B-158706, JUL 7, 1971

B-158706, JUL 7, 1971

CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE - CHANGE OF STATIONS - EXPENSES DECISION ALLOWING IN PART THE CLAIMS OF MR. EARL R. ENGLISH, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY EMPLOYEE, FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES INCIDENT TO PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION, FIRST, IN 1966 FROM REHOBETH BEACH, DELAWARE AND, SECOND, IN 1969 FROM THESSALONIKI, GREECE TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND. UPON RECONSIDERATION, EXPENSES FOR TELEPHONE CALLS, PER DIEM AND TEMPORARY LODGING ARE ALLOWED.

TO MR. EARL R. ENGLISH:

YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 28, 1970, RECEIVED HERE ON DECEMBER 8, 1970, IN EFFECT REQUESTS A REVIEW OF TWO GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE SETTLEMENT VOUCHERS, DATED JUNE 25, 1970, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE LETTER, ON WHICH YOU WERE PAID TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES FOR TRAVEL PERFORMED BY YOU AND YOUR DEPENDENTS (WIFE AND MINOR CHILD) FROM REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE, TO HANAU, GERMANY, DURING THE PERIOD OCTOBER 21 TO NOVEMBER 3, 1966, AND FROM THESSALONIKI, GREECE, TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, DURING THE PERIOD OCTOBER 10 TO 26, 1969, INCIDENT TO PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATIONS AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.

ON THE SETTLEMENT VOUCHER (PAID VOUCHER NO. 450162) COVERING THE TRAVEL PERFORMED FROM REHOBOTH BEACH TO HANAU YOU WERE ALLOWED THE AGGREGATE SUM OF $457.96, REPRESENTING MILEAGE FROM REHOBOTH BEACH TO NEW YORK, NEW YORK ($22.10); PER DIEM FOR THE PERIOD OF TRAVEL FROM REHOBOTH BEACH TO HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, OCTOBER 21 TO 30, 1966 ($217); REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAIN FARE FROM FRANKFURT, GERMANY, TO HEIDELBERG ($11.36) TAXICAB FARE TO TERMINAL IN NEW YORK ($4.50) AND TAXICAB FARE FROM QUARTERS TO TRAIN STATION IN BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY ($3); AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE ALLOWANCE ($200). THERE WAS DEDUCTED FROM THE ALLOWANCE THE SUM OF $40 AS FEDERAL WITHHOLDING TAX ON THE MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE ALLOWANCE (20 PERCENT OF $200) AND THE BALANCE OF $417.96 WAS APPLIED TO THE OUTSTANDING TRAVEL ADVANCE OF $500 MADE FOR THIS TRIP. FOR REASONS GIVEN ON THE SETTLEMENT VOUCHER CERTAIN OTHER ITEMS CLAIMED BY YOU, THAT IS REIMBURSEMENT FOR OTHER TAXICAB FARES, TELEPHONE CALLS, AND PORTERS' FEES, WERE DISALLOWED.

ON THE SETTLEMENT VOUCHER (PAID VOUCHER NO. 450161) COVERING THE TRAVEL PERFORMED FROM THESSALONIKI TO FORT MEADE YOU WERE ALLOWED THE AGGREGATE SUM OF $1,442.47, REPRESENTING MILEAGE FROM THESSALONIKI TO CHERBOURG, FRANCE ($164.50), AND FROM NEW YORK TO FORT MEADE ($21.80); PER DIEM FOR THE PERIOD OF TRAVEL FROM THESSALONIKI TO CHERBOURG ($261.25), FROM CHERBOURG TO NEW YORK ($71.25) AND FROM NEW YORK TO FORT MEADE ($30); REIMBURSEMENT OF ROAD, BRIDGE AND FERRY TOLLS ($136.27) AND PORT TAX ($3); MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE ALLOWANCE ($200); AND TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE ($554.40). THERE WAS DEDUCTED FROM THE ALLOWANCE THE SUM OF $150.88 AS FEDERAL WITHHOLDING TAX ON THE MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE ALLOWANCE AND TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE (20 PERCENT OF $754.40) AND THE BALANCE OF $1,291.59 WAS APPLIED TO THE OUTSTANDING TRAVEL ADVANCE OF $2,236 MADE FOR THIS TRIP. FOR REASONS GIVEN ON THAT SETTLEMENT VOUCHER CERTAIN OTHER ITEMS CLAIMED BY YOU, THAT IS, REIMBURSEMENT FOR TELEPHONE CALLS, TAXICAB FARES, PORTERS' FEES, AND AUTOMOBILE PARKING FEES, WERE DISALLOWED.

