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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 19, 1918.
AIR MAIL ROUTE
IS ESTABLISHED
IfJ-VASIIIfJGTOfJ
Cuts Time of Postal Delivery
Service Between Capital and
New York Nearly 12
; Hours.
Wuhlnt to Burma f Th
Omaha Bm, Hit C Street.
By EDGAR SNYDER.
Washington, May 18. The inaugu
ration of an air mail route between
Washington and New York last
. . Wednesday, ,maxks an epoch in the
. history of the -Woffice department,
such an event as marked the parcel
post and the pony express.
The time taken for the transport!
tion of mail from Washington to New
, York by train, including the delivery
. at the postoffice, is from six to seven
hours. The time required for the
transportation by airplane will not ex-
- ceed three and a half hours, includ
ing an allowance of 30 minutes from
the landing .field at Belmont Park to
the New York postoffice.
The air route will make a saving of
at least two hours in the delivery of
mail at terminals. Bet a much greater
saving of time than this will be made
on account of the special delivery
features in thecitiis and. even train
connections. ' ' .
Half a Day Saved.
It is thought that the saving in some
, instances may amount to as much as
12 hours, by making connections
which will avoid the delivery going
over to. the next day. '
Provisions have been made to guard
against delays in delivety resulting
frtom accidents to the planes. To
meet such an emergency, relief planes
will be provided and emergency land
ing fields Jiave been established at
Baltimore, Havre de Grace, Wilming'
ton and New Brunswick. "
In case anything goes wrong with a
plane, landing will be made at the
nearest of these emergency fields, and
if the trouble requires more than a
few minutes to be corrected, the mail
will be transferred to a relief plane
and carried on without loss of time
There are 12 planes now in the
service -threev at New York, she at
Philadelphia ami three at Wishing-
. ton. '
First-Class Mail. '
The rate of postage for airplane
mail service is 24 cents an ounce or
fraction .thereof, all mail being car
ried as -first-class 'and given special
delivery service at the city, of destina
tion. . The special stamp provided for the
airplane mail service is seven-eighths
of an . inch long by three-quarters of
an inch high, and depicts an airplane,
of the type to to be used in the mail
service, in fight. In a curved line,
ttoma capital letters, above the air
plaine,' appears the words "United
states postage." and in a straight line
below the picture is the word "cents,"
with the numerals "24" within circles
t in .both corners. The border design
" will be red and the airplane blue,
forming with the background the na
tional colors of red, white and blue.
The improvement of postal facili
ties within the past 80 years has re
duced tfie time of delivery of mail
between Washington and New York
from 32. hours by combined stage
coach, railroad and steamboat, to
three hours by airplane. '
Improvement of Timet
Thet average rate of speed by rail
roads in the late '30s was very little,
if any, greater , than that made by
stage coach and horseback post rid
ers; In some, instance during the '30s
contracts were awarded tor horse
service because quicker time could
be made that way than by railroad.
In 1S32 the fact was commented
upon in the senate in congratulatory
terms, that letters and newspapers
Nebraska Soldierfe Tell of "
Life in Trench and Camp
v in Letters to Home Folks
Joseph F. Zastera, a graduate of the
Howells (Neb.) public schools and
also of the Creighton ( Pharmacy
school in Omaha, has recently been
commissioned lieutenant at Camp
Cody, Deming, N. M., following his
attendance at the , officers' training
camp at Camp Stanley, Tex.
Two other Nebraska men received
recommendations for commissions at
the camp with Joseph Zastera. They
were George Geib and Dan Francis,
both of Schuyler. The former at
tended the University of Nebraska at
Lincoln and ' graduated from the
Omaha High school. He is a nephew
of C E. Giwits, superintendent of
field work for the Child Saving insti
tute, and orominent in that work
throughout Nebraska. Mr. Giwits,
has received a letter from George
stating that he is now ' over there.
Sergeant H. W. Eaton has written
to his wife in Oconto, Neb., irom
"somewhere in France," where he ar
rived shortly before April IS, the date
of hi letter. "We did not see any
subs," he wrote, "but we had boat drill
two or three times a day and night"
"Every one is feeling fine. This is
certainly a jolly bunch and there's no
chance for any one to have the 'blttes'
here if they stick around the Greeley
county boys." This was the gist of a
letter from the Greeley county boys
who wrote from Camp Funston an
annreciation of the treatment ao
corded them by the citizens of Greeley
and the Red Cross hen they left on
April 30.
"The spring rains have set in,"
writes Sergeant Chester Miller, 116th
supply train, with the expeditionary
forces iir France, to his grandparents
in Franklin county, Nebraska. The
letter was dated April 1. "I am in
good health and splendid spirits," he
wrote in closing.
"The ocean was very interesting and
beautiful at first, but now"I wish I
was off of it," wrote Harry W. Goff
to his mother, Mrs. N. L. Goff, Bayard,
Neb., after several days' travel on the
briny blue. The letter, dated April 11,
was written at sea and evidently con
veyed the wishes of several . of his
companions in the 2Jd engineers corps,
who were "sick," literally and figura
tivelyof sea travel. Harry, however,
assured his mother that he had felt
no ill effects from the tossing of the
big boat. Another letter, dated April
14, followed in which Harry informed
his mother of his arrival in France,
with the notation "the kaiser didn't
get me this time when I crossed the
ocean."
Lat HJ German Blood Out.
"I thought I bad a few dropi of German
biuod In my veins, to I pricked my great
t't and let them flow out. Now I'm ready
to take the oath."
So aylnf, William Straaburjer, an ap
plicant for enlistment la the United States
marine corps at Newark, N. J., removed bis
shoe and displayed to the astonished gaze
Lot Sergeant Thomas Green a bandaged "ilt-
t'i pig that went to market."
