AFO No * 39 Revised 
Amendment No, 9 
Admin, Memo. 15$ 
UNITED STATES^ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR *. 
Fish and Wildlife Service 
Washington, D. G. 
December 12, 1940. 
MEMORANDUM 
FOR 
CHIEFS OF DIVISIONS AND FIELD OFFICERS 
Subjects Decrease of per diem allowance .while on shipboard 
and prohibition against delaying travel awaiting 
airplanes or extra fare trains * ; 
Orders Nos. 1533 and 1534 of the Secretary of the Interior, both 
dated November 27, 1940, are quoted below: 
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Order No. 1533: 
“Effective immediately (November 27, 1940) the maximum 
rate of per diem which may be allowed in travel orders for 
per diem while on shipboard, as provided by Paragraph 47 of 
the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, shall not exceed 
two dollars. Travel orders now in effect are amended accordingly. ,r 
Order No. 1534: 
"No employee of the Department in a travel status or under 
orders to start travel shall waste time waiting for an airplane 
or extra fare train when, by using a regular train or ship, he 
can reach his destination not substantially later than he would 
by waiting for the more expensive method of transportation. 11 
Order No. 1533 has application only to travel on commercial vessels 
where the price of passage includes meals and does not cover travel on 
vessels operated by the Government. Subsistence of employees traveling 
on vessels operated by the Government is obtained in one of two ways: 
(l) Meals and lodging are furnished by the Government at no cost 
to the traveler requiring deduction of not less than 1/5 of the per diem 
rate for each meal and/or lodging furnished in accordance with Paragraph 
47a of the Travel Regulations, or 
(2) Meals are furnished by a ness operated by the Government or by 
the ship’s crew, and the traveler is required to pay for them at estab- 
lished rates, usually very reasonable; in which event no deduction from 
the authorized per diem rate is required for meals; but the 1/5 deduction 
for lodgings furnished without charge must nevertheless be made. 
