYMENT IS AUTHORIZED ON THE ENCLOSED VOUCHER IN FAVOR OF MAJOR LEE A. MAJOR WHITE WAS DIRECTED TO PROCEED FROM HIS DUTY STATION ON OR ABOUT JULY 14. UPON THE COMPLETION OF WHICH HE WAS TO RETURN TO HIS DUTY STATION. AUTHORITY WAS CONTAINED IN THE ORDERS TO VARY THAT ITINERARY AS FOUND NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. IT IS INDICATED ON THE VOUCHER THAT THE OFFICER PROCEEDED FROM HIS STATION AT SEATTLE. ON AUGUST 22 WAS BY THE COMMERCIAL TUG EUGENIA M. THE OFFICER CERTIFIED THAT GOVERNMENT QUARTERS WERE NOT AVAILABLE DURING THE PERIOD INVOLVED EXCEPT FOR THE PERIODS JULY 16 THROUGH JULY 22 AND AUGUST 24 THROUGH AUGUST 25. STOPS WERE SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN MADE AT CAPE BEAUFORT (11:00 A.M.

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B-142387, MAY 31, 1960

TO MAJOR J. YORDAN, FC, THROUGH CHIEF OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY:

BY INDORSEMENT DATED MARCH 24, 1960, THE PER DIEM, TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE COMMITTEE FORWARDED YOUR LETTER OF JANUARY 5, 1960, WITH ENCLOSURES (PDTATAC CONTROL NO. 60-9), REQUESTING A DECISION ON WHETHER PAYMENT IS AUTHORIZED ON THE ENCLOSED VOUCHER IN FAVOR OF MAJOR LEE A. WHITE, TC, FOR PER DIEM INCIDENT TO TRAVEL AND TEMPORARY DUTY PERFORMED DURING THE PERIOD JULY 16 TO AUGUST 27, 1959, UNDER TRAVEL ORDERS DATED JULY 13, 1959, LESS PER DIEM PAID TO HIM FOR THAT PERIOD ON VOUCHER NO. 6766 OF YOUR SEPTEMBER 1959 ACCOUNTS.

UNDER THE ORDERS OF JULY 13, 1959, ISSUED AT HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL COMMAND, PACIFIC, FORT MASON, CALIFORNIA, MAJOR WHITE WAS DIRECTED TO PROCEED FROM HIS DUTY STATION ON OR ABOUT JULY 14, 1959, TO ALASKA, THENCE TO WASHINGTON, THENCE TO OREGON, AND IDAHO AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS OF TEMPORARY DUTY AS LIAISON OFFICER FOR THAT COMMAND TO ALASKA BARGE AND TRANSPORT INCORPORATED AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER ON ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE 1959 DEW LINE AND ALASKA RESUPPLY OPERATIONS, UPON THE COMPLETION OF WHICH HE WAS TO RETURN TO HIS DUTY STATION. AUTHORITY WAS CONTAINED IN THE ORDERS TO VARY THAT ITINERARY AS FOUND NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. IT IS INDICATED ON THE VOUCHER THAT THE OFFICER PROCEEDED FROM HIS STATION AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TO FORT RICHARDSON, ALASKA, BY MATS PLANE ON JULY 16, AND FROM FORT RICHARDSON TO DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA, BY COMMERCIAL AIR ON JULY 23, AND THAT HE LEFT DUTY HARBOR ON JULY 27, IT BEING NOTED THAT TRAVEL FROM THAT TIME UNTIL HIS ARRIVAL AT POINT BARROW, ALASKA, ON AUGUST 22 WAS BY THE COMMERCIAL TUG EUGENIA M. MORAN. HE LEFT POINT BARROW BY GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT AND ARRIVED AT FORT RICHARDSON ON AUGUST 24, AND DEPARTED FROM FORT RICHARDSON ON AUGUST 26, BY COMMERCIAL PLANE AND ARRIVED AT HIS DUTY STATION IN SEATTLE ON AUGUST 27. THE OFFICER CERTIFIED THAT GOVERNMENT QUARTERS WERE NOT AVAILABLE DURING THE PERIOD INVOLVED EXCEPT FOR THE PERIODS JULY 16 THROUGH JULY 22 AND AUGUST 24 THROUGH AUGUST 25.

