Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-25
PACKAGES FOR SOLDIERS

Al matter for officers and soldiers should
he r~laiuly and durably marked showing
the name, rank If any number OF reG',
meut. state, and Brigade, Division and
CORPS 10 which the regiment belongs mus
Lieutenant John Smith, Co b l4th In
diana Inf, L. 5, V, "a Brigade VI
Division, ID Army Corps, giving the name
Of the place 10 which the package Is to he
forwarded by express.
All such matter should be prepsidthrouSh
to destination,
All such matter should he labeled TO show
from what point originally shipped.
1t would he well TO have the shippers
name on all packages of value wherever IL
is probable that they may want such pack
ages returned
PERMANENT is essential in order to facll-
ita,e delivery. Often the Chaplain, Quar-
termaster, or some other representative OF
the whole regiment, will receipt for n
receive all packages for the regiment, but
which delivery could not probably be made
Of packages billed to collect,
When matter is thus properly addressed
and prepaid, as it must be, all the matter
for any particular regiment may be for
warded when Il regiment is transferred
from one place to another.
Shippers may not always know the num-
Der of the Brigade, Division or Corps, but
they will always know the company and
regiment to which the soldier belongs, and
such address must never be omitted.
Similar rules must be observed on ship
ments destined to Naval Stations, Fleets or
~SQuadrons,
The Southern Express Company reaches
Tampa, Port Tampa, Port Tampa City Lake
land and Jacksonville, Fla, Dunn Loring,
Va, New Orleans, La, Mobile, Ala, Chicka-
manga, Ga, and Chattanooga, Tenn, the
locations of United States troops.
Beparticnlar to distinguish between Port
Tampa, Port Tampa City, aud Tampa, and
bill to each place separately.
Lakeland, Fla, is thirty miles north Of
Tampa, on the Plant System. Bill all such
matter direct.
Camp Russell A. Alger is located about
two miles interior from Dunn Loring, Va,
= station ON the Round Hill Branch of the
Southern Railway, sixteen miles from
Washington, d. c. Matter for the troops
at Camp Russell A. Alger should be sent to
Dunn Loring, Va. Deliveries are generally
made through the Regimental Quarter
masters, or other authorized representa-
tives from the various regiments.
A great many packages have been ad-
dressed to Falls Church, Fast Falls Church,
West Falls Church, and WOODBURY. Manor.
All such matter is carried to our office at
Dunn Loring, Va.
The troops at Chickamauga Park, Ga,
are from five to thirteen miles from Chat
tanooga, The express service is performed
via Battlefield Station, Ga, which is ten
miles from Chattanooga, on the Chstta-
nooga, Rome & Southern Railroad, south
OF Chattanooga.
Battlefield Station is ON part Of the
ground covered by the armies in the battle
of Chickamauga in September, 1863. The
troops are distributed over the large park
owned by the United States government,
dedicated and preserved as a memorial of
the great battle in 1863.
This Company has an office and ample
force at Batsletield Station, Ga, to which
point all matter may be directed.
Matter is forwarded twice per diem from
Chattanooga to Battlefield Station, Ga.
The CAMP adjacent to Battlefield Station,
Ga, is CAMP THOMAS"
The name OF the postofice at Battlefield
Station is LYLE, GA.
In the express business we call the Sta
ton BATTLEFIELD STATION" 1t is SO
known in the Railroad Guides.
This Company also has an office at Chick
amauga Station, Ga, which is thirteen
miles from Chattanooga, and known a
CrawfiSh Springs, in the history Of the bat
tie of Chickamauga.
Do not confound Chickamauga, Tenn.
with Chickamauga, Ga, At present the
troops are not adjacent to Chickamauga,
Tenn.
Agents will caution all shippers Of sol
diers' packages to address them in accord
ence with the above Instructions, and al.
ways suggest to them to send a postal card
or other letter notice to the soldier, advis.
ing him how it has been shipped, so that he
may know what point to send for it.
Give all the information herein con.
tanned to shippers, or prospective shippers,
of soldiers packages.
In any case where it is proposed to ship
regularly, p~erishables, such as meats. bread
and other supplies, to any particular regi-
ment or command, agents are hereby
authorized to quote the lowest rates au-
thorized to the trade or to dealers. This will
embrace all matter for regimcntal organi-
cations or for canteenS.
We will furnish information for md
through agents periodically provided, how
ever, that this will not embrace any in.
formation which the military authorities
shall regard as ine1pedient.
c. l.. LooP,
~ o. DRlEN, Traffic Department,