Show U S army officers say goodbye to hello washington war regulations have deprived civilians and soldiers alike of many things this time its words the arm army y is streamlining its telephone 5 service ervice no more will our khaki clad defenders drawl draw a I hello lello with the speed of winter sorghum flowing from a jug or breathe a frosty new england greeting into the mou mouthpiece the luxury of this old established american custom has been abolished for the duration of the present emergency in accordance with instructions recently received from the war department according to a bulletin on the subject valuable minutes are lost in the common exchange of greetings officers making a call will not instruct a clerk to get his party on the line meanwhile disappearing for ten minutes instead he e wl will pe personally rh make the call and stay on the line until his varty has been connected |