---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9838"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9838"
heading: "Settlement of accounts: affidavit of squadron commander"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9838"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Procurement"
  - "Chapter 983 — Accountability and Responsibility"
---

# §9838. Settlement of accounts: affidavit of squadron commander


In the settlement of the accounts of the commanding [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of a squadron for clothing and other military [supplies](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-14), his affidavit may be received to show—

- (1) that vouchers or squadron books were lost;
- (2) anything tending to prove that any apparent deficiency of those articles was caused by unavoidable accident, or by loss in actual service without his fault; or
- (3) that all or part of the clothing and [supplies](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-14) was properly used.

The affidavit may be used as evidence of the facts set forth, with or without other evidence, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/10/9511.md?p=10) of the Air Force to be just and proper under the circumstances.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 595.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 9838 | 10:1302. | R.S. 225 (less 1st sentence); added Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69 (3d par.), 19 Stat. 241. |

The word “anything” is substituted for the words “any matter or circumstance”. The words “properly used” are substituted for the words “legally used and appropriated”. The words “of the case” are omitted as surplusage.