§ 37. Sir W. BYLESasked the Postmaster-General whether he has received complaints of serious irregularities in the postal service between Manchester and the Military camp at Grantham; and whether the Post Office Department holds itself responsible for the delivery intact to the addressee of postal communications, or whether such communications when addressed to the troops are subjected before delivery to a preliminary handling by the military authorities?
The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Pike Pease)There have been complaints of the non-receipt of letters sent to soldiers in camps at Grantham, but there is no reason to suppose that the losses occur in the post. The Post Office does not undertake to deliver any letter to the addressee in person. In the case of a letter addressed to a soldier in camp, the responsibility of the Post Office ends with its delivery to the post orderly appointed by the military authority.