Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-05
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easy a. thu c''UIt ~ i1H."> ~ peace.
! :" ti'i':-p'~'. '.cc'r'.In+ - an article
Ill UUth '"inpan!''i', Na- u travelling
p'>t Office. ~ ih>fi.! carnage mere
"'r" post "ihr" CLERKS ana t"ldi'rs
"!.">'' dui! VA - attend :" an" i"-
ftnd i from thu ATTACKS IL -" enemy.
Wherever the arm. marched IN" h"ld-
post followed Il. Never during the
whole campaign Wa there any inter-
rupti"n IN the c"ur~c # the post: even
on the day II TIE greatest battles the
posts started al the usual fixed hours
from the temporary post office when
consisted ~ "a >n.-i -" hlv"rdc on inc
battithtidN'
Larry IN thr I."fhihS 'ht letters
whi'h ha' arf',' / ""''HE "i' "lfn'
were S"r'tu ana ii''rci u ,ii' 'ill-
i"r'n' di'ia!"i' 81 'i,'' 'r''' i'9 "h" SENT
."r THEM or were '>i"''i''' u 'icAh
10y >lec'ai 'Nl
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'i'' mus "a '''"', ana "''''''''''' Al.
'ne,i "P W "'N
catus' ma ai''i NUN 'is ~ Id,
iuii Oh let'eFS were Heh' oii ~ "ci.
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AGAIN aiicr 'he oati' 81 'ionVilie
the posi- oiilc'aiS were IN l"i, ACTIVITY,
hrouhu .heih lay "'a" Soi'lerS anu
horscs fostiheh' P"rters anu postil-
ions formed agroup around the has'iiy
extemporizeo tapie- ne clerks ST.
Ting on the grouhd' sorted the letters
which poured IN IN constant stream.
The wind was high and many post
cards were blown away and mad to be
chased and brought back. Inc neld
post gave a glimpse OF busy, peace1uA
work amid all the horrors OF war.
J. The field post had very little rest;
whenever the signal to march sounded
it had to go to new work. 1t was al
ways the first to arrive and the last to
depart; frequently II did not leave an
enemys town TIL all the other troops
mad gone, and mad oprotect itself from
an attack. - -
1t was hard and rough work for the
held post officials when rain poured
down, and the carriages were up to the
axles In mud, and no shelter could be
found, and attacks from francs tireurs
threatened from the forests. They had
to make marches from seven in the
morning till midnight, under torrents
OF rain. among the forests OF the Ar
DENIES, when the carriages had to be
drawn by SIX horses. Among the
passes OF the "osSes the field post car
rlages hao 10 De dragged through deep
blu" OIL" over slippery ice, where there
WIS constant DANGER OF rolling over
Prec,p'ces' ana "nen NJ iast tney
feaemeo .he emu OF thelr march IN the
niooie OF the nieht' clerks, letter car
I,ers anu Post,ilohs hao o1ten 10 pass
.ne nls nt On 'neir le'.er oaes III MS
p"eAco 'oe e'iief do Al
op, un.oe, % vas frequently
.ho go 1850 'AS ''"0 W oi'ou''e ou' !"
l.. n1 Oil
Inc nelo posts Were o1ten attacked
oy the enemy the letter bags robbed
ana the brave soldiers ana postillons
VINO oe1enoeo them LETT dead on the
neld. e--.---I+
Inc NUMBER OF letters sent to the
army from nome FAR exceeded those
alspatched by the soldiers. From Ber-
hn alone three hundred thousand let
tiers and parcels were daily sent off by
the held post. The good people often
wrapped their parcels in thin paper