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 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, 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 in 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 LeBrun 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 duty 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 duty 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 credit for military service during the same period of time she received pay 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 civil employees. Therefore, to allow Mrs. LeBrun credit for military service during the period of her civil employment and not grant other employees in a like status the same privilege, would be unfair and discriminatory. The Navy Department recommends against the enactment of H. R. 3531. Sincerely yours, CLAUDE A. SWANSON. 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 Bills 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 court. August 7, 1918: Disobedience of orders by not scrubbing hammock. January 12, 1920: Surrendered, was tried by general court martial, found guilty of desertion, and sentenced to be confined for 1 year, to be dishonorably discharged 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 would probably result in additional charges either now or in the future, under the Veterans' Administration. The Navy Department recommends against the enactment of the bill H. R. 3553. Sincerely yours, CLAUDE A. SWANSON. FOR THE RELIEF OF GEORGE DEWEY LYON (H. R. 3632). MR. BACON 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. 3632) for the relief of George Dewey Lyon was referred to the Navy Department by your committee with a request for report and recommendation. The purpose of this bill is to consider George Dewey Lyon as having been honorably discharged from the Navy on April 30, 1919. The records of the Navy Department show that George Dewey Lyon was born on August 22, 1898, and enlisted in the Navy on January 12, 1916, to serve during his minority. His record shows the following: February 8, 1917: Dropping a pot of paint overboard. April 28, 1918. deck court. Willful destruction of Government property; convicted by October 18, 1918: Absent without liberty about 6 hours; convicted by summary court martial. October 31, 1918: Absent over liberty about 24 hours. April 5, 1919: Disorderly conduct ashore on foreign station. April 21, 1919: Absent over liberty about 38 hours 30 minutes; convicted by summary court martial and sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge which was effected on May 21, 1919, at New York, N. Y. 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. 3632. Sincerely yours, CLAUDE A. SWANSON. 91216-37-No. 236 (487) |