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MAIL TO SOLDIERS'
ADDRESS IS VITAL
Complete Instructions ' Pre
pared by Cod. Young, in
. Charge Recruiting Here. -
USE OF CODE PERMITTED
Care and Accuracy Urged in Use of
Mail and Cable Service in Com
. municatlon With Troops
x ' in Europe.
. Complete instructions for the proper
.addressing of letter and packages in
tended Tor American soldiers in foreign
service are contained in extracts made
from the "War Department bulletin on
the subject, which contain all necessary
information. Th s Instructions were prepared by
Colonel O. S. Young, in charge of .re
cruiting in the .Portland district, with
offices In the Worcester building. Third
and .Oak streets. They will be found
invaluable in assuring the-certain and
prompt delivery, otm mail matter ad
dressed to soldiers, and are as follows:
Codes . That Are Authorized.
c) Codes The -following are the only
codes Authorized by the regulation of Ui
itrltifch censorship:
3. A. B. C. th .
fiCOtt'S lOtil. . 4
3. Western Liaion, '
i . 4. Liebei-s.
3. Bentley'a Complete Phrase Code (not
including the oiltand mining supplements;.
6. Broomhall's imperial comblnatioa cod.
7. Broom ha 11' imperial combination oodt,
rubber edition.
a. Meer'tt Atlantic cotton code, 39th edi
tion. V. Riverside code, -"th edition. ' '
If use is made of ne of these codes, -the
code must be designated, when the Knessmge
Is filed It wilt be useless to make use of
codes in any cam unleis the penson to whom
the me&sage is ad dreaded is stationed in 'a
tity where be may have access to a code
book with which to decode the message.
Consideration is beins given to the feasi
bility of authorizing" the use. In addition to
the above, of the Army and Niavy code,
which has heretofore been In uae for trans
pacific messages. If the use of this code
is authorized the fact wlU be announced.
d t Signature Every message must be
signed. The surname may be used alone, but
such signature as John," "Mary," "Jlother,"
etc., will not be passed.
e Classes of service Three classes of
service are available at the present time be
tween the United States ana ling land: The
full rate service for which t cnarges range
from -" cents to 37 cents per word; the de
ferred rate service at from. 0 to 15 cents per
word; and a special week-end letter service
t from 5 to I) cents per word. The rates
vary from different sections of the ountry.
The special week-esid service (Western
Union) is for messages of a social character,
to and from persons serving with the Amer
ican forces In Europe. They may be filed at
any time during the week up to midnight
Saturday, and it has been arranged to trans
mit them as and when the traffic conditions
permit, and to deliver them on. receipt. Plain
language must be used. Figures In the body
of the message are permitted-'
The full rate service calls for immediate
transmission and delivery, code may be used.
Deferred rate messages are transmitted after
the full rate traffio has been disposed of.
These messages must be written In plain lan
guage, and figures, except in the address,
must be expressed in words.
In deferred rate messages the indication
1. O, and in week-end letters the indica
tion E F M, denoting the character of the
service paid for. must be Inserted Immedi
ately before the address, and will be counted
and paid for.
4811.14. A. G. O.)
11. Organization commanders will Instruct
each of their men, and all recruits who here
after join as to the Importance of proper
address of mail matter.
An enlisted man. on assignment, should
be d 1 reeled to enjoin on all correspondents
to make a careful written memorandum of
the company and regiment to which he be
longs, and alw ays Include this information
In addressing mall matter. In addition to
the foregoing, the name and address of the
sender should, appear on the envelope or
w rap per.
2ttU0737 A A. O. O.).
' Extract From Bulletin No. 44.
1. The following instructions are published
for the Information and guidance of all con
cerned in personal corresponflence by- mall
or telegraph between the United States and
American military forces In Europe. Modifi
cations or additional Instructions will be
published from time to time as conditions
may require.
'2. Mail for Europe a Mail addressed to
members of the expeditionary forces should
bear the complete designation of the dlvt
.sion. regiment, company, or other organiza
tion to which the addresses belongs.
bt In the upper left-hand corner of any
envelope should be placed the usual form of
return request and name and address of the
sender.
c) Under no circumstances will the loca
tlon or station of a military organization be
Included In the address on a letter for a per
son or an organization In Europe.
d Postage should he fully prepaid on
foreign-bound matter. The rates on letter
man to our military forces in France is 2
cents per ounce or fraction thereof. News
paper mail is carried for 1 cent per four
ounces. 1
e Letters, postcards and printed matter
originating In the T'nlted States or any of
lis pouewlcri for transmission to the United
fcitates expeditionary forces in Europe are
subject to the I'nittfd States domestic classi
fication, conditions, and rates of postage.
f No other than United States postage
stamps are valid for the prepayment of
postage. .
g The correct manner of addressing a
letter In as follows;
Return to
Mrs. John Smith.
