The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
WAY TO SEND
YOUR MAIL
TO SOLDIERS

The war department has framed
rn,es TO govern correspondence be-
tween the soldiers of the American ex-
reditionary force abroad and thenr
friends and relatives in the Cnlteo
States.
Relatives of soldiers are not to know
where they are stationed In FRANCE
or To what units they nave been as
signed, the men having been instructed
not to let any such information creep
into their letters. If, however those
who write should happen to know the
stot;on of the soldiers, they are IN no
circumstances to give this lnIorlha'ion
in addressing the letters.
A summary of the war departments
rules follows: .ho
.Mai, addressed to members OF the
revolutionary forces should pear .''e
oomn,ete designation of the d'Vlslou'
rap;ment. company or other Organize"
ton TO which the addressee belongs.
"Jn the upper left hand corner OIL
,o++ar shou,d be placed the usual 1orm
Of return request and the name """
address Of the sender.
grinder no circumstances will the 10
cation or station of military ofsanl-
z,t;on he included in the ADDRESS on
1o.+or for a person or organization III
Europe. -, an,;5
The rate on letter mail to our ihiii'"i
forcas in France is cents the ounce
or fraction thereof. Newspaper naii
;s carried for 1 cent for four ounces
az ,etters. postcards and printed mat
for originating in the United STATES vi
onv of it's possessions for. transHlssioh
tho United States expedlt,onary
forces in Europe are subject 10 INC
united States domestic classiacation:
conditions and rates of postage.
mo other than United States post
+or,ns are available for the pre-
payment of postage.
Keep Station Secret.
.,roi, addressed to persons in the
limited States or any of its possessio'is
will he addressed in the usual way, put
nothing will be written in or on let
ter 70 indicate the place or station OF
the writer, or any person or orgahi@'-
ton of our own forces or those OF our
allies.
1.-THE United States mail service es-
tablished in France is prepared to sell
postage stamps, post cards, etc., to
our military forces. In cases where
the soldier may be nuable to purchase
stamps to prepay postage the letter
may be indorsed by the proper officer
and forwarded to destination, where
the single rate of postage will be col
lected on delivery. This is provided
for in the postal regulations.
Mail from Europe may bear the
name and organization of the sender
| in the upper left hand corner. II is
subject to domestic rates to the use
of United States postage.
Money orders payable at the United
States postal agency or it's branches
in Europe will be sold to purchasers in
the United States or its possessions,
and money orders payable in the Unit
ed States or its possessions. will be
sold to purchasers at the agency or
it's branches in Europe, under regula-
tons provided by the postoffice de-
partment, at domestic rates.
Money and valuables will not be
accepted for transmission by register
ed mail. Important papers which can
be duplicated if lost may be accepted
for registration, but indemnity will not
be paid for lost registered mail. Pos
tai money orders should be used
There is no provision at present for
parcel post service between our forces
in Europe and the United States or it's
possessions.
! Messages Must Be Clear.
ITO 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 censors.
The use Of two codes Or two languages
or of combinations of code and plain
language in the same message is for
hidden. kilograms without text or
with but one plain language text word
are not admitted. Code language may
be used only in full rate messages.
| Every telegraph message must be
signed. The surname alone may be
1 used, but such signature as John,
Mary, Mother will not be passed.