"How do you know that the blood ou
let out was German and not some other
kind?" asked Green.
"I pricked at a point furthest from my
heart " replied Strasburger, who Is American-born
and pugnaciously anti-Teutonic.
But Strasburger can't be a United States
mrrlne. He lacked the weight and height
necessary. New York World. '
39 AMERICANS
ON PERSHING'S
CASUALTY LIST
Twelve Sammies Reported
Missing in Action; Two Defi
nitely Kqown to Be Hun
V Prisoners.
Washington, May 18. The casualty
list today contained names, divided
as follows: v -
Juried in action, 3; died of wounds,
3; died of disease, 4; wounded severe
ly, 5; wounded, degree not knrJwn, 1;
had been "brought from New York,
a distanceef 250 miles, in 36 hours,
and to Boston, 500 miles, in three
days."
Prior to the development of rapid
throusrh railroad transportation of
mail, the oosHal express furnished the
speedy means of communication. This
was known as the "Pony Express"
and was .(maintained by establishing
numerous stations with relays for
horses. Between stations the riders
went at full speed, getting a fresh
horse every five miles. The post rid
ers was relieved by another alter
riding about 20 miles.
Letters in the files of the post
office department, with reference to
the operation of the 'Tony Express,"
furnish interesting reading in con
trast to the new departure of air
plane mail service. By "Pony Ex
press" a trip could sometimes be
made from Washington to New York
in 15 hours.
Delivery in 1836.
A letter under date of November
28, 1836, thus describes the equipment
of the service between Baltimore and
Philadelphia:
I have 25 horses on the road from
Baltimore to Philadelphiaf five of
which are extra for the express mail.
Each horse has to run 10 miles every
day. In some of the routes they run
in and out. I have 13 stands. I have
13 boys, 10 of which are riders. Each
rider goes 20 miles. The two bush
creeks, atony Run, North East, Little
Elk and Big Elk , are sometimes im
passable in consequence ' of Wgh
water. But I expect to get permis
sion from the railroad company to
cross the last four creeks on the rail
road bridges.
At the busauehanme I have a stood
boat and a good ferryman. I can
be ready on the day of the delivery
of the president's message to start
-at any hour that you may direct from
Baltimore, and run it through as fast
as wc are now carrying it, or if you
wish it done in less time I can by
putting double the number on the
road and each horse to run five miles
and can deliver in Philadelphia in six
hours, provided- there is no snow to
obstruct the stock on that day." '
By special arrangement President
Van buren s message to congress in
1837 was carried from Philadelphia
to New York by "Pony Express at
the average speed of one mile in three
minutes.
wounded slightly, 9; missing in ac
tion, 12; prisoners, 2. jv
The following officers are included:
Major Alexander x Rasmussen, Sher
wood,. Ore., killed in action; Lieuten
ant Sherman De More, Chicago, miss
ing in action; First Xieutenant Abra
ham J. Gordon, Newark, N. J., pris
oner, but not previously reported
missing.
The list follows:
Killed In Action Major Alexander Ras
mussen, Sherwood. Ore.; Privates Joseph S.
Lletzan. Hammond, Ind.; Joseph A. Zi
hala. Newark. N. J.
Died of Disease Nurse Lucy N. Fletcher,
Concord, N. H. ; Sergeant Dan M. Storing,
Menomlnle, Wis.: Privates Jtalph A. John
son, Houston, Tex.; John Feetee, . Holly
Grove, La. . .
Died of Wounds Privates Charles W.
Dubouchet, Paris. France; Marvin W. Smith,
Koshkonong, Mo. ; Gieuseppi Vinci,' Fair
haven, .Vt.
Five Severely Wounded.
Wounded Severely Privates Edward . C.
Carter, Chicago; Phillip Frost, Bradford,
Vt. ; Homer H. McAnelly, Cincinnati. Ia.;
Harry L. Miller, Hopkins, Mo.; Lemont W.
Ruffing. Paterson, N. J.
Wounded (degree unknown) Private
Boyd M. Gillespie. Indianapolis. Ind.
Missing in Action Lieutenant' Sherman
DeMore, Chicago; Sergeant Joseph ' P. No
Ian, Hartford, Conn. ; .Corporal Sabatlnl. r"
Brooklyn, N. T.; Privates Lester B. Clark,
New Haven, Conn.; George E. Cotlver, New '
Haven, Conn.; Ernesto DeMartino, Hart-,,
ford, Conn. Herbert V. Johnson. New
Haven, Conn.; John T. McCartln, Neir -"-Haven,
Conn.; Albert L, Mason, 'Friendship, .
N. T. ; Roy R. Mason, .Gainesville, Fla.j
Austin M. Ready, Jersey City. N. J.; Joh
J. Milan, South Boston. Mass.
Prisoners (not previously reported miss
ing) First Lieutenant Abraham J. Gordon,
Newark, N. J.; Private. Paul L. Holder.
Hastings, Neb. r
He Understood.
"Yes," said the Australian soldier, whe
was being shown round London, "you're got
some fine places here. We alu't got noth
ing like them in Australia. That place,
now," pointing to the hotel at Euston sta
tion, "that's a grand place! Toji do things,
on a much larger scale than we do."
"Really, I -always thought things war
ever so much bigger in Australia."
"Well! That there place, now we'd
think that ever so rnHth too big In Aus
tralia." "Yes; but you remember what a lot of
people visit London through this station."
Still, it's a bit big tor Its purpose."
"But surely you have hotels as big at that
in Australia?"
"Hotel! D'you call that a hotel T My
word, I thought it was the ticket office !'W
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