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6 a Friday, December 22, 1944. . New Policy Gives Prompt Notice of War Casualties Relatives to Hear Regularly of Pro gress of Wounded The War Department has adopted a new policy in notify ing the next of kin (or emergency addresses) of Army casualties ov erseas whereby detailed informa tion may be received in the short est possible time , Major General Frederick E. Uhl, Commanding General, Fourth Service Com mand, Atlanta, Ga., announced today. General Uhl stated, “In addi tion to the original notification (telegram and letter pt condo lence sent the emergency addres see from the War Department in Washington, a letter will be air mailed directly from the Com manding Officer of the Chap lain of the organization to which the soldier was attached. This letter will be sent within a short while after the casualty occurs and will be specific in detail rel ative to the circumstances of death, funeral arrangements and overseas burial. “When men are seriously wounded, the information will be forwarded direct from the hospi tal to the emergency addressees. “Relatives and friends of Army personnel casualties should keep in mind that from the time of re ceiving the original notification from the Adjutant General until the supplemental intormation ar rives from the overseas theater, no further word will be available at the War Department. “Prior to this new procedure, the only information in the War Department was obtained through the initial casualty report sent by code indicating that the soldier had been listed as a casualty on a specific date. This made it im possible for the office of the Ad jutant General to answer the many queries for additional de tails on deaths. Under the new program these details will be sup plied families at the earliest pos sible date from the soldier’s com manding officer.” Major James F. Morison, Per sonal Affairs officer. Headquar ters Fourth Service Command, pointed out, “In addition to sup plying direct information on deaths, a new procedure is be ing put into effect towards sup plying progress reports on wound ed and seriously ill. Some of the hospital personnel will write a letter to the emergency address- sae immediately following the admission of a seriously wound ed man to the hospital, telling briefly the nature of the wound. Fifteen days later a card will be sent telling of the progress made by the patient which in turn will be followed by a second letter, in another fifteen days, provided the wounded man is still on the ser iously wounded list. As long as he is in this condition this pro cedure will continue at 15 day intervals. “In the case of soldiers wound ed in combat but not seriously ill a postal card will be sent every fifteen days stating the con dition of the soldier.” General Uhl explained “this new procedure in both instances will naturally be of great comfort to emergency addressees as well of value to the War Department. It eliminates the ‘middleman’— so to speak—by having the re ports made out at the hospital and mailed immediately to the person concerned, instead of be ing first transmitted to the Ad jutant General and thence to the emergency addressee.” General Uhl emphasized that this new plan will in no way el iminate the “message of cheer” which each emergency addressee is encouraged to send at Gov ernment expense to a wounded soldier once a month, nor will it affect the present policy whereby a special report is submitted to the Adjutant General in the case of any patient who has been hos pitalized either for wounds, in juries or illness and who takes a dangerous turn for the worse. MEREDITH BROADCAST The annual Christmas broad cast of the Meredith College Choir from Station WPTF in Raleigh will be heard on Saturday after noon, Dec. 23, at 2 o’clock. This is the fourth big Christ mas concert of the ninety-voice college choir this season, as they have sung for two Service Clubs at Fort Bragg, as well as the an nual carol service at the college last week. SANTA WILL FIND THEM The Moore County Welfare De partment is making sure that Santa Claus does not fail to find any of the children who have been placed by this county in orphanages ,or training schools Gift packages all gaily wrapped have been sent to each of them. Platinum was originally discov ered in South America. ' SPECIAL To all our neighbors and friends, near and far, we send best wishes for a joyous Christmas Season and a New Year that will bring Happiness and Peace PUBLISHERS P. O. Box S8 ILOT PRINTERS INCORPORATED Telephone 727i
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