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U. S. ARMY CENSORSHIP
HAN:nSTAMPS ANb POSTMARKS •.
Poster - M-USAC 2.

The second -type of Army censorship handsiamp was also
used by Captain Baer, presumaoly in his capacity as "Chief

Military Censor" at Kings-ton. It consists of' -Ehe wording,
"Charles M. Ea.er/Cap'tain., Signal Corps,/Chief Military

Censor.", in serif type, 2 - ;; mm high)' sirock in black.
This handsta.mp has been recorded on covers bearing
M-USAC 3, described for convenience below, and as this latter

ha.ndstatnp was probably applied by '\:he U. s. Engineers whilst
constructing the base, it is believed 1hat although the
cover would have already been censored at "uni t.u level,

Captain Baer wnould also nave apj:llia:i M-USAC 2 , on such
censored mail. If ~his were the case then M-USAC ~ is
analogou~ to M-USNC 4, which was used by -the N<:~vy .
....
F.KD: 71/6/1941 LKD:

Poster - M-USAC ).

This nandstamp consisis of a four line handstamp worded,

''WAR DEPAR'l'MENT/U.S . ENQI.NBBRS/J"AMAICA I>ISTR1CT/CENSORED 11
in heavy serif iype, 3 mm high. Ii nas only been recor ded
struck in magenta.

_As men-tioned above , it ie beli-eved that this was a ''unit"
censorship bandstamp of the u.s . ~ngineers who supervised ~he

construction of the Army bases in Clarendon :Parish. trhe
work was carried. out by American civilian contr actors under
this supervision , but the Army unit would censor i~s

members' mail and pass the mail to the Engineers '
Transportation Office, wbicb was at 2.8 Nor-th Street,
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Kingston , where capta.in l3aer would Hpass it, as censored.
EKD.: 3/6/1941 LJ<D;