Show DEI DELAY JAY IX IN DELIVERY nEI lVERY OF Oh OVERSEAS MAIL v- v v The question has Ims been asked as asto asto asto to why soldIers experience difficulties difficulties in the tIle receipt of mail when th they y first go overseas The Thear War ar Department replies that during dining the abroad early months of or service many soldiers are transferred all Jill through the tIle various replacement centers and other Installations before before be be- fore rore they are assigned to a permanent permanent permanent per per- manent unit These changes can cannot cannot cannot not be bo forseen of or course an and mean that each piece of mail mall for such Individuals has to be he checked check check- ed Cd against records of transfers have baye the address corrected and then be he forwarded The fhe tame same thing lhing happens when a soldier is hospitalized The wounded d ail sick nick are moved to the rear through n a series of hospitals in order that approprIate and quarters may be provided This means meana that each piece of mall mail d to the tile organization atlon with which the thc the soldier was serving must have the th- th address changed and be forwarded forward l. ed d perhaps repeatedly before b rore it catches up to the addressee Mail Man service from overseas to the U. U S S. S is better bettor than th the s service In to the opposite direction be because considerable rable more space for mailIs mail mailIs Is available e eon on planes coming to the U. U S S. S than on those leaving fur for fora fura a theater of or war Th Thun a too teo transportation must be given to ammunition and food v v |