The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-10-10
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR
MEN ABROAD
General Information and In
structions for Sending Par
GELS to Soldier Boys

Owing 10 the fact that by Christ
mas time there will be between 2 and
3 million American soldiers in France,
besides more than half million men
in the navy, the war department has
ruled that it will be too much Of a
burden TO transport more than one
parcel to each soldier at Christmas
time The following instructions and
regulations to govern the sending Of
Christmas packages have been issued:
Families Of men in service abroad
are eager to make Christmas over
seas as merry as conditions permit
The war department, realizing this,
has decided that each man may re-
ceive from his family a Christmas
package Of standard size and approx
imately standard contents. The
American Red Cross will prepare these
parcels for mailing, an arrangement
have been completed between the war
department, the post office depart
ment and the Red Cross
Shipping space available viii per
nit the sending Of but one parcel 70
each man
To avoid any duplication and TO
make sure that each parcel Is cor
rectly addressed, Christmas parcel
LABEL is now being issued to every
man abroad. Every man abroad viii
mail his Christmas parcel LABEL &c
some relative or friend who will be
entitled 70 send him a parcel by COM
plying with the conditions herein SET
forth.
The relative or friend who received
christmas parcel LABEL from a
man in service overseas, will apply 10
the nearest chapter, branch or COM
munity auxiliary Of the Red Cross, OF
to such other Christmas parcel sta
ton as may be designated by has Red
Cross ehapter,-and upon showing the
christmas PARCEL label" viii received
one carton, 3x4x9 inches in size 1t
will be easy 10 ascertain from the
newspapers whether cartons have
been received at the Christmas parcel
station Application should not De
made until cartons are on hand.
Specially Manufactured cartons for this
purpose will be sent TO chapters from
division headquarters, and will DC
distributed by chapters to branches
and community auxiliaries or such
other Christmas parcel stations as
the chapter may establish, together
with "Red Cross inspection labels" al
so furnished from division office
The carton may be filled with any
combination of articles that fit IN II
and which are not barred from Christ
mas parcels by the post office depart
ment. The list of articles that may
not be sent may be procured from the
same place as the cartons
The weight of the parcel must not
exceed two pounds fifteen ounces I'M
wrapped.
When carton is filed it should De
taken TO the place where it was pro
-ured
Red Cross representatives will in
spect the parcel, and will exclude Ar :
article barred by post office depart
menz from Christmas parcels; remove
any notes or messages; wrap, ne and
weigh the parcel; place on the parcel
the christmas parcel label" received
from abroad. bearing name and ad-
dress Of recipient
The person sending the parcel shall
then IN the presence Of the Red Cross
Preventative. affix stamps at the
mt Of u cents for each pound or
traction thereof. PARCEL post rate 10
iHoboken. n. J. The Red Cross rep
sentative who inspected the parcel
vii then affix to the parcel the Red
Gross inspection label" properly
s-ned.
/ Parcels ready for mailing shall re-
ain in the custody of the Red Cross
NTH delivered by its representatives
~ the post office authorities
Ne Christmas parcels can be mailed
later than November 10.
No Christmas parcel can be &C
, s,zed BY the pest office without the
a -isrmas parcel label" from over
sss
No duplicate can be issued If
christmas parcel LABEL IS lost TINS
rule cannot be altered by anybody