Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-23
CAN STILL SEND
GIFTS TO FRANCE
Those Wishing to Send Christ
mas Packages TO Soldiers
Have Last Chance.
LAST SHIP TO SAIL DEC. 5
Post Office Department Calls Atten.
ton to Fact That Parcel Post
May Be Utilized Through
out the Year.

Washington.-In order to remove
any misunderstanding that may exist
regarding the rules governing the
sending of parcels to the members of
the American expeditionary forces In
France, Otto Praeger, second assist
ant postmaster general, has issued the
following statement on the subject:
Parcel post for soldiers and civilians
connected with the American Expedition
airy Forces in France. when carefully
packed ara properly addressed will be
accepted by all postmasters for direct
transmission through the mails. Such
parcels may weigh up TO seven pounds.
Parcels for the soldiers and civilians
connected with the American Expedi-
tionary Forces may contain anything
that is admissible to the domestic par
eel post except perishab les which may
spoil on the long journey to Europe
Parcel post for the American Expe-
dictionary Forces need not be packed in
wooden boxes. but should be carefully
| packed in the strongest kind of paste
| board box to assure its safe arrival at
| the front.
In addition 10 this parcel post service
| TO the troops. the war department will
undertake to carry Christmas parcels
for the American Expedltionary Forces
provided such parcels are sent care
the Comma nding General. Port OF En-
barkation. Pier 1. Hoboken. New Jer-
sew" and are packed in wooden boxes
not more than two cubic feet in volume,
well strapped, and with a hinged or
screw top. Such Christmas boxes may
! BE sent to the Comma nding officer. Port
of Embarkatiun. either by express or
through the mails. and must not exceed
| 90 pounds in weight. The army will in
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dertake it's delivery from Hoboken TO
| the addressee. The war department will
| receive Christmas packages up to De
cember 5th
Parcel Post Limit Seven Pounds.
1t will be noted that parcels weigh
ing seven pounds but no more can be
sent through the post office department
ali the way to France.
The twenty-pound parcels which are
intended for Christmas gifts and which
| are to be delivered on Christmas day
are sent by the war department from
its port of embarkatiOn at HohOken,
n. J. These parcels which must not
exceed twenty pounds in weight, can
be sent to the address given in Hobo
ken in any way that the sender
| chooses.
OF course the post Office department
has been handling the smaller Christ
mas packages all the way through to
France but in order to insure their de-
| livery on Christmas morning IL was
necessary TO mail them ny November
-. However. the fact that the mailing
was too late for delivery on Christ
| mas day does not mean that packages
| cannot still be sent by parcel post.
! They can be sent any day in the year
at the rate of u cents for each pound
sent, and this rate holds from what
ever point in the United States the
| package is sent.
How Packages Must Be Addressed.
! Packages for the soldiers must be
addressed to the individual, with his
| company and his regiment and then
| must be added the words American
Expeditionary Forces" 1t is not nee
| essary TO add the name of the country.
1t will be noted that in the instruc-
| tons given above and prepared in the
| second assistant postmaster generals
| office nothing is said specifically coz
! corning the kind of things which NAV
| be sent to the soldiers and civilians
connected with the expeditionary
forces 1t is perfectly proper TO send
sugar provided it is properly wrapped.
| The reason sugar is spoken of here
| is because there seems TO have been
some misunderstanding about 1t.
Matches must not be sent in any cir
! cumstances. Neither must anything
lnfiammable. except, of course, ordi-
nary packing material, be included.
nor must there be any chemical or
fresh fruit in the packages. Candy
can go If properly protected from
MASKING up and running other things
In the mail. Jars of fruit properly
! sealed and protected against break
| age can be sent. Nothing of an ex
plosive nature must be put into the
parcels.
1t is necessary that the parcel post
packages weighing up to seven
pounds shall be wrapped so that the
post Office authorities may examine
| their contents. The rules for the
packages which the war department
sends are given explicitly in the above
| official communication. II is desired
to accentuate the fact that parcels up
| to seven pounds in weight can be sent
by ordinary parcel post at any time Of
/ the year, but that Christmas boxes
which are TO 60 by the way of the war
department at the address given above
will not be forwarded II they are re-
ceived at Hoboken later than Decem-
| Der s.