Executive Order 9386—Regulations Governing the Granting of Allowances for Quarters and Subsistence to Enlisted Men
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 10 of the act of June 16, 1942 (56 Stat. 363; 37 U.S.C., Sup. 110), I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the granting of (1) allowances for quarters and subsistence to enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service who are not furnished quarters or rations in kind, and (2) allowances for quarters to enlisted men of the first, second, and third grades in the active military, naval, or Coast Guard service of the United States having dependents as defined in section 4 of the said act, for periods during which public quarters are not provided and available for such dependents:
ALLOWANCES FOR QUARTERS AND SUBSISTENCE TO ENLISTED MEN NOT FURNISHED QUARTERS OR RATIONS IN KIND
SECTION I
Men on duty where quarters or rations in kind are not furnished shall be granted daily allowances as follows:
| No Government messing facilities furnished | Government messing facilities furnished | |
| A. General-When assigned to countries or places not otherwise hereinafter specified: |
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| (a) Subsistence ---------- | $1.80 | $1.20 |
| (b) Quarters -------------- | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| B. Special-When assigned (except as hereafter provided) to Europe, South America, India, Africa, Australia, or at such other countries or isolated stations as determined by the head of the department concerned, or when absent from their ships on temporary duty not involving travel: | ||
| (a) Subsistence ---------- | 2.25 | 2.10 |
| (b) Quarters -------------- | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| Exception No. 1-Canal Zone | ||
| (a) Subsistence ---------- | 1.80 | 1.20 |
| (b) Quarters -------------- | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| Exception No. 2-Alaska | ||
| (a) Subsistence ---------- | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| (b) Quarters -------------- | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Exception No. 3-Naval Missions to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela | ||
| (a) Subsistence ---------- | 0.75 | -------- |
| (b) Quarters -------------- | 1.25 | -------- |
| Exception No. 4-American Embassies. Bogota, Colombia, Havana, Cuba, and Moscow, U.S.S.R.; and American Legations, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Guatemala City, Guatemala: | ||
| (a) Subsistence ---------- | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| (b) Quarters -------------- | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| C. Special-Enlisted men assigned to duty where emergency conditions Justify such allowances, payable at the discretion and upon the determination of the head of the department concerned, in lieu of allowances at rates otherwise specified herein: | ||
| (a) Subsistence-at not to exceed -------- | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| (b) Quarters--at not to exceed | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| NOTE 1. Upon arrival at or departure from a station where allowances for subsistence are paid, allowances shall be computed as follows: The day to begin at midnight; for 18 hours or more at the station, one whole day; for 12 hours or more but less than 18 hours at the station, two-thirds of one day; ior 6 hours or more but less than 12 hours at the station, one-third of one day. No allowance for subsistence shall be paid for the day on which a man arrives at a station after 6 o'clock P.M. | ||
| NOTE 2. In determining station allowance for quarters, a fractional part of a day shall be computed as a whole day; payment for station allowance shall accrue from midnight. Station allowance for quarters shall be paid for the day of arrival at. but not for the day of departure from a permanent station. | ||
SECTION II
Men traveling on duty including detentions not exceeding thirty-one days at any one place, when not furnished sleeping car, stateroom accommodations, or other quarters and rations in kind, shall be granted a daily allowance of $5.00: Provided, that when quarters in kind are furnished, they shall be entitled only to an allowance for subsistence at the rate of $1.00 per meal, and when subsistence is furnished they shall be entitled only to an allowance for quarters at the rate of $2.00 per day. For the purposes of this section quarters in kind will be considered as furnished for the day of arrival at a permanent station.
Men absent under orders from their station upon duty which involves travel and also temporary detentions during the journey shall be deemed to be traveling under orders during the entire period of such absence including the day of departure therefrom and return thereto. For periods of detention in excess of thirty-one days at any one place, the allowances prescribed in Section I shall govern after the thirty-first day.
SECTION III
Payments of allowances for quarters and subsistence may be made to enlisted men not more than one month In advance, except that as to men proceeding to or from a station beyond the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska, such payments may be made not more than three months in advance. The heads of the departments concerned may prescribe such additional regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.
SECTION IV
ALLOWANCES TO ENLISTED MEN OF THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GRADES HAVING DEPENDENTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4 OF THE ACT OF JUNE 16, 1942
Each enlisted man of the first, second, or third grade in the active military, naval, or Coast Guard service of the United States who Is not entitled to a money allowance for quarters in a non-travel status under the provisions of section 10 of the said act of June 16, 1942, and who has a dependent as defined in section 4 thereof, shall be entitled to receive for any period during which public quarters are not provided and available for such dependent, the money allowances for quarters prescribed for enlisted men in a non-travel status by Section I above. Any such enlisted man shall continue to be entitled to this allowance although receiving the allowance for quarters in a non-travel status prescribed by Section I above, if by reason of orders of competent authority his dependent is prevented from dwelling with him.
The term "dependent" as defined in section 4 of the said act of June 16, 1942, shall include at all times and in all places a lawful wife and unmarried children under twenty-one years of age. It shall also include the father or mother of the person concerned provided he or she is in fact dependent upon such person for his or her chief support: Provided, that the term "children" shall be held to include stepchildren and adopted children when such stepchildren or adopted children are in fact dependent upon the person claiming dependency allowance.
This order shall supersede Executive Order No. 9206 of July 27, 1942, as amended by Executive Order No. 9295 of January 9, 1943, and shall be effective as of November 1, 1943.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
October 15, 1943.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 9386—Regulations Governing the Granting of Allowances for Quarters and Subsistence to Enlisted Men Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/372715