Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1917 — Free Postage to Soldiers In Foreign Countries. [ARTICLE]

Free Postage to Soldiers In Foreign Countries.

Oct. 3, 1917. Order No. 754. • , ' ' Section 406, Postal Laws and Regulations, are amended by the addition of the following, as paragraphs 3 and 4: 3. Letters written and mailed by soldiers, sailors and marines assigned to duty in foreign countries engaged in the present war, may be mailed free c.* postage, subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Postmaster General (Acts of Oct. 3, 1917, Sec. 11,0000). 4. Only such soldiers, sailors and marines who are assigned to duty in a foreign country engaged in the war are entitled under the provisions of the-, proceeding paragraph to mail their letters free, and in order to be entitled to this privilege, such letters shall bear in the upper left hand corner the name of the soldier, sailor or marine, together with the designation of the organization or unit to which he belongs, as, for instance, John Doe, Co. C, Fifth U. S. Regiment. The above paragraphs of the postal law make it possible for our boys when they get after the Kaiser to write home and tell us about the drive to Berlin without postage cost.