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B-227584 1 (1988-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadncf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General ~ ,,, of the United States 6.Washington, D.C. 20548 UDecision Matterof- Colonel James C. Berry, USAR--Army Reservists-- Travel Allowances File: B-227584 Date: May 19, 1988 DIGEST 1. Entries concerning travel allowances in military orders are ineffective to the extent that they do not conform to the applicable statutes and regulations. Hence, an Army reservist called away from his home to perform active duty is entitled to payment of travel allowances as prescribed by regulation, notwithstanding an entry included by the Army Reserve Personnel Center in his active duty orders that travel at government expense was not authorized. 2. Inconsistent travel orders or authorizations for the same travel issued by different Army commands should be reconciled in the settlement of an Army reservist's claims. The orders issued by the proper order issuing authority should be amended to conform to the law and regulations, and subsequent settlement of the member's claims should be based on the amended orders. The other orders should be disregarded. DECISION Colonel James C. Berry, United States Army Reserve, requests reconsideration of our Claims Group's denial of his claim for travel allowances based on his call to active duty for a 4-day period in April 1986. We conclude that our Claims Group's action was based on erroneous information that he was a member of the Standby Reserve when in fact he was a member of the Ready Reserve. We further conclude that he is entitled to partial payment on his claim. BACKGROUND Colonel Berry is an Army reservist who resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is assigned as an Individual Mobili- zation Augmentee to an Army unit located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. On April 21, 1986, he was called to active duty and traveled from North Carolina to Maryland for the purpose of attending a North Atlantic Treaty

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