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    "ocrText": "Headquarters 35th Division\nAmerican Expeditionary Forces\n3rd January 1919.\nBULLETIN\n)\n)\nARMY en NATIONALD\nNo. 2.\n)\n761\n1. Officers will be supplied with an Identity Card upon\napplication to the Personnel Adjutant, these Headquarters.\n2. Until further orders Brigade, Regimental and Separate\nUnit Commanders will report to the Division Commander at his\noffice at 8:30 A.M. every Sunday.\n3. PROMOTION OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND SPECIALISTS.\nDue to lack of trañsportation, men in hospitals have not been\nevacuated. Promotion of söldiers to grade above that of private\nas outlined in paragraph 4, Administrative Bulletin No: 30, will\ntherefore be suspended, not only until January 1, 1919, but until\nfurther notice.\n4. A boxing tournament will be held at the Division Opera\nHouse in COMMERCY at 7:30 P.M., Saturday, January 4th.\n5. A meeting of regimental and separate unit entertainment\nofficers will be held at the Office of G-1, these Headquarters,\nat 1;30 P.M., Saturday, Jamuary 4th. These officers ahould come\nprepared to give the following information: Available places\nfor shows, capacity of each place, and whether or not heated and\nelectric lighted., These officers will report to Lieutenant Myers.\n6. A professional organization; the \"Live Wires\", will play\nat the 35th Division Opera House in COMMERCY, two performances on\nSunday, January 5th, at 2:30 and 7:50 P.M.; and one performance\non Monday, January 6th, at 7:30 P.M. Other entertainment will be\ngiven Tuesday night, January 7th, at 7:30,\n7. The following is published for the information and\ncompliance by all concerned:\n\"GENERAL HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES\nFrance, December 31, 1918.\nFrom:\nAdjutant General.\nTo:\nCommanding General, 35th Division.\nSubject: Assistance in Forwarding and Returning Mail.\n1. It has been reported that there is very great delay in\ncensoring mail and in the forwarding of outgoing mail by company\norderlies, Regimental and Divisional Post Officers; also that\nmail for men who have left the organizations to which they origin-\nally belonged, is held for a long time before being returned for\nredirection to the Central Post Office.\n(over)\n2. During the period of active operations there was\npossibly some excuse for the above delays, but now that conditions\nhave become more stable, it is desired that every effort be made\nby all concerned to promptly censor and forward all outgoing\nmail and to return immediately to the Central Post Office,\nBourges, A.P.O. No. 902, all mail for men who have left organiz-\nations and who have not left a forwarding address.\n3. All commanders will give such instructions as will\ninsure compliance with these instructions and will see that the\nprovisions of paragraph 11, G. 0. No. 72, C.S., G.H.Q., with\nreference to the selection of suitable mail orderlies are strictly\ncomplied with.\n4. Every effort is being made by the Postal authorities\nto do their part, but in order to obtain prompt and satisfactory\nmail service it is absolutely necessary that all oooperate and\nassist in every way possible.\nBy Command of General Pershing:\nROBERT C. DAVIS\nAdjutant General.\"\nBy Command of Brigadier General Dugan:\nH. S. HAWKINS\nColonel, General Staff,\nChief of Staff\nOFFICIAL:\nWM. ELLIS\nLt. Col., Inf., U.S.Army\nDivision Adjutant\nCopy to all\norganizations"
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