Hflvy REGULATES TRAVEL
The Secretary of Defense recently
issued a policy statement governing
passenger travel of uniformed and
civilian personnel of the Depart
ment of Defense and of their de
pendents. The Secretary of the
Navy has promulgated this .policv to
the Naval Service for compliance by
its personnel arranging'for, or per
forming, travel at government ex
pense to, from and between areas
beyond the continental United
States.
This policy directs the use of
government transportation whenever
it is determined to be both avail
able and suitable to meet the re
quirements of the service unless
such transportation is medically
contra-indicated or would separate
a family that would otherwise trav
el together.
The availability of government j
transportation is to be decided by :
the officer arranging the trans
portation after a consideration of j
the factors of time, suitability orl
adequacy of the transportation and }
facts relating to the specific
case. If not precluded by the word
lng of the individual orders or
travel authorization and if other- |
wise satisfactory, government transj
portation in connection with per
manent change of station will be
considered available if its use
will not occasion a delay of more j
than thirty days.
In the event the officer arrang
ing the transportation determines
that two modes of government
transportation are available, the
selection of the mode to be used
will be made by him only after a
consideration of all facts in the !
case, including the desires of the i
traveler. I
'Government aircraft of the Mil
itary Air Transport Service is con-i
sidered suitable for the transpor- }
tat ion of female passengers only if,
it meets certain minimum standards,
of comfort and privacy. It is oth-i
erv'ise considered suitable for the !
transportation of all personnel
whose travel is authorized by any
of the services.
The policy prescribes that re
fusal of government transportation
when such transportation is both
suitable and available, as deter
mined by the officer arranging for
it, imposes no further obligation
on the government to furnish either
commercial transportation In kind
or reimbursement therefore In lieu i
con't. next col. <
NAVY REGULATIONS con't.
of the refused transportation.
’Whenever Government transporta
tion is determined to Re unavail
able, Commercial transportation is
a\ithorized. Y/hen persons must ne
cessarily use commercial transport
ation from port of origin (air or
sea), or to port of destination,
the use of government transporta
tion will not he required from any
Other point, except In the case
points served by Military land
transportation where the chanae be
tween commercial and government
transportation will not cause un
due inconvenience.
In situations which permit a
choice between commercial carriers,
personnel shall travel and trans
port their personal effects in
ships and aircraft registered un
der the laws of the United States
where available, unless the necess
ity of the mission requires the
use.of the ship or aircraft under
a foreign flaai.
FIRTHDAY GIFT con't.
ization program for crippled child
ren," Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, stated
to Mrs. Hoppin, president of the
ACCA, in acknowledging the $S,000
gift. Appreciation of the gift, he
said, extends "to all the ACCA
chapters v/ho made this fine con
tribution possible".
The check brought to $73,225 the
money which the ACCA, through work
of its membership, has contributed
in the past five years for matching
in Federal funds for the program in
the territory.
A vast amount of help at the Or
thopedic Center at Mt. Ed~ecymbe
hospital has also been contributed
by the ACCA, according to an ar
ticle by Dr. Philip Moore, ortho
pedic surgeon, in a recent issue of
"Alaska's Health". Sitka ACCA
chapter members have given continu
ous and innumerable personal ser
vices to the Orthopedic Center pa
tients at Mt. Edgecumbe, Dr. Moore
said, among which are birthday
cakes for each child and holiday
parties.
Members of the Juneau chapter of
ACCA, in addition to aiding the Or
thopedic Center, have devoted time
end much personal attention to the
3mall patients in the Chronic Dis
ease Unit at St. Ann's hospital.
Examples of help of the ACCA at
'he Center were: Aid In purchase of
equipment for a brace shop so that
:hildren under treatment could have
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