1. All references to the Postal Laws and Regulations in this Guide relate to the edition of
1913.
The letters" P. L. & R." are used instead of the words "Postal Laws and Regulations."

2. Any postmaster who does not receive the large Guide in July, or the eleven small supple-

ments issued the remaining months of the year, should notify the Chief Clerk, Post Office

Department. There is no separate supplement issued in July.

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UNITED STATES OFFICIAL POSTAL GUIDE

July, 1920

ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

Postmaster-General.-ALBERT S. BURLESON, Texas.
Private Secretary.— ROBERT E. COWART, Texas.
Chief Clerk. RUSKIN MCARDLE, Texas.

Assistant Chief Clerk.—THOMAS J. HOWELL, Massachusetts.

Special Assistant to Attorney-General.

Division of Solicitor.

JOSEPH STEWART, Missouri.

Purchasing Agent.- ROBERT L. MADDOX, Kentucky.
Chief Clerk.- THOMAS L. DEGNAN, Pennsylvania.
Division of Post Office Inspectors.-

Solicitor.- WILLIAM H. LAMAR, Maryland.

Senior Assistant Attorney.- HORACE J. DONNELLY, District of Columbia.
Assistant Attorneys.-

WALTER E. KELLY, Ohio.

CALVIN W. HASSELL, North Carolina.

WILLIAM C. O'BRIEN, Tennessee.

Bond Examiner.- EDWIN A. NIESs, Pennsylvania.
Law Clerk. WILLIAM L. RHOADS, Pennsylvania.
Division of Purchasing Agent.-

Chief Inspector.- GEORGE M. SUTTON, Missouri.
Chief Clerk.- ALEXANDER B. HULSE, Tennessee.
Appointment Clerk.- ROBERT S. REGAR, Pennsylvania.
Disbursing Clerk. WILLIAM M. MOONEY, Ohio.

Division of Dead Letters.

Files,

Superintendent.- GOODWIN D. ELLSWORTH, North Carolina.
Assistant Superintendents.—

WILLIAM S. RYAN, New York.

ALBERT E. BARR, West Virginia.

EDWARD B. CRANFORD, District of Columbia.
Clerk-in-Charge.- OWEN A. KEEN, Virginia.
Division of Postmasters' Appointments.-

Superintendent.— CHARLES R. HODGES, Texas.
Assistant Superintendents.—

LOREL N. MORGAN, West Virginia.
SIMON E. SULLIVAN, Maryland.

OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
First Assistant Postmaster-General.- JOHN C. KOONS, Maryland.
Chief Clerk.- JOHN W. JOHNSTON, New York.

Division of Post Office Service.—

Superintendent.- MARVIN M. MCLEAN, Texas.

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OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
Second Assistant Postmaster-General.- OTTO PRAEGER. Texas.
Chief Clerk.-E. RUSSELL WHITE, North Carolina.

Division of Railway Mail Service.—

General Superintendent.— WILLIAM I. DENNING, Georgia.
Assistant General Superintendent.-GEORGE F. STONE, New York.
Chief Clerk.-CHASE C. GOVE, Nebraska.

Division of Foreign Mails.—

Superintendent.- STEWART M. WEBER, Pennsylvania.
Assistant Superintendent.- EDWIN SANDS, New York.
Division of Railway Adjustments.-

Superintendent.- JAMES B. CORRIDON, District of Columbia.
Assistant Superintendent.- GEORGE H. GRAYSON, North Carolina.

OFFICE OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
Third Assistant Postmaster-General.-ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY, Missouri.
Chief Clerk.- WILLIAM J. BARROWS, Missouri.

Division of Finance.

Superintendent.- WILLIAM E. BUFFINGTON, Pennsylvania.
Division of Postal Savings.—

Director.- MALCOLM KERLIN, New Jersey.

Chief Clerk.-CHARLES L. GABLE, Pennsylvania.
Division of Money Orders.—

Superintendent.

CHARLES E. MATTHEWS, Oklahoma.
Chief Clerk.-F. H. RAINEY, District of Columbia.
Division of Classification.—

Superintendent.- WILLIAM C. WOOD, Kansas.
Division of Stamps.-

Superintendent.-WILLIAM C. FITCH, New York.

Division of Registered Mails.

Superintendent.- LEIGHTON V. B. MARSCHALK, Kentucky.

OFFICE OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General.- - JAMES I. BLAKSLEE, Pennsylvania.
Chief Clerk.- LANSING M. Dow, New Hampshire.

Division of Rural Mails.-

Superintendent.- GEORGE L. WOOD, Maryland.

Division of Equipment and Supplies.

Superintendent. J. KING PICKETT, Alabama.

Chief Clerk.- WALTER I. VILLEPIGUE, South Carolina.

OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Auditor. CHARLES A. KRAM, Pennsylvania.

Assistant and Chief Clerk.- TERENCE H. SWEENEY, Minnesota.
Law Clerk.- FABER STEVENSON, Ohio.

Expert Accountant.- LEWIS M. BARTLETT, Massachusetts.
Electrical Accounting System.-

Superintendent.- LOUIS BREHM, Illinois.

Chiefs of Division.

J. RAY GRINSTEAD, Missouri.

CHARLES T. CHAPLINE, West Virginia.
Stating and Settlement of Postmasters' Accounts.-
Division of Postmasters' Accounts.-

Superintendent.- JAMES R. WHITE, District of Columbia.
Division of Postal Service Pay Rolls.-

Superintendent.- JOSHUA H. CLARK, Maryland.

POST OFFICE INSPECTORS.

Atlanta Division (comprising Florida, Georgia and South Carolina).— CHARLES RIDDI FORD, Inspector
in Charge, Atlanta, Ga.

Austin Division (comprising Louisiana and Texas).- THOMAS W. NAYLOR, Inspector in Charge,
Austin, Texas.

