WWI Special passport for postal employee

Charles Leary · 1917

This special passport was issued by the Department of State to a postal employee during World War I. It was intended to allow him unrestricted passage to England and France where the Post Office Department was establishing a service to support the deployment of U.S. forces abroad. To ensure it was used only by the correct employee--Charles P. Leary--the passport includes a photograph and a physical description. It also includes an explanation of his business abroad and a request that he is treated well and allowed free movement.