The following letter has been addressed to all the Generals
commanding Departments, in the expectation that they will cause the information
to be communicated to their respective commands:
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Appointment office,
February, 20, 1862
SIR: – In order to prevent, as far as possible, loss of
valuable letters mailed by soldiers in the various camps, this Department recommends
that each commander of a regiment or a brigade shall appoint a trustworthy agent
into whose hands all letters from soldiers containing valuable inclosures shall
be placed, with pre-payment by stamps and the register fee of five cents. It should be the duty of said agents to
deliver such letters to a convenient post office daily, or as frequently as
mails are sent from such office, with two lists, showing the name of each
writer and the address of each letter.
One list, with the letters and registering fee, should be placed in the
hands of the postmaster or registering clerk, who shall sign and return one
copy, and file the other in his office, with the date when received. A failure to register increases the danger of
loss. It is respectfully suggested that
you take such order upon the propositions as the interests of the soldiers
under your command shall require.
I have the honor to by your ob’t servant,
JOHN A. CASSON,
First Assistant
Postmaster General.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 15, 1862, p. 3
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