The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-06
U. S. POST OFFICE IN CUBA.
TO BE EsrABLISHBD AZ SOON A.
rs MADE

Malt BnE e Follow the FlaE-rhe service
viii ne Connected with tire HnsarEsnt
Postal systeua LAteF-uew IsotteFs Are New
Sent TO the soldiers and the "aliOrs.
The war, with the consequent military and
naval movements along tho South Atlantic
coast, has resulted in materially increasing the
work OF tho postal officials throughout the
South, The Post Office Department 10 keeping
step. nGurntiyely speaking, with the war DO
partment and tho Navy Department.
wherever tho United States flag goes, thoman
sack follows apaco. Preparations have been
completed for establishing a United States Post
Office upon Cuban soil ns soon as the fret land
ing Of regular troops 10 made or tho first port 10
seized by the fleets for permanent occupation.
Mr.. Ebon Brewer has boon designated BY the
Postmsster-Gener to take charge OF the new
Post ONCE. with q force of clerks. hang out his
shinglc designating the office. and proceed 40
once TO handling mail.
1t will DO the first time this Government has
located a Post Office upon foreign soil. Az the
United States armies advance, the service will
be extended, and when the occasion demands 10
regular post routes will BIO established In Cuba,
and Uncle Sans mail carrier will 20 upon his
daily rounds. IL will DO no international ar
ranRsment at tho outset, but win be conducted
solely under tho auspices of our own Post ONCE
Department. AS progress IL made in the con-
queriug OF Cuba, connection will be made with
the postal system which is now maintained by
tho insurgents In the regions under their con-
troll. SO that Q letter posted In New York or San
Francisco VII 60 safely :, and ! speedily to Its do"-
At present connection 10 made with the ships
OF the blockading neet and flying SQUADRON
officers and men Of. the, fleets mailed at pointe
north or east of Washington are now carried
Springfield. Mass. to Tampa. Fla, on 3 quick
towns along the line. Al Washington another
crew of mail clerks carry It through to Charles
tor, s. 2, without relay. where another crew
The through sacks from the North are made
up, sealed, and stacked in one end OF the car,
rSSch so u In V the car which Is ta SttacSsd az Wash.
inEton, open sacks are PLACED. and at every PSst
0fice the mail is taken aboard tho fyer; The
cases and made up into bundles to be sacked
and thrown Of as directed. while those for the
When Tampa Is reached, Il that is the nearest
tho POstmsster. SoEroEateS tho mail for tn;
officers and sailors and makes II up into other
spatch boat from the ship, which puts in at con.
veniont opportunities.
a great deal of mail, goes to Key West for
SchleE,S squadron, where 1t 10 sent out BY the
tho despatch boats to the proper officers Of each
ship, who attend to the distribution Of the
letters.
The mail for the armies at Tampa goes South
in tho same way. The pouches are delivered to
the Postmaster and tho army officials must Rp-
ply to him for the mail. Great care 10 exercised
In the handling of the mail after It leaves the
Post Ofice at Tampa. Special messengers are
detailed by each commanding oficer 70 get the
mail for the troops in particular localities. and
they transport 1t to the camps. whero 1t is kept
in a stated place, at which tho soldiers call and
get their letters. The mail for ChickamauEA
paSsest through Washington, but goes out on
another road.
Since the outbreak Of the war no mail has
gone to Cuba or como out OF the island to the
United States- No postal communication will
be established until our troops are landed.
1t is not proposed to establish any system Of
espionage over the mails going to the feeta or
to Cuba when communication is opened with
the island. The sacrednesS of the seal of an en-
velope bearing the United States postage stamp
will be taken in the delivery Of the missivo as If
1t were addressed to a peaceful resident Of q
city Of the republic.
At this particular ~iuncture the Post Office
Department is maintaining considerable reserve
as to the destination OF the mails. This iS for
obouts Of vessels of the feet, which might be
divulEed through undue publicity of the move
i ments of tho malta.