Boston Division (comprising Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Vermont). HAL B. MOSBY, Inspector in Charge, Boston, Mass.
Chattanooga Division (comprising Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee).- JAMES W. COLE, Inspector
in Charge, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chicago Division (comprising Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin).- JAMES E. STUART, Inspector in
Charge, Chicago, Illinois.

Cincinnati Division (comprising Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio).- THOMAS M. DISKIN, Inspector in
Charge, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Denver Division (comprising Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming).- EVAN L. JACKSON,
Inspector in Charge. Denver, Colorado.

Kansas City Division (comprising Kansas, the city of Kansas City, Mo., Nebraska and Oklahoma).—
JOE P. JOHNSTON, Inspector in Charge, Kansas City, Missouri.
New York Division (comprising New York). WILLIAM E. COCHRAN, Inspector in Charge, New
York, N. Y.

Philadelphia Division (comprising New Jersey and Pennsylvania).- GEORGE A. LEONARD, Inspector in Charge, Philadelphia, Penn.

Saint Louis Division (comprising Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, except the city of Kansas City).—

KILDROY P. ALDRICH, Inspector in Charge, Saint Louis, Mo.

Saint Paul Division (comprising Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota).-RUSH D. SIMMONS,
Inspector in Charge, Saint Paul, Minn.

San Francisco Division (comprising Arizona, California, Hawaii Territory and Nevada).— STEPHEN

H. MORSE, Inspector in Charge, San Francisco, Calif.

Spokane Division (comprising Alaska Territory, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington).— ROBERT H. BARCLAY, Inspector in Charge, Spokane, Wash.

Washington Division (comprising Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Porto Rico).- SMITH W. PURDUM, Inspector in Charge, Washington, D.

RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.

First Division (comprising the New England States).- CHRISTOPHER REISING, Superintendent,
Boston, Mass.
Second Division (comprising New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the eastern shore of
Maryland, Accomac and Northampton counties, Va., and Porto Rico). PETER J. SCHARDT,
Superintendent, New York, N. Y.

Third Division (comprising Maryland [excluding the eastern shore], Virginia [excepting Accomac and Northampton counties], West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia).— ALEYNE A. FISHER, Superintendent, Washington, D. C.

Fourth Division (comprising South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee).— RICHMOND J. HARRIS, Superintendent, Atlanta, Ga.

Fifth Division (comprising Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky). JOHN CLARK, Superintendent, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sixth Division (comprising Illinois and Iowa).- RUDOLPH S. BRAUER, Superintendent, Chicago, Ill. Seventh Division (comprising Missouri and Kansas).- FRANK MCFARLAND, Superintendent, Saint Louis, Mo.

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Eighth Division (comprising California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Hawaii).- CLAUDE E. SLATER,
Superintendent, San Francisco, Cal.

Ninth Division (comprising the main line of The New York Central Railroad between New York,
N. Y., and Chicago, Ill., and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan).-
-CHARLES V. MCCHESNEY,
Superintendent, Cleveland, Ohio.

Tenth Division (comprising Wisconsin, Northern Peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota

and South Dakota).- STEPHEN A. CISLER, Superintendent, Saint Paul, Minn. Eleventh Division (comprising Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico). SAMUEL M. GAINES, Superintendent, Fort Worth, Tex.

Twelfth Division (comprising Louisiana and Mississippi).- ROBERT M. THOMAS, Superintendent, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Thirteenth Division (comprising Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska).- EDWARD

MCGRATH, Superintendent, Seattle, Washington,

Fourteenth Division (comprising Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming).— JAMES

H. MUSGRAVE,

Superintendent, Omaha, Nebraska.

Fifteenth Division (comprising the main lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad System from New York N. Y., via Pittsburgh, Pa., to Chicago, Ill., and Saint Louis, Mo., and collateral lines that may be designated).— CHARLES D. ROGERS, Superintendent, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

1. Complaints and Inquiries.- All complaints in regard to mail should be addressed to the postmaster and, whenever possible, they should be accompanied with the envelope or wrapper of the piece of mail to which the complaint refers. An early report should be made relative to lost or missing mail of any description. The postmaster will forward the complaint to the proper officer of the Department. Complaints in general affecting the service should likewise be made to the postmaster, but when that course is manifestly improper under the circumstances, they should be addressed to the Department. More than one subject should not be treated in the same letter, and the communication should bear the address of the officer in charge of the Bureau to which the business relates, as follows:

2. The Chief Clerk, Post Office Department. Relative to the Official Postal Guide, appointments in the Post Office Department, advertising, telegraph rates for Government messages, general information and miscellaneous correspondence.

3. The Special Assistant to the Attorney-General.- Relative to the defense of cases in the Federal courts against the United States arising out of the transportation of the mails; proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission for determination of the basis of railroad mail pay; hearings before the Department on orders changing mode of transporting periodical mail matter, and review by court of such orders.

4. The Solicitor, Post Office Department.- Relative to claims for credit for stamps, etc., or postal money order, postal savings, war savings funds lost by fire, burglary, etc.; the construction of postal laws and regulations; enforcement of Sec. 19, Trading with the Enemy Act, issuance of permits thereunder, and failure of foreign language publications to whom such permits have not been issued to file at office of mailing translations into English of certain matter (Sec. 4811⁄2 P. L. & R.); rulings as to the delivery of mail the ownership of which is in dispute: as to the mailability of alleged indecent, obscene, scurrilous and defamatory matter. matter alleged to be in violation of the provisions of the Espionage Act, as amended (Sec. 4811⁄2 P. L. & R.), matter containing advertisements of intoxicating liquors or solicitations of orders therefor, and matter relating to lottery and other schemes, endless chain enterprises, etc.