Message form

• by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

  Pre-printed message form to inform about own position and situation or to call for all kinds of supply.

  Posted August 8, 2016 5:14 PM

• by cyngast moderator

  Very interesting. Thank you for posting this, Erik.

  If officers actually used these, I can see how they would be very helpful to make a panicked young officer focus on what he really needed rather than just sending a message that said "Help!"

  Posted August 8, 2016 8:27 PM

• by ral104 moderator, scientist

  I guess it would also have helped the adjutant rapidly collate the information when it came in.

  Posted August 9, 2016 8:57 AM

• by cyngast moderator

  I suppose that helping the adjutant was probably the primary purpose of this form. Forms are designed to help the person who creates them, not the person who will fill them out.

  Posted August 10, 2016 8:30 PM

• by ral104 moderator, scientist

  That's true! Given that, I'm surprised this didn't come in triplicate 😄

  Posted August 11, 2016 7:59 AM