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B-194938 1 (1979-10-26)

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 FILE:  B-194938                   DATE: October 26,. 1979

 MATTER OF:     Major-General              ,-USAR


 DIGEST:   A Reserve officer ordered to active duty
           training (ADT) with a reporting date of.
           8 a.m., October 16, 1978, travels by air on
           October 15 to Washington, D.C.,.and completes
           his duty assignment by 6:30 p.m. on October 16.
           Using the directives of the DODPM, constructive-
           travel by air from Washington, D.C., to-
           St. Louis could have been completed before
           12 p.m. on October 16, 1978. He is not enti-
           tied to an additional day of active duty pay
           and allowances for October 17 for return
           travel to his home.

     The issue presented here is whether a Reserve officer ordered
to active duty for training (ADT) .who travels to and from his ADT
station by air is authorized an additional day of active duty pay
for travel upon being released from ADT where return travel could
be completed on the same day as completion of ADT. The answer is
no.

     The question was presented upon a request from the Finance
and Accounting Officer at the Reserve Components Personnel and
Administration Center, Department of the Army, St. Louis, Missouri,
and has been assigned submission number DO-A-1320 by the Department
of Defense Military Pay and Allowance Committee.

     Major General              , a member of the United States
Army Reserve,was given verbal orders to ADT in Washington, D.C.,
with a reporting date of no 'later than 8 a.m., October 16, 1978.
He began his travel on October 15, 1978, from Chicago, Illinois,
arriving in Washington, D.C., at 4 p.m. the same day. He completed
his assignment at 6:30 p.m., October 16, 1978, but did not leave
Washington, D.C.,.until 7:10 a.m., October 17, 1978. He arrived
home at St. Louis at 9:15 a.m. the same day.. Written orders were
issued on October 19, 1978, at his request for 2 days' ADT plus
allowable traveltime. Based on General        signed statement
that he completedhis assignment at 6:30 p.m. on October 16, 1978,
his orders were amended to read 1 day. ADT.

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