YOU STATE IN YOUR LETTER THAT THE PAYEE'S COPIES OF THE VOUCHERS DO NOT REFLECT THE DETAILED DATA PERTAINING TO THE METHOD OF COMPUTATION USUALLY FURNISHED WHEN A VOUCHER IS PROCESSED AND THAT THIS DATA IS URGENTLY REQUIRED TO "CONSUMMATE THESE MATTERS" AT FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING DIVISION, AMSTA-EFPM, USATACOM, WARREN, MICHIGAN. THE WORKSHEETS CONTAINING THE DETAILED DATA SUPPORTING THE PAYMENTS MADE ON THE SETTLEMENT VOUCHERS AND INCLUDED AMONG THE OTHER SUPPORTING PAPERS IN THE CASE WERE NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THOSE VOUCHERS WHEN THEY WERE TRANSMITTED BY OUR CLAIMS DIVISION TO THE FINANCE CENTER, U.S. ARMY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, FOR PAYMENT. THEREFORE, THE COPIES YOU NOW HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION ARE COPIES OF THE COMPLETE VOUCHERS ON WHICH THE PAYMENTS TO YOU WERE BASED.

IN CONNECTION WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF YOUR CLAIM YOU RAISE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

"A. U.S. TO USAREUR

"(1) TELEPHONE CALLS PRIOR TO TRAVEL - IT IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME TELEPHONE CALLS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ARRANGE IMMUNIZATIONS, SHIPMENT OF FURNITURE, SALE OR RENTAL OF PROPERTY, ETC., WHICH COULD ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO TRAVEL.

"(2) WHY WAS MY TRIP AND RESULTANT PER DIEM TERMINATED AT HEIDELBERG, GERMANY WHEN MY DUTY STATION WAS HANAU GERMANY (COVERED BY T.O.)

"(3) WHY WAS MY DOCUMENTED TEMPORARY LODGING ALLOWANCE CLAIM NOT PAID; FROM 1900 HOURS 3 NOVEMBER TO 1300 HOURS, 10 NOVEMBER 1966.

"(4) P.O.V. AT DUTY STATION FOR CONVENIENCE OF GOVERNMENT. WHY WAS MILEAGE CLAIM FROM POV TO HANAU DISALLOWED.

"(5) WHY WAS INCOME TAX WITHHELD ON THE STATUTORY MOVING ALLOWANCE (JTR VOL 2, CH 19) ON TRAVEL PERFORMED IN 1966 WHEN ACCORDING TO AR 37 106, PARAGRAPH 14-30, 11 OCTOBER 1967, THIS WITHHOLDING WAS NOT AUTHORIZED UNTIL THE DATE OF THAT CHANGE TO THE REGULATION.

"B. GREECE TO U.S.

"(1) WHY WAS THE MILEAGE FROM THESSALONIKI GREECE TO CHERBOURG, FRANCE CUT WHEN THE ITINERARY WAS DICTATED BY DUTY AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS.

"(2) WHY WAS CHARGE FOR DECONTAMINATION OF POV DISALLOWED WHEN THIS IS A U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REGULATION.

"(3) WHY WAS CHARGE FOR TELEPHONE CALLS RELATIVE TO OBTAINING SURFACE TRAVEL DISALLOWED WHEN THIS MATTER WAS NOT SETTLED UNTIL I ARRIVED IN PARIS, FRANCE ENROUTE TO CHERBOURG.

"(4)WHY WERE TAXI FARES DISALLOWED WHEN THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY IN CONNECTION WITH OBTAINING A GTR AND SUBSEQUENT TICKET FOR SURFACE TRAVEL.

"(5) WHY WERE DRY CLEANING AND LAUNDRY CHARGES WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES DISALLOWED."

QUESTION A(1) AND B(3). THESE QUESTIONS RELATE TO TELEPHONE CALLS MADE BY YOU AND ITEMIZED IN YOUR CLAIM ($6.35 FOR THE 1966 TRAVEL AND $38.96 FOR THE 1969 TRAVEL). YOUR ENTITLEMENT THERETO IS GOVERNED BY SECTION 3.1 OF THE STANDARDIZED GOVERNMENT TRAVEL REGULATIONS WHICH STATES THAT TRANSPORTATION MAY INCLUDE AMONG OTHER THINGS, TELEPHONE, RADIO AND CABLE MESSAGES IN CONNECTION WITH ITEMS CLASSED AS TRANSPORTATION. IN VIEW THEREOF AND SINCE THE TELEPHONE CALLS MADE BY YOU DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 19 TO OCTOBER 14, 1966, WERE MADE BETWEEN POINTS IN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE PRIOR TO THE TIME YOUR TRAVEL BY PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE FROM REHOBOTH BEACH TO NEW YORK COMMENCED, THOSE TELEPHONE CALLS DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARRANGING FOR TRANSPORTATION. HENCE, THERE IS NO AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF $6.35 CLAIMED THEREFOR. AS TO THE TELEPHONE CALLS MADE ON YOUR RETURN TRAVEL, SINCE YOU HAVE PRODUCED COPIES OF RECEIPTS TO SUPPORT YOUR STATEMENT THAT $30 WAS PAID IN CONNECTION WITH TELEPHONE CALLS MADE DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1969, FROM THESSALONIKI TO ATHENS, GREECE, REGARDING TRAVEL AND SHIPMENT DETAILS, THIS AMOUNT IS PROPER FOR ALLOWANCE. OF THE OTHER FOUR ITEMS CLAIMED FOR TELEPHONE CALLS ON THIS TRIP, AGGREGATING $8.96, IT APPEARS THAT ONLY THE TELEPHONE CALL ON NOVEMBER 25, 1969, FROM BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, TO THE UNITED STATES LINES, NEW YORK, WAS MADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARRANGING FOR TRANSPORTATION, HENCE WE WILL ALLOW YOU THE SUM OF THIS CALL, $1.21. NO BASIS EXISTS FOR ALLOWANCE OF THE OTHER THREE TELEPHONE CALLS AGGREGATING $7.75.

QUESTION A(2). THE REASON WHY REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES AND PER DIEM WERE ALLOWED ON THE SETTLEMENT VOUCHER FOR THE TRAVEL FROM REHOBOTH BEACH TO HEIDELBERG RATHER THAN HANAU IS THAT PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE TRAVEL ORDERS OF AUGUST 18, 1966, ISSUED BY UNITED STATES ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE CENTER, WARREN, MICHIGAN, READ IN PERTINENT PART, AS FOLLOWS:

"EMPLOYEE WILL REPORT TO HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY EUROPE, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY AND HEADQUARTERS, SEVENTH, U.S. ARMY, STUTTGART, GERMANY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING AND ASSIGNMENT TO PERMANENT DUTY STATION."

WHILE WE HAVE NO OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION TO ESTABLISH THAT HANAU, WHICH IS LOCATED 59 MILES NORTH OF HEIDELBERG, WAS YOUR PERMANENT DUTY STATION, THERE APPEARS TO BE OTHER ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE IN THE FILE TO SUPPORT A DETERMINATION THAT HANAU WAS ESTABLISHED AS YOUR PERMANENT DUTY STATION FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING AT HEIDELBERG. BASED ON THIS DETERMINATION, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ADDITIONAL PER DIEM OF $170 FOR SELF AND DEPENDENTS FOR THE PERIOD YOU WERE IN HEIDELBERG (OCTOBER 30 TO NOVEMBER 3, 1966) IN A TRAVEL STATUS AND FOR THE PERIOD OF TRAVEL FROM HEIDELBERG TO HANAU ON NOVEMBER 3, 1966, COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS:

OCTOBER 30 TO NOVEMBER 3, 1966 (2:30 P.M.) 4-1/2 DAYS (1/4 DAY PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED FOR OCTOBER 30)

SELF 4-1/2 DAYS $16 $72 DEPENDENTS 4-1/2 DAYS $12 X 2 $108

ADDITIONAL PER DIEM DUE $180

QUESTION A(3). THE RECORD SHOWS THAT YOUR CLAIM FOR TEMPORARY LODGING ALLOWANCE WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY A COPY OF A RECEIPT FROM THE BAYRISCHER HOTEL, HANAU, FOR 332.05 WEST GERMANY DEUTSCHEMARKS (LODGING FOR PERIOD NOVEMBER 3 TO 10, 1966) WAS NOT ALLOWED BY OUR CLAIMS DIVISION IN VIEW OF SECTION 2.5B(1) OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET CIRCULAR NO. A-56 (REVISED OCTOBER 12, 1966) WHICH PROHIBITED THE PAYMENT OF THE TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE TO AN EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING TEMPORARY QUARTERS LOCATED AT AN OFFICIAL STATION OTHER THAN IN THE 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO AND THE CANAL ZONE. THROUGH INADVERTENCE, NO STATEMENT REGARDING YOUR NONENTITLEMENT TO THIS ALLOWANCE WAS MADE ON THE SETTLEMENT VOUCHER. WHILE THE MENTIONED REGULATION DOES NOT COVER YOUR CASE, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT YOUR ENTITLEMENT TO REIMBURSEMENT EXISTS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 5 U.S.C. 5923 AND REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT THERETO (STATE DEPARTMENT STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS - GOVERNMENT CIVILIANS, FOREIGN AREAS) WHICH AUTHORIZES A TEMPORARY LODGING ALLOWANCE UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. THEREFORE, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THE DOLLAR EQUIVALENT OF 304.25 WEST GERMANY DEUTSCHEMARKS (332.05 DEUTSCHEMARKS FOR HOTEL LODGINGS LESS 27.80 DEUTSCHEMARKS, REPRESENTING COST OF PERSONAL TELEPHONE CALL MADE WHILE AT THE HOTEL). THE AMOUNT TO BE ALLOWED FOR THIS ITEM IS SUBJECT TO THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING OF 20 PERCENT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 14-31A(4) (CHANGE 44, DATED NOVEMBER 23, 1970), ARMY REGULATIONS NO. 37-106.

