The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-19

uniforms n week and forwarding tnem
- American officers in the prison
camps. rs needed.
One package Il month may De e'H'
"a American prisoners OF war lfoin
their relatives or friends IN the on''-
ed States and the articles must %
limited to: Belts mot made Of leatherh
brushes chair. hand. tooth. shaving ana
shoe, buttons. candy Qhardl, cigars
cigarettes. comb. crackers or. biscuits
gloves mot made of leather 'hanoAef-
chiefs. knives pockeo, needles anu
thread. pencils. pens. penholders' p'''S'
safety razors and blades. shaving soap
rtoilcp socks. sweaters, tootn pow
der paste or liquid mouth washh
towels. underwear, personal pno'o-
ora mis-, periodicals published prior to
the beginning of the war unoer no
conditions must the package inc4ud-
ing wrapper, weigh more than eleven
pounds
That first American Red Cross
nackaee handed the prisoner arriving
in the German camp contains sooo
vorree Chow" Next comes the ever
uo,come smokes. Then he Is given
= card addressed to the bureau OF
nrisoners' relief in Berne' and on TINS
is asked to record facts which tho Heu
rross communicates to his family ID
,he United States. The card also gives
vino size of shoes and garments tna1
ne wears so that uniforms ana olnsl
clothing may be provided.
From then Oh the prisoner receives
ito twenty.pound parcel every week
from, the Red Cross in Berne or Copen'
hoce, supplementing the army ~
,,on the Red Cross adds cocoa JAM
-,,sins or figs, chocolate. hard canoy
and 100 cigarettes, or their equivalent
:. +ohacco in some other form. For
,o,.,,,, Is n sample OF food assert.
,.. sent prisoners in orders tna1
vary from week to week: corheo
ho.f roast beef. salmon. corned peeI
hash, pork and beans DRIED oeahD'
meas tomatoes, hard bread, rice.
cvonorated milk. butter sranuia'eo
sugar coffee. cocoa. JAM pfune''
r.isins or figs, table salt pepper 'ine
.,,oco,otc or candy, soap. cigar
cites and tobacco.
The surgeon generals departrnsn1
hos ~ connection with the Red CrosS
,.orked out an invalid ration winch
&c issued by the Government ana tor-
vardcd TO prisoners reported III. Tnls
tokos IN beef extracts. potted chicken.
aebydrated vegetables. oatmeal, corn
starch, dried fruit. bran. cheese dried
eggs, macaroni, peanut butter, syrups'
oa,otines and other invalid foods.
Money and Letters Forwarded
Money for American prisoners 10
sent by the family to the bureau OF
prisoners relief. American Red Cross
Washington. d. c. with check or
money order made payable to tho
American Ped Cross. Letters are sent
directly to the prisoner, not to tho
Red Cross to be forwarded. Parcels
sent from home are addressed d.
rectly to the prisoner In his camp.
One of the bright chapters in the
whole business Of caring for Ameri.
can prisoners Is the part played by
Switzerland 1t IS most fitting that
the Red Cross In Berne should be
playing such wonderful part in tho
welfare of the unfortunates Of war.
since the Red Cross idea had its birth
in Geneva, Switzerland. Although
Switzerland is a neutral and has re-
Trained from becoming actively en-
broiled in the war for human free
dom, il would seem that fate had cast
her for the singularly heroic rule Of
My Brothers Keeper"