Blank St.,
Jsew York City.
JOHN SMITH. Jr.,
Co. X, Infantry.
American Kxpeditionary Forces.
fh Persona! mail for American military
personnel in Europe will not be forwarded
In care of the Ad jutant-Oeneral of tha
Army, as a general rule. This may be done,
however, la cases where the writer does not
know that the addressee has actually em
barked. 3. Mall from Europe ( a) Malt addressed
to persons In the United States or any of Its
roseestons wi;i be addressed In the usual
way, but nothing will be written In or upon
the letter to Indicate the place or station or
the writer, or of any person or organization
of our own forces or of those of our allies.
b United States mall service established
In Europe Is prepared to sell postage stamp,
postcard, etc.. to our military forces. In
cases where the soldier may oe unable to
purchase stamps to prepay postsge, the let
ter may be indorsed by the proper officer
and forwarded to Its destination as provided
by postal laws and regulations published In
paragraph 1JH p. 4'2G), Compilation of Or
ders. 181-115.
c The provisions of b. e and ff.
paragraph - herein, are applicable to mail
from our forces in Europe to the United
Slates or any of Its possessions, except that
the organization of the sender will be sub
mitted for the address Indicated in ibj,
paragraph 2.
Postal Money Orders.
4. Postal money orders Money orders
payable at the United States postal agency
tr its branches In Europe will be sold to
purchasers In the United States or Its pos
sessions, and money orders payable In the
United States or Its possessions will be so.d
to purchasers at the agency and Its branches
In Europe, under regulations by the Post
office department, at domestic rates.
5. Registered letters and valuables Money
and valuables will not be accepted for trans
miwlon by registered mall. Important pa
pers whlnh may be duplicated If lost may
Ve accepted for registration, nut indemnity
will not be paid for lost registered mall. It
is unsafe to Include currency in letters under
any clrrumsiancea. Postal money orders
should be used.
0. Parcel-post service There I no pnn.
Fion at present for parcel-poat service Lt
tween our forces in Europe and the CiiUtd
State or its possessions.
7. Personal telt-grams (al Private tele
grams to be cabled to members of the Amer
ican expeditionary force in Europe m ll be
addressed. "Ainexforce. London," with the
addressee's name and the official designation
of the unit tc which he belongs appearing as
the first worda of the text. When so ad
cresecd - they - will reach an official whv
PRESIDIO ARMY TRENCHES ARE THERE TO STAY
IN CASE ALIEN ENEMY SHOULD TRY TO, LAND
J. O. Convill, Street and Park Superintendent of Portland, Among Those' Who Will Have First-hand Knowl
edge of Art of Shovel Swinging as Result of Work Like "Honest-to-Goodness Sewer Diggers."
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Comas? es of S'tucfeni Officers s4t 'is?Zt frier s 7rej-zci. 23 e for? a
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OFFICERS TRAIXIXG CAMP, PRE
SIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO. Cal..
Sept. 22. (Special.) The name
field fortifications originally was ap
plied only to defensive positions in
tended to be held temporarily.' Now
adays, however, there Is no such thing:
as a temporary fortification, for even
such prosaic fortifications as ordinary
trenches sometimes have to house their
human inhabitants for Ions periods of
time.
Thus it is that the intrenchments
carved out .of the solid clay around
the Reserve Officers' camp at the Pre
sidio are there to, stay. If an alien
enemy should perchance at some dis
tant date sain a foothojd on the penin
sula and attempt land operations
against Fort Scott, which guards the
Golden Gate on the southern promin
tory, the siege works will be ready for
the defenders.
Thirteen hundred - huskies digging
for the greater part of three or four
days carved quite a- i-fck in the various
hillsides on the Presidio reservation.
knows the location of the various American
unit, and who will forward the messages
by mail, to the proper designation.
Under no circumstances will tha location
or station of a unit be designated la the ad
dress or body of a telegram.
Examples: A telegram to Captain John B.
Jones, Medical Corps, United States Army
Ham Hospital No. 10. American expedition
ary forres, would be in the following- form:
Amexforce. Iondon:
John B. Joneo, Base Hospital No. 10. Have
followed your instructions.
MART JONES.
Similarly a telegram for Private J. K.
Smith, Company K. Forty-seventh United
States Infantry, would be sent aa follows:
Amexforee. London.