QUESTION A(4). THE RECORD SHOWS THAT YOU WENT TO BREMERHAVEN PORT OF EMBARKATION ON DECEMBER 9, 1966, AFTER AN OFFICIAL TRIP TO DENMARK AND DROVE YOUR PERSONALLY OWNED AUTOMOBILE TO HANAU. YOUR CLAIM, IN THIS CONNECTION, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE "COMMON CARRIER RATE OF $13.35" PAID TO YOU ON THE VOUCHER COVERING THE TRIP TO DENMARK AND THE "POV RATE" OF $0.12 PER MILE FOR THE DISTANCE INVOLVED UNDER YOUR PERMANENT CHANGE-OF -STATION ORDERS. PARAGRAPH C7154-3 (CHANGE 19, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 1966), VOLUME 2, JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS, WHILE PERMITTING THE PAYMENT OF PER DIEM AND MILEAGE ALLOWANCES TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO DRIVES A MOTOR VEHICLE TO AND FROM THE PORTS WHILE HE IS PERFORMING PERMANENT DUTY TRAVEL, SPECIFIES THAT NO PER DIEM, TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES, OR MILEAGE WILL BE ALLOWED TO HIM WHEN HE MAKES A SEPARATE TRIP TO THE PORT TO DELIVER OR PICK UP THE MOTOR VEHICLE. ASSUMING THAT BREMERHAVEN WAS ON THE DIRECT ROUTE BACK TO YOUR PERMANENT DUTY STATION, THE ALLOWANCE OF ANY MILEAGE FOR USE OF YOUR AUTOMOBILE WOULD HAVE DEPENDED ON YOUR ORDERS COVERING THE TEMPORARY DUTY IN DENMARK, THAT IS, WHETHER THE USE OF SUCH AUTOMOBILE WAS DETERMINED BY PROPER AUTHORITY TO BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE PRESENT RECORD THERE IS NO BASIS TO ALLOW ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.

QUESTION A(5). AS INDICATED ABOVE, FEDERAL INCOME TAX OF 20 PERCENT ($40 ON THE AMOUNT ALLOWED FOR YOUR TRAVEL TO HANAU AND $150.88 ON THE AMOUNT ALLOWED FOR YOUR TRAVEL TO FORT MEADE) WAS WITHHELD ON THE SETTLEMENTS AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH 14-31 (CHANGE 39, DATED JUNE 20, 1969), ARMY REGULATIONS NO. 37-106, WHICH WAS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF SUCH SETTLEMENTS. THAT PARAGRAPH STIPULATES THAT AMOUNTS PAID BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AS MOVING EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS OR ALLOWANCES INCIDENT TO A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ENUMERATED SECTIONS OF APPENDIX A, VOLUME 2, JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS, ARE CONSIDERED TO BE TAXABLE WAGES AND SUBJECT TO THE WITHHOLDING OF FEDERAL INCOME TAXES. INCLUDED AMONG THOSE ENUMERATED SECTIONS ARE THOSE COVERING AMOUNTS PAID FOR SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES OF THE EMPLOYEE AND HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY WHILE OCCUPYING TEMPORARY QUARTERS WHEN HE IS TRANSFERRED TO A NEW OFFICIAL STATION AND AMOUNTS PAID FOR ALLOWANCES FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. WHILE THAT REGULATION WAS PROMULGATED ON OCTOBER 11, 1967, AND THEN NUMBERED PARAGRAPH 14-30 AND SIMILARILY WORDED AS ABOVE-MENTIONED PARAGRAPH 14-31, IT CONTEMPLATED THE WITHHOLDING OF THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX ON PAYMENTS MADE ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 11, 1967, COVERING TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE ALLOWANCE REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED TO HIS NEW PERMANENT DUTY STATION AND BECAME ENTITLED TO SUCH ALLOWANCES. SINCE YOU RECEIVED PAYMENTS THEREFOR IN JULY 1970, THE WITHHOLDING OF THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX THEREON WAS PROPER.

QUESTION B(1). THE TRANSFER ORDERS DATED AUGUST 8, 1969, ISSUED BY USATACOM, WARREN, MICHIGAN, AUTHORIZED THE USE OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION (MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION SERVICE OR COMMERCIAL WATER) ON THE BASIS THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPHS C6001-1 AND 4G, VOLUME 2, JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS, THIS MODE OF TRANSPORTATION HAD BEEN DETERMINED FOR MEDICAL REASONS. WHILE THIS DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO PERMIT SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FROM PORT OF EMBARKATION IN EUROPE TO THE UNITED STATES IN LIEU OF THE UTILIZATION OF AIR TRAVEL THERE IS NOTHING IN THE ORDERS OR ELSEWHERE IN THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT A PARTICULAR OVERLAND ROUTE WAS DESIGNATED FOR AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL FROM THESSALONIKI TO THE PORT OF EMBARKATION WHICH IN THIS CASE WAS CHERBOURG. ACCORDINGLY, THE MILEAGE ALLOWANCE TO YOU FOR USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE FOR TRAVEL TO PORT OF EMBARKATION WAS REQUIRED TO BE COMPUTED ON THE OFFICIAL DISTANCE OF DIRECT HIGHWAY TRAVEL FROM THESSALONIKI TO CHERBOURG, THAT IS 1,645 MILES AS SHOWN BY THE OFFICIAL TABLE OF DISTANCES - FOREIGN TRAVEL (ARMY REGULATIONS NO. 55-61). SINCE YOU WERE PAID $164.50 AS MILEAGE (1,645 MILES $0.10) THERE IS NO AUTHORITY TO ALLOW ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT AS MILEAGE.

QUESTION B(2). PARAGRAPH C7154-2 (CHANGE 41, DATED DECEMBER 1, 1968), VOLUME 2, JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS, PROVIDES AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT TRANSPORTATION OF A PRIVATELY OWNED MOTOR VEHICLE AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE INCLUDES PORT HANDLING CHARGES FOR READYING THE VEHICLE FOR SHIPMENT AT PORT OF EMBARKATION AND FOR USE AT PORT OF DEBARKATION. UNDER THIS AUTHORITY YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT OF THE FEE OF $2.73 CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DECONTAMINATION OF YOUR PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE AT CHERBOURG.

QUESTION B(4). YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TAXI FARES WHICH, AS YOU SAY, WERE UTILIZED IN CONNECTION WITH OBTAINING A GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION REQUEST AND SUBSEQUENT TICKET FOR SURFACE TRAVEL, INASMUCH AS ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL - A PREREQUISITE FOR PAYMENT - IS LACKING.

QUESTION B(5). THE AMOUNT OF $554 REPRESENTING TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES ALLOWED TO YOU ON THE VOUCHER COVERING YOUR TRAVEL TO FORT MEADE (WHICH WE FIND TO BE PROPER) INCLUDES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REIMBURSEMENT OF LODGING, MEALS, AND LAUNDRY (COIN MACHINE), AND WAS COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS:

1ST 10 DAYS - DECEMBER 23, 1969, TO JANUARY 1, 1970 LODGING AND MEALS ($150) AND LAUNDRY ($2.90) $152.90

2ND 10 DAYS - PERIOD JANUARY 2 TO JANUARY 11, 1970 LODGING AND MEALS ($178) AND LAUNDRY ($4.75) $182.75

3RD 10 DAYS - PERIOD JANUARY 12 TO 21, 1970 MAXIMUM PAYABLE FOR SELF AND DEPENDENTS UNDER SECTION 2.5(D)(2) OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET CIRCULAR NO. A-56 (REVISED JUNE 26, 1969) SINCE THIS IS LESS THAN THE ACTUAL EXPENSES OF $242.81 CLAIMED $218.75

TOTAL $554.40

A SUPPLEMENTAL SETTLEMENT WILL BE STATED BY OUR CLAIMS DIVISION FOR THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOUND DUE YOU AND THE ALLOWABLE SUM WILL BE APPLIED AGAINST THE RESPECTIVE BALANCES OF $82.04 AND $944.41 DUE ON THE TRAVEL ADVANCES PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.