The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-31
Postmaster General Smith Issues an
order Regulating Postal Rates.

Postmaster General Smith issued an or
der Yesterday regulating domestic postage
rates and classification between the
United States and its island possessions
and Cuba and the military and naval ser
vice in China; forwarding OF all mail
matter TO persons in the United States
services gifts or souvenirs for or from
persons in the United States service. and
penalty and franked matter. The order
follows:
1T is hereby ordered:
i. That all mail matter originating in
the United States for transmission to
Cuba. Guam, the Philippine Archipelago,
or Tutuila dncmding all adjacent Islands
| of the Samoan group which are posses
sions of the United States shall be sub
iect TO the United States domestic CLASH
fcatiou, conditions, and rates of postage.
80. That all mail matter originating In
! Cuba, Guam, the Philippine Archipelago,
or Tutuila, for transmission to the United
States, or from one to another of those
islands. shall be subject to the United
States domestic classification, conditions,
and rates of postage.
Note l. In this order Hawaii and Porto
Rico are included in the term United
States and Guam, Tutuila, and the
Philippine Archipelago are included in
the term island possessions
Mote >. To ensure prompt delivery, mail
matter sent to persons in the United
States service should include in the adj
dress the complete designation of the or
ganization, company or regiment, vessel
or other branch of the service to which
the addressee belongs; and the postage
thereon should be fully prepaid.
%. That all mail matter, whatever its
class, addressed to persons in the United
States service serving in the United
States or any of its island possessions. or
Cuba, or en- route to or from the United
States or any Of its island possessions. or
Cuba, whose change of address is caused
by official orders, shall be transmitted as
rapidly as possible until II reaches the
addressee, that the actual location of the
addrcssee, for the time being, shall be
considered as the original destination of
the piece of mail matter, that such trans
mission shall not be considered as for
warding' in the sense in which that word
is used in the postal service, and that no
additional postage shall be required there
Il That letters sent by soldiers, sailors,
and marines in the United States service
in Cuba, Guam, the Philippine Archipel-
ago, or Tutuila, addressed to places in
the United States, when endorsed Sol
dier's letter. Sailors letter or Marine
letter may be despatched to destination
without prepayment of postage, and only
lected on delivery.
70. That the postage rates, conditions,
and treatment prescribed throughout TINS
order shall apply far as practicable,
TO all mall matter sent to or from persons
i'm the United States military or naval
service while in China: Provided, That
such mail matter sent by persons IN the
United States service in China he en-
dorsed to show the branch of the service
to which the sender belongs; as, for in
stance. u s. soldiers letter, u S.
sailors letter. or U. S. marines letter.
and that such mail matter addressed to
persons in the United States service in
China bears the complete designation of
the organization, company, or regiment,
or vessel TO which the addressee belongs.
sc In pursuance of the Presidents or
der of November 4, 1889. unsealed pack
ages and parcels of mailable matter con-
tanning only articles designed as gifts or
souvenirs, and with no commercial pur-
pose and not for sale, sent by persons IN
the United States service military. naval,