Evening star. [volume], May 08, 1946, Page B-16, Image 37

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Naval Officials Deny ’
Overseas Mail Delay
Due to Service Feud
(Third of a scries on how Army (
and Navy overseas mail is <
handled.)^ \
By W. A. Millen
Naval officials branded as “en- j
tirely unfounded” a report that de- ,
lays in mail to the Pacific were the j
result of uncertainty existing be- ,
tween the Army and Navy as to
who is responsible for carrying the
mail to China. 1
The Navy concedes that, owing to
difficulties in transportation to in
terior points or remote places after
the mail has arrived abroad, there
are delays in receipt- Also, durinr
the war the service had the advan
tage of trained employes obtained
by the armed forces from the Post
Office Department. Most of these
postal employes have now' returned
to their civilian jobs in the postal
service, requiring "green” men to be
trained as replacements.
The Army Postal Service and the
Navy Mail Service are two entirely
separate systems, each furnishing its
oto branch of the service w'ith mail
facilities, Navy Department author
ities here explained.
Our reports indicate that in the
great majority of cases the mail
service to the Pacific area is satis
factory at the present time,” said a
Navy Department fetter to Repre
sentative Halleck, Republican, of In
diana, who received a number of
complaints on mail service.
.“It must be remembered that the
luperior, and in some cases amaz
ing, mail service attained during
hostilities was a direct result of the
abnormal amount of shipping and
air facilities available at that time,
coupled with the fact that units and
activities served were, for the great
er part, concentrated in groups.”
The Indianan was told that a re
port from the Pacific on March 20
indicated that there was no back
log of airmail, either to or from
that area at any of the key trans
shipment points. The Navy De
partment pointed out that airmail
can be flown only to central points
and that the last leg of the trip in
the interior of Asiatic countries is
often by water or overland trans
portation.
Representative Halleck was given
hese mid-February schedules,
showing the transit time for air
nail dispatched by the Navy to the
:e.v trans-shipment points indi
:ated:
Avg. Max. Min.
trans. trans. trans.
t me time time
Location cays days days
danila _ 6.4 9 4
Ikinawa _ f 6 10 5
Shanghai . 5.4 6 5
fokosuka (Jap’ni 7.1 ll 5
The Navy Department said all
larcel post for the Pacific is sent
>y surface ship, owing to great bulk
ind lack of available air space, and
lsually takes two to three months
or delivery to the Asiatic area.
Most mail complaints grow out of
mproperly addressed matter or that
addressed to an old duty station o!
the man concerned, the Navy ex
plained. This mail is sent to di
rectory service, where, if no propei
change of address is received with
in 60 days, the mail is returned tc
the sender.
Personnel, in transit to a perma
nent duty station for four months
or more, receive no mail, since, in
most cases, it is impractical to de
liver it. Naval postal authorities
here explained.
The authorities declared one of
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the great sources of mail trouble is
that people will not abide by the
regulations in shipping perishables
overseas. Where a package in a mail
bag breaks up, it contaminates other
articles in that bag. The officials
cited the case of a jar of jam that
broke.
Mail for the Marine Corps is han
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died by the Navy to its destination
but distribution is up to the
Marines.
The Navy has to rely entirely on
commercial transportation in the
Atlantic, except where Naval vessels
happen to be going abroad. Thus
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The Navy Department said the
general trend of complaints of all
kinds has dropped 50 per cent since
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