Hi Codex. From some of the address one can deduct his grasp of the language is fairly poor. I think Dan Moore was a second lieutenant? As for the free mail I will leave this to others,
Often in times of war, military mail is free, but by Nov 1899 when this was posted, the Spanish American War was over. January 1 1899 the U.S. Military took over the government of Cuba. So I would assume soldiers were back to paying for their letters home.
There was no military free frank for US personnel in the Spanish American War.
(Nor, for that matter, was there in the Civil War - the privilege there only extended as far as sending the mail postage due without the double penalty if it was properly endorsed). The soldiers' franking privilege started with World War I.
Thank you all for the info. Interesting to learn that the soldiers' franking privilege started with World War I in the US. By any chance would anyone know the first day of autorisation for soldiers mail free frank?
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