The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-10-24
rs y7,y n, 80. W
May Send Only One Christmas Box
to Soldier

lowed for each soldier abroad this
year and the war department has is
sued strict rules and regulations re-
garding the sending Of these packages.
The soldier will designate who may
send the package and no other per-
son may send him box for his Christ
mas.
To each soldier and sailor the gov
ernment has issued a Christmas box
label with instructions to send this to
the person in this country whom he
desires shall dispatch him a box. With
out this label no boxes will be sent
across the ocean.
The department has also issued
rules with reference to the size, con-
tents and method Of mailing the boxes
and also regarding inspection. The
Red Cross will have entire supervision
of the boxes and they will be three
inches deep, four inches wide and nine
inches long. Into these boxes may
be put articles approved by the gov
eminent and nothing else. The list
Of approved articles, or rather list
Of articles that may not be included,
has not been settled as yet.
The Red Cross will have the boxes
on hand shortly and on receipt Of the
label from the soldier or sailor the
person desiring to send the box will
proudCe the label and be presented
with the box. When it is filled, and
ALL BOXES MUST BE FILLED be-
fore Nov. IS, the box must be taken
to the Red Cross and there inspect
ed No notes or written matter will
be permitted. The package must not
weigh more than two pounds, Is
ounces, and the postage to New York
will have to be paid.
After inspection by the Red Cross
representatives the boxes will be
marked and mailed by the Red Cross.
These instructions were received by
the Ward County chapter of the Red
Cross yesterday and it has been sug
gested that unless the soldiers at the
front have already mailed the labels
FOR their Christmas boxes relatives
should write at once to item, in or
der that the labels may be received
before November Is, the last day for
sending.
In issuing these regulations the war
department states that it is the de-
sire that every soldier shall receive a
box, but that the sending of several
to an individual cannot be permitted
because Of the shortage Of shipping
space. To each man in foreign SER
vice the necessary label has been CIV
en- and it devolves or him to return
the label here, properly signed and
desires shall send him the Christmas
box. Without a label no postoffice
will receive box for soldier.
The amount of SHIPPING SPACE
SET ASIDE for Christmas boxes, says
the department statement, is such that
every man abroad may receive pack
age and be remembered by loved ones
at home. In order to carry out this
idea and assist all concerned standard
containers will be furnished and the
families, desirous Of making Christ
mas overseas as merry as circum-
stances will permit, will have the pri
vilege of sending articles in this con-
tainer.
The Ward County chapter will CO.
operate with every person who re-
ceives label from soldier abroad in
order that he may receive his Christ
mas box. Headquarters will be open
ed for this work, competent persons
placed in charge and every assistance
given.
For the navy the regulations per-
nit larger packages.
The department has issued the fol-
lowing instructions regarding the
shipping of Christmas packages to
sailors in home waters and abroad:
(a) Packages forwarded by parcel
post for men in the navy must COM
ply with the postal regulations and
should be enclosed in substantial boxes
with hinged or screw top cover.
(b) All boxes shipped by express
to facilitate opening and inspecting
are limited to 20 pounds in weight,
should measure not more than two
cubic feet in volume, be of wood, well
strapped and have hinged or screw
top to facilitate opening and inspect
ing.
(c) All mail matter should be ad-
dressed as now prescribed by the
postal regulations. All express pack
ages should be forwarded in care of
Supply Officer, Fleet Supply Base,
goth St. and Third Ave, South Brook
lyn, N. Y.
(d) No perishable food product
other than those enclosed in cans or
glass jars should be packed in par
cells post or express shipments.
(e) All packages must be clearly
marked with the name and address of
the sender together with notation
indicating the nature of the contents,
such as "Christmas box" or Christ
mas present..
(f) The supply officer of New
York will cause each express package
to be opened and carefully examined
to see that nothing of an explosive
or other dangerous character is for
warded.
The shipment of Christmas pack
ages for United States naval vessels
abroad should be made so as to reach
New York as early as possible and not
later than Nov. 15.
Nonpartlsans Endorse No County candi-
dates.
John e. Christensen. a prominent non.