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r t 7 iCOMPTROLLER? GGINERAL OF THE UN4ITED STATES
.WASI..Ws4, D.C. 203
)-179430 December 18, 1973
1If, Il, Crlppen
I'Inane vund Aceoauting Officer
Through Office of the Co;iptrollor
oi the ArP;.V
Dapartant of the t4Zy
Dtar 11r9 Crippen:
Thin refer £rther to your letter of lay 0, 1973, with enclooures,
ref1crcnc /dtX3A-CF1, forwfarded here by the OZice of t01% Comptroller
of th1, Av'y on Auust C, 1973, reference DAC&-CSS-rP, r'.quostin nn
ndivancs decision whother the enclosed voucher in the m.mount of $103.61,
representing ovrti.ne compensation to Hr. RicharJ L, Truax for travel
ppe.'.'or=ied for 10 hours and 15 rinute on Saturday, March 24, and 1 hour
on Sunny, March 25, 1973, incident to reporting to the office of the
United fltatns Attorney ut Camaen, Nei Jersey.
You irny that Kr, T Tur, an osiployeo of the Sncrnranto Army Dpot,
.ncrxueneo, California, was directc:d by the Vepartment o the Amruy to
report to the office of the United Stateo Atiornoy, Cmadcn, Heir Jersey,
nt: 3.0 n.m. Sunday) larch 25, 1973, The purpone of the travel was for
lireTru.T :: to vestify ns a witnena in a Govornment cane nmid arrival. in
Crvi]en on tktrch 25, 1973, va0 noeononry for brefin, for the tr..i.
scheduled for BVrch 26, 1973. Doparture from Sacramnto at 6:30 a.m.
M4arch 24, .1973, wa neccnsary to innure arrival in Calden by 10 na,.
on t'arch 25, .t973. lir. Truax mnintains that since the datte for the
otart of the trial, Iarch 26, 1973, was establishod by thi Federal Court
ratlr than thr. Dcpntn:nt of the Army, that the nucennty for travrtl
on Saturday and 'undoy fi:3 admrnitrativoly uncontroll.tble by the Dcpart-
:.tunt of the Army, Pny1-,c.t of ovcri-cix coapcnoation to .1r, Truax ira.
idrSuistrQ vely denied on the bsios that the travel tis directod by
tha lopart4ont of tht Army and not thu. court nnd, thorefore, it vzns
admiuistrntively contzollnble. You nay that the Pcpartnsint of the Arrqy
could have nci(otiatod with the court to arrange for thc4 later appisanrrce
of lir. T'ru ar a witness which would not have required travel on a
nonduty day.
The follcwing questiow. are submitted for a decialont
d. Istha ouvLder propir for pny.i.nt i n v, of
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