| Show WHY UY ARMY ARIY MA MAIL MAII lJ 18 DELAYED There Thore are good reasons why all allI mall mail service from overseas oversea I Is speed I ler ter than tho the service In the opposite e direction Ninth Command officials pointed out today The matter of delayed delivery of mall mail addressed to persons overseas overseas over over- seas Is explained man many times a day by hy tho the Army efficient postal serf ser- ser f vice The most Important factor I in delay they say Is the rapid rapt advance and constant shifting oT or our troops Letters Letter destined for tor overseas therefore usually must go through h the directory service to locate for addressee Their letters home ar aro delivered to a fixed address Mall Is dispatched at regular Intervals However on elther either side Ride of or an ocean it must wait walt for transportation and dally daily letters letten accumulate as long as tho the mail must he be held for tor a ship Air man mall too must wait walt If Jf pl planes places are available the oldest air airmail airman man mall Is shipped When a fast surface surface sur sur- face vessel Is about to make a Journey sufficient letters Including including ing delayed air mail letters pro are carried to clear the backlog As a n consequence Air man mall patches Immediately lately following such Ruch surface shipments will roach the addressee ahead of or the older letters Jetters Personnel abroad are being advised advised ad ad- to encourage their correa orres at home to use V mall V mall V AL ALWAYS A YS moves by air tr is I faster faler and above all elimina eliminates tea usa usage of valuable cargo space I Every effort is made to mall mail to overseas hospitals speedily However evacuation to a hospital means mail mall must be to forwarded from Cram an original organization This may be complicated by anther anther an- an ther series of at transfers u until Ul tho the patient reaches a permanent hospital hoe hos pital pita and can send his new address ad dress for direct communication Man Mall from home even a few lines a day Is the greatest morale builder in the world Keep these I letters coming and try to understand under stand the delay In receiving ra ra- Pk es Is the advice of the Army Array I postal service It may take time but where ever the Army goes the man mall follows follows fol follows lows lows |
