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Show War Department Urges Secrecy Dont Talk," the warning issued by the War Department in an attempt at-tempt to safeguard military information, infor-mation, is applicable to every civilian, civi-lian, because the life of your son. brother or husband may depend on secrecy. The station and location of a soldier outside the United States U a military secret upon which the lives of men and the success of the war effort may depend. Your letters written to men in the service may fall Into enemy hands and should not contain Information of value to the enemyi .Letters should be written writ-ten often to soldiers, providing them with Information about family and friends, but not about subjects of military Importance. The War Department has Issued the following suggestions with reference ref-erence to correspondence; Get the correct mailing address from the soldier, including his serial ser-ial number, organization designation, designa-tion, the Army Post Office number, and the city through which mail addressed to him is to be handled. If this information Is not available after the soldier has left the country, coun-try, then you may Inquire of the Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C, for the correct mailing address, but avoid unnecessary unneces-sary writing to the War Department. Depart-ment. Only the Army Post Office address will be furnished not the foreign station of the soldier. In writing to men in service the following precautions should be observed. 1. Include your return address in upper left hand corner of envelope and allow plenty of room on envelope enve-lope for forwarding data by Postmaster. Post-master. 2. Write on one side of the page. When letters are censored, the material ma-terial Is actually cut out with a pair of scissors, thereby destroying unnecessarily un-necessarily harmless material on the reverse side. 3. Always write plain, vlsisble text, preferably English; never In secret writing of any type. 4. Never include in your letters information concerning training, troops, movements, or production of military equipment or mention of any specific employment of that equipment. If your son Includes that Information within bis letter, keep that data confidential. 5. Don't discuss security measures meas-ures taken to protect plants, local utilities or transportation facilities. .6 Never Include any Information about the weather. 7. Never discuss adverse conditions condi-tions which affect your farm or occupation. oc-cupation. 8. Don't Include criticism of the conduct of th war. Your views may not be based upon facts. 9. When sending pictures, make certain that no information of a military nature Is Included in the scenes. 10. Remember the purpose of censorship Is not to place hardship on correspondents, but lnsead, it is to collect Information from mall coming from foreign countries, and at the same time prevent Important Impor-tant information from reaching the enemy. Don't be discouraged by long delays de-lays in receiving mall. This is a world wide war. And, remember, the War Department considers your mail Important enough to include a shipment of mail on every ship that leaves the country. |
