The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-06
Domestic Parcel-POSt
Rates To And From
US. Forces in Europe

| The Postoffice Department has is
sued the following instruction in re
gard to domestic parcel post rate
and conditions applicable to and from
United States Expeditionary Forces
in Europe:
Office of the Postmaster General
Washington, July "a, 1917.
Order No. Sal.
Parcels of fourth-class or domes
tic parcel-post matter not exceeding
f., 20 pounds in weight originating in
the United States or any of it's pos
seasons for transmission to the Unit
ed States Expediionary Forces in
Europe, and such parcels originating
with those forces for transmission
to the United States or it's posses
sions, are subject to the United
States domestic classifications, con-
ditiOns and rates Of postage, the
eighth zone rate of II cents for each
pound or fraction thereof being
chargeable on parcels subject to
pjuid rates, but such parcels may
not be registered, insured, or sent C.
o. d.
Parcels intended for members of
the United States Expeditionary
Forces in Europe should be ad-
diessed in the following manner: a.
Name of adressee; CD Official Gesig-
notion of unit to which address be-
longs; CD The words American
Forces Under no cir
cumstances should the location or
station of a military organization be
included in the address on mail for
any member of such forces
Every parcel must bear the send
er's name and address, which should
be placed in the upper left corner
of the address side, and it is of the
utmost Importance that parcels sent
to the Expedlionary Forces he Sc
curely packed and wrapped, fully and
plainly addressed in accordance with
the foregoing, and have proper pos.
tage prepaid thereon.
Parcels addressed to the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces shall be
dispatched in the same manner as
otaer mail intended for those forces.
"A. S. BURLESON,
Postmaster General. !"
Washington, New Zealand, Aug. 6.
The New Zealand police hereafter
will enforce that section of the New
Zealand military service law which
aims at the enrolment of every man
OF military age in the Dominion in
the expedtiOnary force reserve.
Policemen may accost citizens and
make enquiries accordingly. Eligible
men not enrolled will be liable to a
fine of $3.50 or three months impris-
oament. 1t is hoped by this step
not only to ensure that the name of
every hit man is on the roll but to
detect men who have failde to COM
ply with the military ballot draft
ing by means of numbered marbles
and card indeXes) That is every
man who is not in military uniform
will have to have either an enroll
rent certificate or leave pass
showing that he has been medically
rejected. 1t is expected that the
powers thus given the police will
lead to many incidents.
Another change under the military
service act which took effect this
nonth is relative to the classification
of the men of the second reserve di-
vision-the married men. Originally
this division was to have been clas-
siiled according to the mems depend.
ents but lately the government de-
ciGed that the basis shall be. children
only. Thus married men without
children will be called up first. those
with one child next and so on Mar
ried men without children are esti-
mated TO number about Ia 5000. The
first of the married men will be
drafted in September or October.