DURING MAJOR WHITE'S TRAVEL ABOARD THE EUGENIA M. MORAN, STOPS WERE SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN MADE AT CAPE BEAUFORT (11:00 A.M., AUGUST 5, TO 4:00 P.M., AUGUST 8), POINT LAY (10:45 P.M., AUGUST 8, TO 3:30 P.M., AUGUST 15), ICY CAPE (9:00 A.M., AUGUST 16, TO 4:45 P.M., AUGUST 17), WAINWRIGHT (3:05 A.M., AUGUST 18, TO 12:00 NOON, AUGUST 20), BEARD BAY (2:00 A.M., AUGUST 21 TO 4:00 P.M., AUGUST 21), ALL IN ALASKA. ON INVOICE OF ALASKA BARGE AND TRANSPORT INCORPORATED DATED AUGUST 23, 1959, CHARGE WAS FOR THE PERIODS JULY 23 THROUGH 26, 1959, FOUR DAYS, AT DUTCH HARBOR, MADE OF HIM FOR BOARD AND ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE RATE OF $10 PER DAY AND JULY 27 THROUGH AUGUST 23, 1959, 28 DAYS ,ABOARD TUG.' IN A STATEMENT ACCOMPANYING THE CLAIM MAJOR WHITE INDICATED THAT NO GOVERNMENT QUARTERS WERE AVAILABLE AT DUTCH HARBOR, AND THAT THE "CONTRACTOR FURNISHED BILLETS AND MEALS.' ALSO, HE STATED THAT LODGING AND MEALS WERE FURNISHED TO HIM BY THE FEDERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION AT ALL SITES EXCEPT BEARD BAY WHERE ONLY MEALS WERE FURNISHED, AND THAT ALASKA BARGE AND TRANSPORT INCORPORATED PAID THE FEDERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION FOR MEALS AND LODGINGS OF THEIR PERSONNEL WORKING ASHORE, INCLUDING HIMSELF. WITH RESPECT TO THE DUTY SITUATION INVOLVED DURING PERIOD FROM JULY 27 TO AUGUST 23, MAJOR WHITE STATED THAT IN ACTUALITY HE WAS NOT EMBARKED ON A COMMERCIAL VESSEL BUT WAS OBSERVING A DELIVERY TYPE OPERATION AT A CONTRACTOR'S INSTALLATION AND ACTIVITIES, AND THAT DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST 5 THROUGH AUGUST 23 HE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME ASHORE AT EVERY SITE OBSERVING THE CONTRACTOR'S PERFORMANCE ON THE BEACH AND AT THE SITE STORAGE AREAS. IN VIEW OF THOSE REPRESENTATIONS IT WILL BE ASSUMED THAT THE DELAYS AT THE VARIOUS STOPPING POINTS INDICATED CONSTITUTED DELAYS IN THE TRAVEL BY COMMERCIAL VESSEL STATUS AND THAT ALL MEALS AND BILLETS DURING SUCH DELAYS WERE FURNISHED ASHORE.

PARAGRAPH 4253-1 OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS:

"1. GENERAL. UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR RESTRICTED HEREIN, TRAVEL PER DIEM ALLOWANCES ARE PAYABLE FOR EACH DAY A TRAVEL STATUS EXISTS OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. WHEN TRAVELING BY ANY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING TRAVEL BY VESSEL FOR PERIODS OF LESS THAN 24 HOURS IN CONNECTION WITH TRAVEL BY OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, DELAYS OF LESS THAN 10 HOURS DURATION CAUSED BY UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS, MAINTENANCE, OR OTHER REASONS INCIDENT TO THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION UTILIZED AND FOR TEMPORARY DUTY OF LESS THAN 10 HOURS), A MEMBER IS ENTITLED TO A PER DIEM ALLOWANCE OF $9 REGARDLESS OF THE TRAVEL PER DIEM ALLOWANCES ESTABLISHED FOR THE COUNTRIES OR PLACES IN WHICH THE TRAVEL BEGINS, IS DELAYED, OR ENDS. WHEN DELAY IS INCURRED FOR 10 HOURS OR MORE BECAUSE OF UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS, MAINTENANCE, FOR OTHER REASONS INCIDENT TO THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, OR FOR TEMPORARY DUTY, THE LOCAL TRAVEL PER DIEM ALLOWANCE APPLIES FROM THE DAY OF ARRIVAL THROUGH THE DAY PRIOR TO THE DAY OF DEPARTURE. WHEN THE DAY OF ARRIVAL AND THE DAY OF DEPARTURE INCIDENT TO A DELAY OF 10 HOURS OR MORE ARE THE SAME CALENDAR DAY, THE LOCAL TRAVEL PER DIEM ALLOWANCE WILL APPLY FOR THAT DAY EXCEPT THAT WHERE MORE THAN ONE PER DIEM RATE IS APPLICABLE TO A MEMBER FOR ANY CALENDAR DAY, THE HIGHEST RATE APPLICABLE FOR THAT DAY WILL APPLY. THE PER DIEM CONTEMPLATED IN THIS PARAGRAPH WILL NOT BE PRORATED FOR FRACTIONAL PARTS OF A DAY, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TIME OF DEPARTURE OR ARRIVAL.'

