Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-24
General Description Or Plan For
Sending Them To Men
Abroad
LIST OF ARTICLES
CLASSED UNAVAILABLE
Facts To Be Borne In Mind In
Packing Christmas Parcels
Shipped BY Red Cross

soldiers in France held a meeting last
night in the Municipal Building.
All persons, who have received
Xmas parcel labels. will, after pack
ing their cartons, take them to Red
Cross headquarters, the Municipal
Building, Gloucester street, Annapolis,
or they may carry them to the chair
man of their Red Cross Auxiliary, who
will see that they are taken to said
headquarters, where they will be in
spected according to regulations and
sent TO Hoboken for shipment.
All applications for cartons should
be made through the chairman of each
Auxiliary.
The families of men in service
abroad have been longing for some
means of making Christmas overseas
as meery one as the conditions per-
NIT. Sensing this desire, the War De-
partment has decided that each man
may receive from his family a Christ
mas package of standard size and ap-
proximately standard contents.
An arrangement has been completed
Office Department and the American
Red Cross, whereby the latter has UNI
dertaken to cooperate in the prepare
ton for mailing of these Christmas
parcels To simplify the execution of
this plan large number of specially
manufactured cardboard cartons have
been purchased which will be dis
tributed through the Chapters to the
relatives and friends of men in service
overseas.
The amount of shipping space
which has been set aside for the trans
portation of Christmas Parcels will
permit the sending of but one parcel
to each man. To avoid any duplica-
ton, and to make sure that each par
Gel will be correctly addressed, a
Christmas Parcel label is now being
issued to the men abroad.
Men will be instructed to mail this
label home to some relative or friend
who, upon receiving it, will apply to
the nearest Chapter, Branch or Aux
iliary Headquarters, or such other
places as may be designated by the
Red Cross where, upon presentation of
the Christmas Parcel label, they will
receive one carton, 3 inches by
inches by inches in size.
The person receiving a carton may
fill it with any combination of articles
which will fit in it and which are not
barred by the Post Office Department.
(See list below for this information. J
When completely packed and ready to
be mailed the weight of the carton
must not exceed three pounds.
A parcel ready for shipment will
then be presented at places designat-
ed, where Red Cross representatives
will examine the contents in order to !:
(a) Exclude any articles barred
by the Post Office Department
from Christmas Parcels.
(b) Remove any notes or mes
sages found among the contents.
(c) Wrap, weigh and tie the
parcel.
Id Place on the parcel the
Christmas label received from
abroad bearing the address of
the man for whom it is intended.
The person sending the parcel
shall then, in the presence of a
Red Cross representative, affix
stamps sufficient to carry the
parcel to Hoboken, N. ]. The
postage charges for Christmas
packages shall be at the rate of
fourth class or parcel post zone
rate.
(e) The Red Cross Inspection
label certifying as to the COM
pie inspection of the parcel by
the Red Cross shall then be
placed on the parcel. "a supply
of these will be shipped you
with the cartons.)
(f) Parcels ready for mailing
shall remain in the custody of
the Red Cross until delivered by
its representatives to the Post
Office authorities.
The following is a list of the prin-
cipal classes of articles which are I'M
mailable:
1. All spirituous, vinous, matted,
fermented or other intoxicating
liquors.
3. All kinds of poison and all ar
ticles and compositions containing
poison.
8. Explosives of all kinds.
4. Infiammable materials, including
friction matches.
5. Internal machines and mechani-
cal. chemical or other devices of COM
positions which may ignite or explode.
NOTE: Under this classification
would come cigarette lighters, etc.
6. LIQUIDS or liquefiable articles,
fragile articles and other admissible
matter when not packed in accordance
with the requirements of the Postal
Laws and Regulations.
7 All other articles which may kill,
or in any wise hurt, harm, or injure
another. or damage or deface or other
mise iniure the mails or other prop
erty
A supply of Folders containing this
list of articles barred by Post Office
regulations as well as full informa-
tion for the sender is being shipped
to each Chapter with the cartons-one
of these Folders are to be given out
with each carton.
Bear these facts in mind when pack
ing your Christmas parcel: