Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-21
NEWS OF THE SOLDIER
BOYS IN CAMP

Dec. 15.--The soldiers at Camp
Travis know that Christmas is com
ing. and SO do the employees of the
big post office that handles the mail
that is sent by. or sent to the sol
dicrs of this big camp. To the end
that the things sent the soldiers at
Christmas time may be delivered in
the best possible manner. the follow
ing rules should be observed:
Under the general caption Of
Fats. all sent should he packed TO
stand the trip. Food packed in such
flimsy containers as n shoe or hat
box. is food wasted. IL sent through
the mail Only the heaviest kind Of
cardboard. or better still. light
weight wooden boxes. should be US
cd in packing eatables.
DON'T send liquids through the
mail, unless in liquid proof contain
ers. Glassware MUST he in wood
or doublc-faced corrugated paste
board boxes. we'll packed.
1t is absolutely necessary to place
the correct and complete address On
every package Tho address must
be legible, and il must show the or
longs An address of simply MIR.
John Smith. Camp Travis. Texas, =,
is almost worthless. for there may
he several John Smiths. But "Pri-
vate John Smith. Co \. "1"th In
fantrv. Camp Travis, Texas. enables
the post office authorities tn locate
the party for whom III" mail is in
tended mt once. /, should he rrm"m-
hcred tha, there ar" less than doA-
en cities in Texas with rs larg" a
population aS Camp Travis. and 1t
takes the strongest Kind ot co-op'ra-
tinn ON the part OF all parties I" in
sure that mail matter reaches the
soldier il was intended To reach.
The post office authorities permit
requests "Do Not Open l'ntil Christ
mas. or words to that effect. to be
placed on the outsid" of tn" pack
ages. The name Of the sender also
should appear.
But above all. 500 that Christmas
greetings are we'll packed. Send them
early. Insurance rates are reason
able. and articles Of value should D."
insured against non-dclivery. The
postal authorities are anxious to CIV"
the soldiers the best possible service.
This can he done only with tn" ac-
tive and intelligent cooperation OF
the Folks Back Home.
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The fight against disease at Camp
Travis never ceases night and day
Every little thing that will he OF as
sistance in this guard against Ill
health is given prompt and thorouGh
attention. Just to show To what
ends this fight is bein,; carried. n
general order has been issued by hi
vision Hcadauartcrs recurring an
BARRIERS employed at the various
shops in the camp to WASH 'h'ir
hands in soap and watrr before at
tendance upon each nhn. Towels
usn,, in barber SIup ~ -" man
,cr. mo- L.. We, again uniil 'h"y
h.,. h""n lo,'' 10 MI shaving
rsr, and sh,,I..: nri.n"s i'uSt %
.fod after "a'l .'n', az
.cidentally II may ,i,.' ~ stated
,tli ~ many - ii" a. ,nniIaii"ns n
flat rate of oN .'nlil" lr'' lE"r'h ?"i
i ;.n is made. wh;ri "r'i'lcG ~ sol
,ii,- TO receive ,wr shav"s r'r week
and two hair-cuts per month. Th''
arrangpmcnt is not compulsory. hh'
the chcauncec Of the S"rVic" mas IN
ducod practically whole comphni's
10 enter into such an arr"emrnt. "
NAV also be mentioned that sine" be
ginning life at Camp Travis. IN" gen
eral desire for nca'ncss ana Clcanii-
moss in many of tho soldiers mas
grown with rapid strides. we'll
trimmed head of hair. and ci"arIN
shaycn face are more in k""pihe
with the uniform than stnhhF
growth Of beard and a collection "i
dieshcvoicd hair. No man can be a
good soldier in every sous" or th'
work and be slouchy in his personal
appearance.
For the benefit of those who may
visit relatives and friends at Camp
Travis il should he stated that tn"
hest time to como to San Antonio Is
on n Saturday. The next best tim"
is on n Wednesday, The reason Tor
this is that on Saturday afternoons
and on Sundays the soldiers ar" nor
on duty such as guard or the INK"
+ and arc free to do as they Ike.
Tho same is true on Wednesday al
tornoons. There is 60 much I" learn
that practically all the other tim" OF
tho soldiers is taken up with IRAN
ing. Christmas furlonghs will he
! very few and given only in excep
tional cases. War is no r"sprct"r o'
HOLIDAYS or feast davs and every
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