The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-02

lhc following rulcS lot sVh"'"S .
Christmas packages to soldiers oil
the American Expeditionary Forces
have been promulgated after series
of conferences by the adjutant gen
eral OF the War Department the
Post Office Department and the
American Red Cross:
The War Department authorizes
relatives of officers soldiers in
France to send Christmas packages,
which will be OF standard size and
weight one to each individual IN
the American Expeditionary Force
In order to insure the limitation
of one package per man, which IN
itself will consume very large
amount of tonnage, aClan has been
worked out by which General Perish
ing is distributing to members OF his
command coupons on which are IN
scribed the correct names and ad-
dresses OF the members OF the Amer
lean Expeditionary Force. These
labels will serve as address labels
for the packages. The cupons or
labels will be mailed by the members
OF the American ENpcditionary
Force direct to the person they wish
10 designate as senders OF packages
and no package will be forwarded
without such a coupon.
on receiving a Christmas pack
age label, the person to whom it has
been sent should present it. at the
nearest Chapter Branch or AuXili-
arv OF the Red Cross where he will
receive q pasteboard carton 5N4N9
inches in size. The Red Cross is
to allot boxes to its Chapters, based
ON the number of men in service
from each community.
Prohibited Articles.
Boxes may be filled with any com
hinaton OF articles except those on
the list barred by postal officials
Prohibited articles are all intoXi-
eating liquors, all Lnflamablc materi-
al, including friction matches and
any composition likely to ignite or
explode (cigaret lighters come under
this classification, liquids and fra
gilc articles Improperly packed.
Under postal regulations no note
or message or written matter OF any
kind will be permitted to remain in
the boxes. In addition to the list OF
prohibited articles, relatives and
friends of the soldiers are urged to
bear these facts in mind when pre-
pairing Christmas parcels:
Do not put anything in the pack
age which will not keep fresh until
Christmas.
Pack dried fruits and other food
products in small tin or wooden
boxes. Give preference to hard
candy over chocolates unless the
latter are enclosed in heavy wrap
pers. Soft chocolates are easily
crushed and may spoil other con-
tents.
Do not put articles packed in
glass in the package.
Gifts should be wrapped in khaki
colorcd handkerchiefs q inches
square.
The weight wrapped should not
exceed three pounds, unWrapped
the weight may be approximately
two pounds, fifteen ounces. Parcels
may bear inscriptions such as
"Pleasc do not open until Christ
mas, Merry Christmas, y, Happy
Ne" ear, with best Wishes
and the like.
When the box is packed it shou'd
be take unwrapped and unscaIed to
the nearest collection center indlcat- .
ed by the Rcd Cross, together with +.
the address label and sufficient
stamps to curry 1t by parcel post to /.
Il"boken, New Jersey. Alter the
package has passed the inspection
OF ihe Red Cross representatives as .
to contents and weight and has been
wrapped in stout paper, the Christ .
mas label bearing the address OF the .
man tor whom 1t IS intended IS
placed on 1t. ne person sending
mas label bearing the address OF the
Red Cross IS required to at1iX the
stamps which will carry 1t to Ho-
boken. \ label certifying that m
spection has been completed by the
Red Cross IS placed on the package
which IS lett Ill the custody OF the
Red Cross until deliver to the