We  will  say,  as  another  example,  that  the  same  Major  instead
of  going  to  Parris  Island  and  then  to  New  Orleans  went  first  to  Guam  and
then  to  San  Diego,  Calif.  He  made  the  shipment  of  7, 000  pounds  to  Guam
and  left  3,  000  pounds  in  storage  at  Quantico.  Upon  return  to  the  United
States  he  disembarks  from  Government  transport  at  San  Francisco  but
upon  arrival  in  San  Francisco,  instead  of  having  7,000  pounds  he  has
only  5,000  pounds,  having  rid  himself  of  2,000  pounds  of  household  goods
by  one  means  or  another  while  in  the  tropics.  These  5,000  pounds  are
shipped  to  him  commercially  from  San  Francisco  to  San  Diego  and  he
also  requests  that  the  3,000  pounds  be  sent  him  from  Quantico.  This
sounds  complicated  but  is  similar  to  the  other  case.  At  time  of  his
first  move  from  Quantico,  Va.,  to  Guam  his  allowance  was  9,000  pounds.
He  shipped  7,000  pounds  then,  and  now  he  ships  3,000  pounds  which  makes
an  excess  of  1,000  pounds  over  his  allowance.  Don't  forget  that  when  excess
is  involved,  it  is  always  a  weight  excess,  and  that  a  weigh  allowance  and
not  a  money  allowance  is  used  to  compute  such  excess.  Therefore,  the
excess  to  collect  is  based  on  a  1,000  pounds  excess  weight  at  the  freight
rate  from  Quantico,  Va.,  to  San  Diego,  Calif.,  as  authorized  by  paragraph
(6)  of  article  16-272.  It  will  be  noted  that  the  fact  of  the  owner  having
less  household  goods,  when  he  came  back  to  the  United  States,  does
not  enter  into  the  transaction  because  his  allowance  and  the  amount
shipped  from  Quantico,  Va.,  to  Guam,  plus  his  weight,  later  shipped  from
Quantico  to  San  Diego,  created  the  1,000  pounds  excess.
