Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-30


Domestic Matter.
Postmaster Browne has been advised
Of the contents Of new order issued by
Postmaster General Smith relative to
mails between the United States and
the new possessions, the features being
as follows;
A Il mail matter PASSING between the
United States and Porto Rico, Guam
and the Philippine archipelago, or be-
tween these island possessions of the
United States, shall be subject to the
United States domestic classification,
conditions and rates of postage.
All mail matter, except as provided
in the next paragraph, passing between
the United States and Cuba or Hawaii,
or between Cuba and Hawaii, or be-
tween Cuba or Hawaii and Porto Rico,
Guam or the Philippine archipelago,
shall be subject to the Postal Union
classification, conditions and rates Of
postage, provided that the regulations
for parcels post" exchanges between
the United States ard Hawaii shall
continue as heretofore.
The United States domestic classifica-
tion, conditions and rates of postage
shall apply to all mail matter sent by
or addressed TO persons in the United
States service military, naval or ciVil)
in Cuba or Hawaii (; provided,
First, That such mail matter sent by
persons in the United States service in
Cuba or Hawaii, to be entitled to such
rates of postage, must be endorsed SO as
to show the branch of the service to
which the sender belones-as ''soldiet's
letter Tor maill,'' sailors letter Tor
maiD," &C., and when sent by civil
employe, ''postal service letter (or
maiD," ''customs service letter Tor
mail)," &c.
Second, That such mail addressed to-
persons in the United States service in
Cuba or Hawaii, to be entitled to said
rates of postage, must bear, in addition
to the name of the addressee, the com.
plete designation of the organization,
company or regiment, vessel or other
branch of the service to which the ad-
dressee, at the place of address, belongs;
and the postage thereon must be fully
prepaid.
III mail matter, whatever its class,
addressed to persons in the United
States service, seIying in the United
States or Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii,
Guam or the Philippine archipelago.
or en- route to or from any of those
islands, whose change of address is
caused by official ORDERS shall be trans
mitted as rapidly as possible until it
reaches the addressee. The actual loca-
tion of the addressee. for the time
teing, shall be considered as the
original designation Of the piece of
mail matter. Such transmission shall
not be considered as forwarding in
the sense in which that word is used
in the postal service, and no additional
postage shall be required therefor.
Letters from soldiers, sailors and
| Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, Guam and
the Philippine Islands, addressed !.
places within the United States, wh,>i
endorsed '.soldier's letter." "sailor'
letter." or marines letter." may be
dispatched to destination without pre-.
! payment of postage, and only the
single rate of postage shall be collected
on delivery.
Letters emanating from the Ameri-
can National Red Cross Society, ad-
dressed to persons connected with the
hospital service of that society in
Cuba, when bearing on the face Of the
envelopes the printed words Red
Cross Hospital Service'' mot excluding
other printing which the society may
desire to have. appearl shall be trans
mitted in the mails at the United
States domestic rate Of postage, and
letters from the Red Cross Hospital
Service in Cuba, bearing the words
above indicated, and addressed to tho
Red Cross Society in the United States
or to the officers thereof, shall be en-
titled to transmission in the mails at
the United States domestic rate of
postage.
Ary article entitled TO transmission
free of postage in the domestic mails
of the United States, either in a
penalty envelope or under duly
authorized frank shall he entitled
likewise to transmission in the mails,
free of postage, between places in
Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, Guam and
the Philippine Islands, from the United
States to those islands, and from those
| islands 10 the United States.
The registration fee shall be eight
cents, in all cases, in addition to tho
lawful postage, domestic or Postal
Union rates.