Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-23
MAIL FOR ISLAND POSSESSIONS.
Regulations on the Subject as
Observation-Disclosures Letters Home

Regulations on the Subject MS
Observation-Disclosures Letters Home.
WASHINGTON, November 1.-(Spe-
cial)-The following order has been pro-
mulgated by the ostnaster-General:
Office of the stmaster-General,
Washington, D. c., November 49, 1902.
Order No. 1883.
Order No 3s5. March 80 1901, is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
March 30, 1901.
Order No. 395.
1t is hereby ordered:
l. That ali mail matter originating in
the United States for transmission to
Cuba, Guam, the Philippine Archipelago.
or Tutuila INCLUDING all adjacent islands
Of the Samoan group which are posses
slons Of the United States) shall be sub
ject to the United States domestic classi-
fication, conditions, and rates of postage.
@ That all mail matter originating i'll
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 classified ton, conditions,
and rates Of postage.
Note l. In this order. Hawaii and Porto
Rico are included in the term United
States; and Guam, Tutuia. and the Phil,
ippine Archipelago. are included in the
term island possessions"
Note 2. To insure prompt delivery, mail
matter sent to persons in the United
States service should include i'll the adj
dress the complete designation OF the or
gan.ZatioIl. company. or regiment, vessel,
or other branch of the service TO which
the addressee belongs; and the postage
thereon should be fully prepaid
That al mail ha rs
class. addressed to persons in the United
States service, serving in the United
States or any of its island possessions.
Or Cuba. o. en- route to or from the
United States or any Of its island pos
sessions, or Cuba. whose change of adj
dress is caused by official orders shall
be transmitted as rapidly as possible I'M
til it reaches the addresses: that the
actual location Of the addressee. for the
time being, shall be considered as the
original destination Of the piece of mail
matter: that such transmission shall not
be considered as forwarding" in the
sense in which that word IS used In the
postal service, and that no additional
postage shall be required therefor.
ss {. That letters sent by soldiers. sailors,
and marines N the United States ser
vice in Cuba, Guam, the Philippine Archi-
pelago. or Tutula, addressed to places
in the United states, when endorsed Sol
,diers letter." Sailors letter, or Ma
rne's letter. may be dispatched to des-
tination without prepayment of postage,
ana only the single rate of postage shall
be collected on delivery.
5. In pursuance of the Presidents order
of November 4, 1899, as amended by order
of the President on November Z. 1902, I'M
sealed packages and parcels Of mailable
matter containing only articles designed
as gifts or souvenirs. and with no COM
mercial purpose and NOT for sale. sent
by persons In the United States service
military. naval. or civin, in Guam. the
Philippine Islands. or Cuba, to members
of their families in the United States,
shall be transmitted through the mails
ard delivered subject only to domestic
postal rates and regulations: Provided,
Tint no such package shall exceed four
pounds in weight. and each shall be an
dorsed ION the outside, in conspicuous
place with the word Gift. or 'Souve-
mir" or the equivalent thereof; and that
when sent from said Islands to the United
States each such package shall be so
marked a s to show the branch OF the
service to which tho sender usiongs, and
shv# countersigned by commissioned o.u-
Scersor a postmaster.