The Western news., 1942-06-04
Tells How To
Write Letters
To Soldiers
Gives Pointers As To
Address and Contents
Of Correspondence.


The War Department has issued
the following Instructions on how
to write to soldiers
Address
If soldier is located in the United
States:
Private John Doe, (Serial No.
Company B, 373rd Infantry
Camp Wilton, Nebraska.
If soldier is located outside the
United States:
Private John Doe. {Serial No.
Company B. 373rd Infantry
Army Post Office No. 49,.
c/o Postmaster
City, State-(As instructed by
soldier or War Dept.)
Note
The Station and location of
soldier outside the United States is
military secret upon which the
life of your son, brother or husband
may depend, and also the success
of our war effort. Avoid writing
to the War Department for this in
formation Get the correct mailing
address from the soldier including
the Army Post Office number, and
the city through which mail ad-
dressed to him is to be handled.
If, however, this information is not
available, after the soldier has left
the country, then you may inquire
of the Adjutant General War De-
partment, Washington, d. c., for the
correct mailing address. However,
only the Army Post Office address
will be furnished and not the for
eign station of the soldier.
Postage Fees
Regular Mail. Three cents on let
ters addressed through Army Post
Office number.
Air Mail, Postage charged only
from city OF mailing to port of dis
patch in TIE United States. Visit
local post office for exact cost
Caution
Include your return address in
upper left hand corner of envelope,
and allow plenty of white space on
envelope for forwarding data by
Postmaster.
Write on one side of page When
letters are censored, the material
is actually cut out with a pair of
scissors, thereby destroying un-
necessarily harmless material on the
reverse side.
Always write in plain, visible
text, preferably English; never in
secret writing of any type.
Restricted Information--Not to be
Included
Never include in your letters in |
formation concerning training troops
movements, or production of mill
tary equipment or mention of any |
specific employment of that equip
ment. If your son includes that in
formation within his letter, keep
the data confidential
Don't discuss security measures
taken to protect plants, local utili-
ties, or transportation facilities.
Never include any information /
about the weather
Don't discuss adverse conditions /
which affect your farm or occupa-
ton.
Don't include criticism Of the con-
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not be based upon facts.
When sending pictures, make GER
tain that no information of a mill
tary nature is included in the scene.
Remember the purpose of CEN
sorship is not to place hardship on
correspondents, but instead, it is to
collect information from mail COM
ing from foreign countries while /
at the same time preventing i'm
portant information from reaching
the enemy.
Remember your letter may fall
into enemy hands. Don't make it
valuable reading for them.
Don't be discouraged by long de-
lays in receiving replies. This is a
World Wide War. The seas are
wide and rough sailing Regular
mail travels in conveys and there
are many unpredictable factors that
may unavoidably delay the delivery
of mail to soldiers overseas. Be pa
tient
Don't be discouraged by the above
necessary military restrictions
Write often to the soldier; write
long letters; help keep your soldier
Observation-Disclosures