FOR THE RELIEF OF JOHN MICHAEL SULLIVAN, DECEASED (H. R. 3923). MR. BOYLAN NAVY DEPARTMENT, The CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The bill (H. R. 3923) for the relief of John Michael Sullivan, deceased, was referred to the Navy Department by your committee with a request for report and recommendation. The purpose of this bill is to consider John Michael Sullivan, deceased, as having been honorably discharged from the naval service on May 4, 1919. The records of the Navy Department show that John Michael Sullivan was born on February 14, 1899, and enrolled in the National Naval Volunteers on March 12, 1917, to serve for 3 years. He later transferred to the Naval Reserve Force. His record shows the following: June 4, 1917: Shirking duty. June 26, 1917: Violating a ship's order by using a ditty box belonging to another person. July 24, 1917: Dirty mess apron. May 4, 1919: Deserted from Naval Reserve Force, and he is now carried on the records in the status of a deserter at large. This bill, if enacted into law, would result in no cost to the Navy; however, it is probable that a charge under the Veterans' Administration would be involved now or in the future. The Navy Department recommends against the enactment of the bill H. R. 3923. Sincerely yours, CLAUDE A. SWANSON. FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THE WAR SERVICE OF MAYBELLE HELEN LEBRUN (MIRHIGE) CREDITED AS ACTIVE NAVAL SERVICE UNDER HER RATING OF YEOMAN, FIRST CLASS, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE force, and FOR OTHER PURPOSES (H. R. 3531). MR. CROWTHER NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 1, 1937. The CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The bill (H. R. 3531) for the purpose of Saving the war service of Maybelle Helen LeBrun (Mirhige) credited as active naval service under her rating of yeoman, first class, United States Naval Reserve Force, and for other purposes, has been referred to the Navy Department by your committee for report and recommendation. The purpose of the bill is to credit the war service of Maybelle Helen LeBrun (Mirhige) from July 23, 1917, to September 30, 1919, as active duty in the Navy, to make same part of her service record the Bureau of Navigation and to entitle her to all benefits derived from such service. The records of the Navy Department show that Maybelle Helen L-Brin enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force on March 30, 1917, as a yeoman, first class, at the Navy recruiting station, Baltimore, Md. She reported for active duty on April 14, 1917; was relieved from active y on July 16, 1917, and was discharged on October 17, 1918. After her release from active duty on July 16, 1917, she was on active ty as a civilian employee of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department, from July 23, 1917, to September 30, 1919. The proposed legislation would result in Mrs. LeBrun receiving reit for military service during the same period of time she received Day as a civilian employee. There are a large number of former Naval Reservists who served in an inactive-duty status in the Naval Reserve Force during the same period of time they received pay as ival employees. Therefore, to allow Mrs. LeBrun credit for military rvice during the period of her civil employment and not grant other ployees in a like status the same privilege, would be unfair and riminatory. The Navy Department recommends against the enactment of HR 3531. Sincerely yours, CLAUDE A. SWANSON. 91216-37-No. 234 (488) FOR THE RELIEF OF IRVING KILBURN BILLS (H. R. 3553). MR. HEALEY NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 1, 1937. The CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The bill (H. R. 3553) for the relief of Irving Kilburn Bills was referred to the Navy Department by your committee with a request for report and recommendation. The purpose of this bill is to consider Irving Kilburn Bills as having been honorably discharged from the Navy on June 30, 1920, and to give him the benefits of the Adjusted Compensation Act, as amended. The records of the Navy Department show that Irving Kilburn Bis was born on March 6, 1898, and enlisted in the Navy on December 7, 1917, to serve for 4 years. His record shows the following: March 1, 1918: Absent over liberty about 2 days 14 hours; convicted by deck August 7, 1918: Disobedience of orders by not scrubbing hammock. January 12, 1920: Surrendered, was tried by general court martial, found rty of desertion, and sentenced to be confined for 1 year, to be dishonorably charged from the Navy, and to suffer all other accessories of his sentence. June 18, 1920: The Navy Department remitted so much of the unexecuted portion of the sentence as related to confinement and corresponding accessories and directed that Bills' discharge be effected in accordance with the remaining terms of his sentence. June 30, 1920: Bills was dishonorably discharged at Parris Island, S. C. The bill H. R. 3553, if enacted into law, would result in a cost of approximately $1,189 under the Adjusted Compensation Act, and wold probably result in additional charges either now or in the future, under the Veterans' Administration. The Navy Department recommends against the enactment of the H. R. 3553. Sincerely yours, CLAUDE A. SWANSON. 91216-37-No. 235 (485) о |