| Show WILL gl GET I 1 T MAIL THREE aa REE IN WEEK washington improper or of inadequate addressing Is the main cause for delay in the delivery of mall to 0 o soldiers in france accord according fiig to capt frank E frazier Fraz ler assistant director of the A E F postal service til a france captain frazier suggests V mc every person per son writing to a solder in france follow the following model 4 1 t return to stamp mrs walter smith street boston mass private john walter smith jr co L ivd infantry via N Y american E F the ruall mail of more than soldiers in france Is delayed and perhaps can call never be del delivered hered because of incorrect addressing while delays due to this cause and to the fact that the military authorities have objected in sonic some cases to furnishing civilian postal authorities with information as to tile location loc allou of troops have been numerous and disagreeable nevertheless captain frazier maintains they have constituted a small part of the service which amounts to tile delivery delhery of letters a day to the troops abroad three weeks the average now delays caused by military objection to furnishing furn hing location of troops are now dow being cured in a measure py by giving such information to army officers directing the hie mall mail service military malt mall officials chals are now prodded pro oded bilth etli transportation facilities that were denied led to the civilian service only in exceptional cases does docs it i ike mo more re than three weeks for a properly addressed letter to reach a 0 soldier in france cylio vho Is attached to ti 0 lin an organized unit of the army the great mass of letters to and from tho the expeditionary forces come camean and d goon time one of the causes of delay has been duplication of names ano another ther has been that hundreds of thousands of letters sent to some training cay camp 1 p 0 other in tills this country were forwarded to the great central A E U F post office in france at tours and there held until the addressee could be located in france it Is estimated that letters a month were delayed on this account captain frazier points out that it Is necessary that every soldier should notify his correspondents nt al once when he is assigned to a definite unit in france delays in the delivery of mall which cannot be avoided are likely to occur at any time during a period of great activity and secret movement of troops captain fracter explains 1111 where liere the success of a troop movement on oil the front depends upon secrecy niall mall cannot be sent to members member of a mobile force until the troops ire are established at the selected designation whether the delay lie be ot of hours or several lays days it mut be accepted as i military necessity some letters just miss ships every care is token taken to expedite flit mail for wounded men in hospitals the only belay is that which Is absolutely absolute lute unavoidable A wounded inari man may be sent front from one hospital to another and even to several before reaching a permanent base hospital there is no no delay whatever in mii mall sent home by or for wounded men only two muses causes of delay hae ha e oc culyer at the port of embarkation in fr this country one Is the posting of the letter just too late to make the trans port and with a week ensuing before the sailing of another transport the other cause is the limitation placed upon ocean facilities and lack af pf of as I 1 to G the de destination s thi ti nation alion of hips yf 0 unless tile the military port nt at the port of embarkation knows here a steamship is going to land mail cannot be sent by that steamship this Is defect lias has been cured aured by a war de directs that affie Iti information formation as to destination be furnished to the military port officer one of 0 tile the most puzzling things to the public has been the frequency with letters etters wore were received in france of at in later date than letters that came afterward ot one le explanation of t this ills Is that tile postmaster of the port ot of embarkation lias has been assigned a definite limited cargo space if 2000 bags were ready tor for sli shipment and he could get pace for fol only 1200 bags would lie over and these might include lev let written previously to letters in ift the soo 00 bags all lu in all captain frazier sees a great IMPrOve improvement Rent in tile the service be arvice nid and pr predicts a constant betterment if the people tit a t hoi nelll use care |
