Byecr INCREASE Travel . . 4,000.00 Transportation $1 3900.20. Total Increase " €5,000.00. This request was granted by CUTF 132 endorsement AG 120 of 19 November. Total Funds available in these allotments for fiscal year 1953 now amounted = to: - Travel ° . Transportation Jj. : $12, 500. 00 — .-$25590.90 While all information on Cost of returning the Staff fron the forvard area 1s not available at this tine, it 1s estimated that $3,900.00. will be _ chargeable to these allotments for commercial air transportation and per diem. ‘The. novanint of 9 officers and men via Navy cargo plane reduced the total amount estinated to be required by about $1,790.00..:-. Divisien of funding beticen Navy and Task Force - Assistant Secretary of Defense Memorandum of 12 January.1951' was used asa guide during IV%, In general the cases at hand. were clear-cut ani fellinto the category of "Nornal ServiceOperating Expensos® or “xtra Military Fxperiscs! as defined: tn thie memorandum. . Two recent exasples referred to the Task.Sroup Commander for decision serve to illustrate -the area of overlapping between the two categories of expenses. One ocncerned a charge of $1,750.00 to the USS CURTISS for concrete block ballast required to trim ship after loading with certain ASC materials. This was considered a proper charge to the extra military » category and the ship was instructed to present the necessary reinbursemént 137 BEST AVAILABLE COPY t