H. K. Smith, 'o. K. Korty-seventh U. S.
Infantry. Will not chang address.
J AN IS SMtTH.
(b Body of telegram Th regulations of
tha European censorship pro-vide that mes
sages must be written in plain language
I English or French), or in an authorised
rode, and mut be intelligible to the" censors.
The ue of two codes or two languages or
of combination of code and plain language
in tho same mrwagi la forbidden. Tele
grams without text or with but one plain
language text word are not admitted. Aa
hereinafter explained, code language may be
used in only full-rat megs.
Grays Harbor launches Anotber.
City Engineer T-aurgaard is urging
that all of the railroad tracks running
along the East Side atreets from Burn
ride to Hawthorne, he elevated, ao as
to eliminate all icrade crossings and
make possible facilities of traffic. His
plans have not been presented to the
Council as yet. but are under consider
ation by A. '1 Bar bur. ' Commissioner
of Pjbllc 'Works.
Ate oa't Matter Tfcra.
Chlcafto Herald.
The Boy I shall be glad when J
am old enouKh to do as I please.
The Man And about that time you'll
go and get married, so It won't do
much good, after all.
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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND,
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Except for the absence of the pro
verbial bandana handkerchiefs one
might imagine a crew of honest-to-goodness
sewer diggers hitting on six
cylinders.
Some of the dignitaries of the Pre
sidio ditches showed evidences of extra
embonpoint in the neighborhood of the
waistband; others had not touched a
spade or a. garden mattock in, lo,
many a year; some were State Senators,
bankers, lawyers and whatnot but
everybody attacked the subborn clay
with a will.
Shorn as to olive drab shirt and in
the thick of the flying clods could be
seen J. O. Convill, street and park
superintendent of Portland. Mr. Con
vill has been used to bossing a few
score of. gardeners and cleaners, and
if he ever gets back to his desk he'll
have a little first-hand knowledge of
tha art of shovel swinging.
Two California legislators, William
Stoddard Scott, of San Francisco, and
Edward Cookman Watson, of Los An
geles, worked side by side. Despite
his years Senator Scott is the most
indefatigable workman in his company.
TROOPERS III CAMP
First Squadron . of Oregon
Cavalry in Carolina.
MEN - MUCH INTERESTED
Xegroes at Work Fascinate Western
Soldiers Lack of . Space to
Train Horses Causes o
Little Apprehension.
Tho first separate squadron of Ore
gon Cavalry is now stationed at Camp
Green, Charlotte. K. C. The detach
ment arrivea at the camp September 14.
after an eight-day transcontinental
ride by the way of San Francisco, New
Orleans and Atlanta. Ga. The squadron
left Clackamas September 6.
The squadron, which is comprised of
365 men. is in the most part composed
of Portland and Eastern Oregon cow
boys, who were fresh from the cattle
ranges at the time of leaving Portland
for Clackamas some two months ago.
While the Oregon boys are familiar
with the ways of the West, the scenes
around Camp Green were a novelty to
them when they reached' the Southern
camp, according to a letter received
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Some of the clay proved too obstinate
and Captain D. H. Gillette, of the en
gineers, had to send for blasting- pow
der. The trenches themselves are exact
replicas -of those in urie on the western
front in Europe. The firing trenches
are about six feet deep with sand
bagged parapets in front. Connecting
trenches are roofed, and the kitchens,
dugouts, headquarters, etc., to the rear,
are dug deep down in the bowels of
Mother Earth.
The artillerymen and a few of the
infantry companies occupied the
trenches overnight late in the week,
and those Infantry companies which
missed the treat will get the same dose
about four weeks hencr.
The three field artillery batteries
did not have to "fool with the trenches,
for the Army manuals delegate to them
the task of razing trenches and not
of building them.
Lieutenant-Colonel William M. Mor
row, well known in Portland, is in
command of the third battalion of stu
dent officers, and he watched the work
of trench building with keen interest.
last week from Waldo T. Stout, for
merly of 622 Union avenue North, Port
land. One of the sights that interested is
most." wrote Mr. Stout, "was to
see the negro workmen who were erect
ing a gigantic tower to hold the 200,-000-gallon
water tank, which supplies
the camp with water. Shortly after
the arrival more than 100 of the West
erners were gathered around, watching
and listening to the negroes as they
worked and sang the songs of the
South. When the Army trucks arrived
the cavalrymen attempted to- imitate
the songs' of the laborers as they
pitched their tents. Needless to say.
they were most successful in pitching
their tents."
The Oregon boys are quartered in
regiment reservation No. 6. near the
Wyoming infantry. According to in
formation received, there is no drill
ground for the cavalrymen, and much
concern is felt by the officers of the
squadron over the lack of a place to
make use of the horses which will
soon arrive.
