Summary

SP-2: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 29. YOU WERE TRANSFERRED FROM FORT BUCHANAN. MINOR STEPSON) WERE AUTHORIZED TO ACCOMPANY YOU TO THE UNITED STATES. YOU WERE PAID $5.46 FOR THE TRAVEL OF YOUR DAUGHTER BASED ON THE DISTANCE FROM NEW YORK. YOUR CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED FOR THE REASON THAT GOVERNMENT SEA AND AIR TRANSPORTATION WAS AVAILABLE FROM PUERTO RICO TO THE UNITED STATES DURING THE PERIOD OF YOUR DAUGHTER'S TRAVEL. YOU URGE THAT YOUR CLAIM BE ALLOWED FOR THE STATED REASON THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS TO OBTAIN GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION AND THAT YOUR DAUGHTER WAS ONLY 14 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME SHE TRAVELED. TRANSPORTATION BY GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT WAS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR 14-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.