The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-30
PARCEL LABELS
FROM SOLDIERS
Give Recipients Privilege of
Sending Christmas
Packages
SOME HAVE ARRIVED
IN BRATTLEBORO

ham County to Be Announced Boxes
to Be Uniform and Not to Weigh
over Three Pounds.
Christmas parcel labels from the sol
diers overseas have arrived in the Unit
ed States and the letters containing
them are being distributed as rapidly
Ms possible Some Of these have just
been received in Brattleboro.
The standard cardboard boxes, three
by four by nine inches, which must be
used by the family or friends who have
received the parcel labels. have been
sent from the Windham County chapter
Of the American Red Cross to the va
rious branches in the county and may be
procured by those persons after Nov.
! by presenting the labels at the branch
headquarters. One package may be
sent to every soldier ana the remem-
brances must be packed in the pre-
seribcd carton.
The war and postotlice departments
and American Red Cross have made the
arrangements by which every man in
the army overseas may receive one
Christmas parcel and the soldier speci-
fies by whom that parcel shall be sent.
At first thought the limit of one pack
age for each soldier seems small, espe-
cially when IL must be confined in so
small box, but when one stops to con
slider there were 2,00S,s3 soldiers over.
seas as shown by the report of the war
damn rff az laf cot
so triiling. II would take 100 common
freight ears TO carry those 6,026, 493
pounds and if the boxes were TO be
placed end to end they would make a
line more than 2Sj miles i'm length or
would reach from Brattleboro to with.
in about 20 miles of Philadelphia. If
they were to be placed one on top of
another the pile would be % miles high.
Packages that do not bear the official
label will not be accepted by the Red
Cross for delivery to the postoflice au-
thorities and labels which are lost will
not be duplicated.
Following il an outline Of procedure
to be followed by persons planning. to
send one of these parcels abroad: On
receiving one Of these Christmas par
eel labels, il should be presented AZ the
nearest chapter, branch or auxiliary
headquarters of the Red Cross, where
the holder will receive a carton. The
allotment Of boxes is based on the num-
Der of soldiers in service overseas from
each community.
The boxes may Ice filed with any com
biuation of articles. except those on the
list barred by the postal officials. The
following is a list of the principal
classes or articles which are not mail.
able:
J. All spirituous, vinous, matted, fer
mented or other Intoxicating liquors.
. All kinds of poison and all articles
and compositions containing poison.
3. Explosives of all kinds.
a. lntlammable materials, including
friction matches.
.. Internal machines and mechanical,
chemical or other devices of compost
tious which may ignite or explode.
(Notc-Under this assifcation would
come cigarette lighters, ctc.)
g Liquids or liquefiablc 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 an
other. or damage or dcface or otherwise
iniure the mails or other property.
No message or writing Of any kind
will be allowed to go in the boxes. When
the boxes are packed but unwrapped,
they must not weigh more than two
pounds, IL ounces If the parcel is over
weight, some article must be removed
Do not mail the box Yourself When
packed the box unscalcd and unwrappcd
should be taken to the nearest collec-
ton station designated by the Red
Cross and Red Cross representatives are
authorized TO remove Objectionable ar.
ticlcs from the parcel. The parcel will
then be wrapped in stout paper and the
Christmas label bearing the address OF
the man for whom il is intended Is
placed on il. Announcement of the
location of the 10 collection stations il
Windham county will be made later
The person sending the package, in the
presence Of the Red Cross worker, must
atlix stamps sufficient to carry it to Ho
boken, n. j. Parcel post zone rates
will be charged The parcels are to re
main in the custody of the Red Cross
until delivered to the postal authorities
and the Red Cross will affix the follow
ing certificate Of inspections:
This is to certify that the con
tents Of this parcel have been in
spccted and passed by
.,.............. i, ..,...... Chapter
AMERICAN RED CROSS.
.................. .......... ......,.
Inspector.
No parcel will be accepted by the Rec