PARAGRAPH 4253-4 PROVIDES SPECIAL PER DIEM RATES FOR PAYMENT TO MEMBERS WHILE IN A TRAVEL STATUS ABOARD A COMMERCIAL VESSEL, EXCEPT FOR THE DAYS OF EMBARKATION OR DEBARKATION, OF $5 FOR THE FIRST 10 DAYS AND $3 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL DAY WHEN COST OF PASSAGE INCLUDES MEALS, OR OF $10 WHEN COST OF PASSAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE MEALS. SINCE MAJOR WHITE DELAYED MORE THAN 10 HOURS AT FORT RICHARDSON HEIS ENTITLED UNDER THE QUOTED REGULATIONS TO A PER DIEM OF $11(THE LOCAL PER DIEM RATE WHERE GOVERNMENT QUARTERS ARE AVAILABLE) COMMENCING JULY 16 AND EXTENDING THROUGH JULY 22, THE DAY PRIOR TO THE DAY OF DEPARTURE, LESS DEDUCTIONS FOR QUARTERS FURNISHED. BECAUSE OF A DELAY AT DUTCH HARBOR EXCEEDING 10 HOURS HE IS ENTITLED TO PER DIEM AT THE RATE OF $17 (THE LOCAL RATE WHERE GOVERNMENT QUARTERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE) COMMENCING JULY 23, THE DATE OF ARRIVAL THERE, THROUGH JULY 26, THE DAY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF DEPARTURE FROM THAT POINT. SINCE JULY 27 WAS THE DAY OF DEPARTURE FROM DUTCH HARBOR, AND INASMUCH AS THE SPECIAL PER DIEM RATES FOR TRAVEL BY COMMERCIAL VESSEL ARE NOT PRESCRIBED FOR DAYS OF EMBARKATION OR DEBARKATION, THE OFFICER IS ENTITLED TO A PER DIEM AT THE $9 TRAVEL RATE FOR THAT DAY. HIS STATUS COMMENCING JULY 28 THROUGH AUGUST 4 WAS THAT OF PERFORMING TRAVEL ABOARD A COMMERCIAL VESSEL, AND SINCE HE WAS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR HIS SUBSISTENCE HE IS ENTITLED TO A PER DIEM AT THE $10 RATE PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4253-4 DURING THAT PERIOD. FOR THE PERIODS OF DELAY AT CAMP BEAUFORT, COMMENCING AUGUST 5 AND EXTENDING THROUGH AUGUST 7, AND AT PORT LAY, COMMENCING AUGUST 8 AND EXTENDING THROUGH AUGUST 14, (FROM DAY OF ARRIVAL TO DAY PRIOR TO DATE OF DEPARTURE IN EACH CASE), HE IS ENTITLED TO $17 PER DAY. LIKEWISE, HE IS ENTITLED TO A PER DIEM OF $17 FOR THE DAY OF AUGUST 16 INCIDENT TO THE DELAY AT ICY CAPE AND FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 18 THROUGH AUGUST 19 INCIDENT TO THE DELAY AT WAINWRIGHT. SINCE THE DAYS OF AUGUST 15, 17, AND 20, INVOLVED EMBARKATION OR DEBARKATION FROM THE COMMERCIAL VESSEL, THE OFFICER IS ENTITLED TO THE $9 TRAVEL RATE FOR THOSE DAYS. ON AUGUST 21 HE WAS TRAVELING BY COMMERCIAL VESSEL AND IS ENTITLED TO AN ALLOWANCE AT THE $10 RATE FOR THAT DAY. HE IS ENTITLED TO AN ALLOWANCE OF $17 PER DIEM FROM AUGUST 22, THE DAY OF ARRIVAL AT POINT BARROW, THROUGH AUGUST 23, THE DAY PRIOR TO THE DAY OF DEPARTURE FROM THAT POINT. FROM AUGUST 24 THROUGH AUGUST 25 HE IS ENTITLED TO PER DIEM AT THE RATE OF $11 FOR THE PERIOD OF DELAY AT FORT RICHARDSON, LESS A 40 PERCENT DEDUCTION FOR GOVERNMENT QUARTERS FURNISHED, AND TO AN ALLOWANCE AT THE $9 RATE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 4253-1 FOR THE DAYS OF AUGUST 26 AND 27, LESS A DEDUCTION OF 40 PERCENT FOR AUGUST 27, AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH 4254-2 OF THE REGULATIONS.

PAYMENT MAY BE MADE ON THE VOUCHER, RETURNED HEREWITH, ON THE ABOVE INDICATED BASIS, LESS DEDUCTION IF THE AMOUNT PAID ON VOUCHER NO. 6766 OF YOUR SEPTEMBER 1959 ACCOUNT, IF OTHERWISE CORRECT.

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