The Hayti herald., 1918-11-14
MAY MAIL XMAS BOXES
HERE TO SOLDIERS

The War and Post Of1ice Depart
ments and the American Red Cross
have made an arrangement by which
every man in the army overseas may
receive Christmas Parcel from his
family or friends.
Eeach soldier overseas will be pro-
vided with one Christmas Parcel La
bel This label will be forwarded
by him to the person in the United
States from whom he wishes to re
Ceive his Christmas package. Pack
ages that do not bear this label will
not be accepted by the Red Cross
for delivery to the Post Office author
ities. A lost label will not be du-
plicated.
Christmas Parcels must be plac-
ed in standard cardboard boxes
3X4X9 in size. These boxes will
be provided to holders by Mrs. y. l..
Guffy of the local auxiliary of the
Red Cross. They may be obtained
at any Red Cross Chapter or branch.
Below is a list of articles which
are barred by the Postal authorities.
Study these instructions and avoid
mistakes. No message or writing of
any kind will be allowed to go in the
boxes when the boxes are pack
ed but unwrappcd, they must not
weigh more than . pounds and Is
ounces If the parcel is over weight
some article must be removed.
DO not mail the box yourself.
When packed, the box, unsealed and
unwrapped. ready for inspection.
should be taken to the nearest col
lection station designated by the Red
Cross Red Cross representatives
are authorized to remove objection
able articles from the parcels. Ship
pers will then afiix sufficient postage
on their parcels to carry them to Ho-
bokcn, n. j. Parcel post zone rates
will be charged. The parcels are to
remain in the custody Of the Red
Cross until delivered to the postal
No Christmas parcel will be accept
ed by the Red Cross for shipment af-
ter November 20.
The following is an outline of the
procedure to be followed by persons
planning to send one of these parcels
abroad:
On receiving one of these Christ
mas Parcel Labels. 1t should be pre-
scnted to the Red Cross, where the
holder will receive cartoon.
These boxes may be filled with any
combination of articles. except those
on the list barred by the postal Of
ficials.
The following is list of the prin-
cipal articles which are unmailable:
All spirituous, vinous, fermented
or other intoxicating liquors.
All kinds of poison and all arti-
cles and compositions containing
poison.
Explosives of all kinds.
Infammablc materials. including
friction matches
Internal machines and mechanical,
chemical or other devices of com
positions which may ignite or ex-
plode; cigarette lighters. etc.
Liquids or liquieiiable articles.
fragile articles and other admissible
matter when not packed in accord
ance with the requirements of the
Postal Laws and Regulations
All other articles which may kill,
or In any wise hurt, harm, or injure
another. or damage or deface or
otherwise injure the mails or other
property.
Nothing should go in Christmas
Parcel which will not keep fresh
from the time of packing until
Christmas Dried fruits and other
food products should he packed in
small tin or wooden boxes, one-quar-
ter to one-half pound size.
Hard candy. including chocolate
would probably be safe in tinfoil or
heavy cardboard, but no soft choco-
lGtcs nor anything that could posi-
bly, be crushed should he used, as
the remaining contents of the pack
age might thereby be spoiled.
Several daintics packed in oblong
Tin boxes holding each quarter of
pound will provide Il better variety