El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-22
LIE small knowledge the average

-HE small knowledge the average
American has of the army and
l. Of military affairs generally is
shown in the lack of sufficient sd-
dresses contained on letters and tele-
grams received here Tor the various
rniIitiamen stationed in FL Paso. Post
master E. a. Shelton called attention 10
this fact in letter 10 the Weekend
Herald and the managers Of the tele-
graph offices in FL Paso add their
testimony TO that Of the postmaster.
Claude D. Miller. manager of the
Postal says it keeps his office busy
attempting to get correct addresses for
messages received in II Paso-
kilograms come to FL Paso ad-
dressed to John Jones. company B, II
Paso'" he said LAS there is a COM
also troop B in every cavalry regi-
ment and a battery 3 in every artillery
regiment and many people Go not as
tinzuish even between these troops
batteries and companies, o1ten ~rltins
company when they mean battery or
troop-it is almost impossible 10 de-
liver such a message Some messages
have been received at our Office ad-
dressed merely to Private John Jones,
Seventh division. FL Paso-' Some OF
them merely come addressed TO Private
John Jones. Seventh regiment, Ell
Paso.' We do the best we can with
such messages. usually wiring back 10
the point of origin for a better ad-
dress. II this cannot be given. we Use
the telephone and try TO ascertain the
location of the man Then We try
messengers often I have had a mes
eenger work all day trying to locate
man insufficiently addressed. The
message probably came as a night let
ter and brought the telegraph company
fifty cents at the point of origin. It
costs US more than that. often, to
deliver the message here. Not only is
it costly to the telegraph companies,
but the messages are delayed for
hours. when, II the proper address had
been supplied. the message would have
reached its destination in half an hour
or sooner after arriving in FL Paso.'
Letters quite frequently arrive at
the poStoffice addressed to FL PasO,
Mexico. and FL Paso. New Mexico. but
this does not trouble the postal author
tiles There is but one Il Paso where
a soldiers letter ought to 80. so the
postal clerks throw everything to FL
Paso. Texas. and, if it has the proper
regimental number upon il. the letter
reaches its destination without delay
Soldiers should be careful. when writ
ing their relatives, to caution them to
address mail and kilograms properly.
giving company, troop or battery, and
the regiment II this is done. there
will be no delay
A letter came to one of the camps
the other day Just addressed George
L. s. Army. El Paso. Texas"
The letter was postmarked Detroit, so
the inference was that IL was intended
for Detroit man in a Michigan reei-
ment. The letter was sent down TO the
regiment. and. while there are severaI
Georges in the two regiments. one of
the clerks happened to know a man
whose nickname is George" This
George" is something Of q wag and
is quite well known. George" opened
the letter and sure enough II was for
him. from girl who had been al the
station when the Detroit company left
home She had taken fancy to him,
but did not know his last name and
was not thoughtful enough even to put
on the envelope the fact that he be
longed to Michigan regiment.
Eggs laid TODAY John Reid This
is the "artless ad" sign that appears
on the front OF a house on the county
road near Ysleta. Those who read the
sign take il TO mean that Mr. Reid
refers to his hens.
FL Pasoans always make good. Even
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