THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 26, 1918.
15. COMMODITY,
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The action of both United States and foreign censors on a trade cablegram will be facilitated and delay minimized if the name and quantity of the commodity involved may readily be determined from the text. Cable users would do well to inform their foreign correspondents of this fact.
16. NUMBERS.
Numbers that are unrelated to the text or not easily understandable to the censor are not permitted, whether expressed in plain figures or by code words translating into plain figures.
17. SERIAL NUMBERS,
Cablegrams may, if desired, be numbered serially from 1 to 999, inclusive, in plain figures or authorized code translating into plain figures. The serial number, when used, inust be the first word following the address. At the option of the sender, the series may begin afresh with number 1 on the 1st day of each month. At the option of the sender, also two additional figures may be added to the serial number, indicating the day of the month, in which case the figure indicating each of the first nine days of the month shall he preceded by a zero. For example: The 25th cablegram of the series, sent on the 4th day of the month, would be indicated às 2504; the 25th cablegram, on the 12th day of the month, as 2512; the 205th, on the 18th, as 20518.
18. TEST WORDS.
An American banking institution or the American branch of a foreigu institution that wishes permission to use a test word in remittance cablegrams will apply to the Chief Cable Censor. A correspondent of a banking institution that is entitled to use a test word does not require specific permission to use a test word in a remittance cable- gram to the institution so privileged.
19. CABLEGRAMS TO PERSONS ON ENEMY TRADING Last.
Cablegrams to or from persons on the enemy trading list will not be permitted unless a license has first been obtained from the War Trade Board. The number of the license preceded by “ETL”—for example, “ETL 4075"---must be the last words of the cablegram, except that the word "patent or a test word may follow the ETL' number. Even when licensed, such cablegrams are subject to all censorship regulations.
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20. ADDRESS FOR CABLEGRAMS TO UNITED STATES OVER-SEA FORCES.
Cablegrams to and from members of the over-sea forces are subject to censorship and must conform to all censorship regulations. Special forms of address, however, have been provided as follows:-
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(a) Cablegrams for members of the United States Naval Forces abroad should be addressed “Usnavforce, London," and should have as the first words of the text the name of the addressee (given name spelled out and such initials as are necessary), followed by the name of the ship or unit to which he is attached (“U. S, S." before the ship's name being unnecessary),
The following is a sample cablegram:
(Address) (Text)
(Signature)
"USNAVFORCE, LONDON.
"FRANK B. HOWARD, Charleston. Informed examina-
tions successfully passed.
HAMMOND."
(b) Cablegrams for members of the United States Military Forces abroad, including Marines at present serving with the Army, should be addressed "Amexforce, London," and should have as the first words of the text the name of the addressee and the official designation of the unit to which he belongs.
The following is a sample cablegram :-
(Address) (Text)
(Signature)
"AMEXFORCE, LONDON.
"H. K. SAUNDERS, Company K. Forty-seventh Infantry.
Will not change address.
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'JANE SAUNDERS."