The officers in charge of the squad
ron are as follows:
Major C. E. McDonell commanding:
Lieutenant Peabody, adjutant: Second
Lieutenant Doolittle, supply officer. A
troop: Captain Hogan, First Lieutenant
not witli troop. Second Lieutenant
Bradshaw. B troop: Captain Gjedsted,
PMrst Lieutenant O'Riley, Second Lieu
tenant O'Brien. C troop: Captain Mc
Quire, First Lieutenant not with troop,
Second Lieutenant Kiff. D troop: Cap
tain Caldwell. First Lieutenant Cook,
Second Lieutenants Spell and W. Stout.
The Cruohjng Retort Feminine.
Jack o' Lantern.
She What do you suppose Harold
meant by sending me those flowers?
Also She He probably meant to im
ply that you were a dead one
SEPTEMBER 23, 1917.
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CITY EMPLOYES RESIGN
HENRY A. I J A V I K LEAVES OFFICE
OF CITV ATTOHXEV,
J. O. Convill Is Training In Reserve
Officers' Camp and C. P. Keyser Is
Dae With Engineer Corps Nov. L ,
Resignations are the order of the
day at the City Call, and yesterday
was no exception to the rule. Henry
A. Davie, for four years an assistant
in the office of City Attorney LaRoche.
was among those announcing intention
to leave the municipal service, al
though he had not been ahle to make
formal presentation to his superior of
ficer, owing to the latter's absence
from the city.
Mr. Davie probably will leave the
city tomorrow. He will go to Oak
land. Cal., where he will take up the
private practice of law with an old
schoolmate as a partner. He lived
there before coming to Portland.
While with the City Attorney he has
handled some very important cases
for the municipality and has been suc
cessful to a marked degree. His place
has not been filled.
In the Bureau of Parks a situation
may develop which will leave the city
in a more or less embarassing posi
tion. C. P. Keyser, engineer, and act
ing superintendent in the absence of
J O. Convill, is working on leave of
absence from the Federal Government,
having accepted a position with the
engineering corps, roads' division, to
report for duty November 1.
Mr. Convill is at the Presidio with
the officers' reserve training camp. In
case he is commissioned, it will be
necessary for him to resign his super
intendency of the Bureau of Parks. It
will also be necessary for Mr. Keyser
to leave for his new work, and the
city will be without a superintendent
for its park system. -
Miss Helen M. Coman, who for four
years was stenographer in the office
of the Mayor, during the term of H., 1..
Albee. has also resigned and will re
port for duiv in the clerical division
of the War Department at Washing
ton D C. October 15. Since July 1
of this year she has been working in
the Water Bureau. Her resignation is
effective October 1. .
Numerous other resignations nave
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been handed in within the past few
weeks,- principally for military rea
sons, but a large number have been
tendered because of better positions
offered.
MRS. BURKE CALLED EAST
Portland " Woman Invited by Sirs.
SIcAdoo to Attend Conference.
Mrs. Thomas Carrick Burke left yes
terday for Washington, where, in re
sponse, to an invitation from Mrs. W.
G. McAdoo, she will attend a meeting
of women who are to take a hand
in the second liberty loan campaign.
Th meeting will be held September
27 and 28 at the Pan-American build
ing. -Mrs. McAdoo is in charge of the
task of organizing the women of the
country, and Mrs. Burke was called to
Washington as president of the Oregon
Equal Suffrage Alliance. The suf
frage alliance will act as executive
committee for the liberty loan branch,
women's department. National Council
of Defense, and will co-operate with
Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, who is state
chairman for this' work.
Mrs. Burke will bring back from
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Washington the plans to be worked
out at the conference of women lead
ers. Practically the only available source
of supply of chalk- is England and
France, and 'in those countries challc
mining has been suspended.
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Harry Stafford. Ne. Baltimore, O., writes:
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remedies, but to no avail until a friend told
me to try 'a-Dropa. I used about three
quarters of a bottle of '6-Drops and am as
well aa usual."
"5-Drops" is sold by the leading druggists
In every part of the United States and
Canada.
FREE
A sample bottle will
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will write to The
Swanson Company, Newark, Onio,
DRUGS BY MAIL
WE PAY THE POSTAGE.
If In ned of Pure Drugs and Chem
EcalM, Shoulder Brace, Arch Sup
porix, THISSK8, Klastlc StocVlngs,
AlKlnraiual Supporter, SunpenMory
Bandages for M-n. and all other
rubber goods of every description
send to the
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