New Britain herald., 1917-07-19

will be addressed in the usual way,
| but nothing will be written In or on
| letter to indicate the place or station
! of the writer, or any person or or
ganlzation of our own forces or those
of our allies
The United States mail service es-
'aohshed in France is prepared to
sell postage stamps, post cards, etc.,
TO our military forces In cases
Where the soldier may be unable to
purchase stamps to prepay postage
the letter may be endorsed by prop
er officer and forwarded to it's destin-
alton, where the single rate of post
age will be collected on delivery.
This is provided for in the postal reg
ulations.
Mail from Europe may bear the
name and organization of the sender
in the upper left-hand corner It is
subject to domestic rates and to the
use Of the United States postage
Money Orders Payable.
Money orders payable at the United
States postal agency or its branches in
Europe will be sold to purchaser in
the United States or its possessions,
and money orders payable in the Unit
ed States or it's possessions will be
sold to purchasers at the agency or its
| branches in Europe, under regula
tons provided by the post office de-
partment at domestic rates.
! Money and valuables will not be
accepted for transmission by regis
! tered mail. Important papers which
| can be duplicated if lost may be ac
copied for registration. but 1ndemnl-
ty will not be paid for lost registered
| to1 orders ShOnl0 be
| used.
| There is no provision at present for
parcel post service between our forces
| in Europe and the United States or Its
| possessions
How to Send Cablegrams.
Private kilograms to be cabled to
memb ers of the American expedition
airy force in Europe will be addressed
| "Amexforce. London.' with the adj
! dressee's name and the official desig-
nation of the unit to which he belongs
| appearing as the first words of the
text. When so addressed they will
reach an official who knows the loca-
ton Of the various American units
| and who will forward the message by
| mail to the proper destination.
| Under no circumstances will the
| location or station of a unit be desig
| mated in the address or body of a
telegram.
Examples are given as follows:
| A telegram to Capt. John B. Jones.
Medical Corps United States Army
Base Hospital No. 10, American Ex-
! peditionary Forces would be in the
following form:
| Amexforce, London.
John B. Jones, Base Hospital Num-
| Der 10. Have followed your instruc-
tons MARY JONES'.
Or. for Pvt H. K. Smith, Company
K, Forty seventh United States Infan-
try:
| Amexforce. London.
H. K. Smith, Co. K. Fortyseventh
U. S. Infantry. Will not change ad-
dress. JANE SMITH.
Messages in Plain Language.
To comply with European censor
ship regulations all messages must be
written in plain language (English or
| French) or in an international code,
and must be Ineligible to the CEN
sors. The use of two codes or two
languages or of a combination OF code
and plain language in the same mes
sage is forbidden. kilograms without
text or with but one plain language
|
euage may be used only in ful1rate
messag es.
Codes authorized by the British
censorship are: A. B. c. 5th; SCOTS
| 10th; Western Union; Lieber's; Bent
lev's Complete Phrase Code (not in
Guiding the oil and mineral supple
ments;) Broomhalls Imperial Com
bination Code; Broomhalrs Imperial
Comb ination Code, Rubber Edition;
Myers Atlantic Cotton Code, 39th
Edition; Riverside Code, 5th Edition.
Code Messages
In case of a code message the name
IF the code must be designated when
the message is filed. 1t is pointed out
that If is useless to make use Of codes
unless the person to whom the mes
sage is addressed is stationed in a city
where he may have access to a code
| book.
The war department Is considering
the feasibility Of authorizing the use
Of the Army and Navy Code, which
has been in use for trans-Pacific mes
sages. in addition to the nine codes
mentioned
Every telegraph message must be
signed. The surname alone may be
used, but no such signature as
"Jo11n." Mary" Mother ETC., will
be passed.
Attention is called to the fact that
there are three classes of service
available-full rate, deferred rate,
| and week lend rate.
| II is the intention Of the war de-
partment to detail an officer special
| ~ to care for army mail matters.