{"newspaper_name": "The Arkansas banner.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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To which the following reply was made by the 2d Ast. P. M.General.

 Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

 APPOINTMENT OFFICE,

 Feb Ii, 1916. SIR:-The enclosed printed letter or cir cuIar, submitted by you, is subject to letter postage, when conveyed in the mail 1t hav- ing been decided by he Department, in pre- vious instances, that any writing whatever, except the direction, changes the character of the paper, and makes it. to all intents and purposes, letter.

 Letters should be rated and charged with postage according to the actual distance they are conveyed in the mail, and notby the shortest practicable route.

 Re peclluIly Stc.