The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-11-29
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Christmas Packages for
Boys in France.
LAST SAILING DATE DEC 6
'"'s'a, oa. Statement Issued by Post
Office Department to EllmIn,,, '"
Confusion Regarding Reg.
uIations.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK

Washington.-From all ovo. :,
United States queries come 10 woas
.lngton concerning the exact rules so' @
erning the sending of parcels 70 1 n.
members Of the expeditlonary forCos wy ~
France. Confusion seems to n.oaIu
everywhere. 1t is due to a numher =,
causes, the principal one of wb,os
seems to be that the instructions wo..
sent out plecemeal and that soma =,
the first rules were amended
Here Is the official statement n,
the subject which l have lust sec,rol
from the post Office department:
Western Newspaper Union.
Gentlemen: In answer TO your In,,,,u
with reference to parcel post packssa.
Tor the American Expedltlonary Forcna
l beg TO advise you as follows:
Parcel post for soldiers and Civilian,
connected with the American EpedI,Inn
ary Forces In France, when carefuIIv
packed and properly addressed will T.,
accepted by all postmasters for dire,
transmission through the mails. such
parcels may weigh up to seven pounds
Parcels for the soldiers and civilian,
connected with the American Exped.
tionary Forces may contain anything
that Is admissible to the domestic mar.
Gel post except perlshables which NAV
spoil on the long journey to Europe.
Parcel post for the American Exne.
ditionary Forces need not be packed in
wooden boxes. but should be carefn,lv
naplgQn In thn at III.
board box to assure its safe arrival AZ
the front.
In addition to this parcel post service
to the troops, the war department will
undertake to carry Christmas parcel,
for the American Expeditionary Force,
provided such parcels are sent "care
the Commanding General. Port OF En-.
barkation. Pier I. Hoboken, New Ier-
sey," and are packed in wooden boxes
not more than two cubic feet in volume
well strapped. and with n hinged or
screw top. Such Christmas boxes may
be sent to the Commanding Officer. Port
OF Embarkation, either by express or
through the malls. and must not exceed
20 pounds In weight. The army will In
spect the contents of each box and un-
dertake its delivery from Hoboken 10
the addressee. The war department will
receive Christmas packages up TO De,
cember 5th.
Yours very truly.
OTTO PRAEGER.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Parcel Post Limit Seven Pounds
II will be noted that parcels weigh
ing seven pounds but no more can be
sent through the post Office department
all 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 HObOsen,
N. ]. These parcels which must no1
exceed twenty pounds in weight can
be sent to the address given in HObO1
ken i'm any way that the sender
chooses.
OF course the post office department
has been handling the smaller Chris'I
mas packages all the way through
France, but in order to insure their de1
livery on Christmas morning II way
necessary to mail them by Novembef
Is. However, the fact that the malIlni
was too late for delivery on Chris'1
mrs day does not mean that package
cannot still be sent by parcel posi-
They can be sent any day In the !ea,
Mt the rate of - cents for each pOun'
sent. and this rate holds from wna'
ever point in the United STATES ~
package is sent.
How Packages Must Be Addrese'
Packages for the soldiers muS
addressed to the individual, WIN
company and his regiment ana ,ne
must be added the words "Aintrl'a
Expeditionary Forces" 1t Is mol ue'
essary to add the name of the eOunu!
1t will be noted that in the l'lS"a w
tions given above and prepared u ~
second assistant postmaster genera
office nothing Is said speclhca'!
cernlng the kind Of things whlcn W. ".
be sent to the soldiers ana ch"".
connected with the expedtlOnal
forces. It is perfectly proper 10 s'u
sugar, provided 1t is properly wrapps g',
The reason sugar is spoken Oh w,
is because there seems to have Oe'
some misunderstanding about !"
Matches must not be sent III "'s ,,I,
cumstances. Neither must an''
inflammable, except, of COURSE
nary packing material Oe Iuu '.I
nor must there be any cie'"' coos,
fresh fruit in the packages os
can go If properly pro'ec'eu ,hnr
mashing up and running otnel .orsrI '
in the mail. Jars Of fruit p'M S.,.v
sealed and protected agalls, =" W. ID
age can be sent. Nothing =" m
plosive nature must be pu' "
parcels. ,orcol pos
nackopes weighing up 20 IN m
pounds shall be wrapped 50 "vamiu
post office authorities may sa.' ear b
their contents. The rue, ,,,ortueu
packages which the war u,r ,Sa abov|
sends are given explicitly III t. ''I deslre|
to Hne,a, occentunte tne fact that parcels y.
to seven pounds in weigh. snr S" fine
by ordinary parcel post a. ,,oss uns bozd
the year but that ChrlSIussI, ,be wa|
which are to go by the WY Icon abOT
department at the address = ,ney are r
ceived at Hoboken later '
ber 8.
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