One Letter a Month Made Compulsory Chungking, Feb. 2.
At least one letter a month must be sent home by each Chinese soldier at the front, according to the latest ruling of the Ministry of War issued here today.
Owing to illiteracy among soldiers, the order states, it is the duty of officers and political workers with the army to help soldiers in writing their monthly letters.
If officers are unable to do all the writing, then it is their duty to call in magistrates and request the aid of all teachers and students of the districts they are in.
Ten cents will be deducted every month from a soldier's pay to cover the cost of stamps, paper and envelope.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.