Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-19
ONE CHRISTMAS
BOX FOR EACH
YANK, IS RULE
New Regulations for Sending
of >YuIe Gifts to Americas
Fighting Men Are Issued by
Postmaster General


Every American soldier in a for
eign land is to receive one Christmas
box from his home land. This in
formation has been sent out by A. NJ.
Dockery, third assistant postmaster
general, who is in charge of the
Christmas paskage arrangements for
the Yanks. The local postoffice and
Red Cross chapters of the district,
have received instructions regarding
the sending of the packages. The
latter organization acts as a receiv-
ing and censoring board.
Both the army and navy have their
distinctive rules regarding the send
ing of the packages and families of
the men who are preparing to make
a happy Christmas, should remember
that only one package may go to a
man.
The men themselves will decide
/ who is to send these parcels. They
are now receiving Christmas parcel
| labels, with instructions to mail these
labels to the person in this country
from whom they wish to receive the
holiday box. To avoid any chance
of duplication each soldier gets but
one of these labels Packages that
do not bear these labels will not be
accepted. In the event of this labe
being lost, it cannot be replaced. Nc
! Christmas LarCels will be aCceple
| for shipment after November 20. TIE
| cardboard boxes, or cations, to be pro
vided for these parcels are three by
four by nine inches in size. When
/ packed, wrapped and ready for mail.
! ing, the box must not weight more
than three pounds.
! The Red Cross has agreed to pro.
vide the boxes and to supervise THEN
| distribution to the relatives or friends
of the soldiers who present the proper
| Christmas parcel label credentials
/ The distribution of the cartons will
/ be made by Red Cross branches
! throughout the country 1t will be
| incumbent upon the person receiving
/ one of these boxes to return it wher
filled, but unwrapped, to the collec.
ton point designated by the RED
Cross. Here it will be inspected by
! Red Cross inspectors authorized tC
exclude any articles barred by the
postal authorities, after which thu
box will be shipped In short, the
Red Cross is responsible for the dis.
tribution, receipt at designated points
the inspection and mailing of tn,
boxes.
These boxes may be filled with an,
! combination of articles except thos,
on the list barred by the postal au
thorities The articles prohibited ar,
Intoxicating liquors, inflammable ma
terial, including friction matches anC
any composition likely to ignite O.
explode Cigarette lighters come un
der this classification liquids, an,
fragile articles Improperly packed
Under the postal regulations no not
or message or written matter of an,
kind viii be permitted to remain Il
the boxes. In addition to the fore
going list of prohibited articles rela
a
urged to bear these facts in min
when preparing Christmas parcels:
DO not put anything in the pack
age which will not keep fresh unit
Christmas.
/ Pack dried fruits and other foo
= products in small tin or wooden boxes
0 Give preference to hard candy owe
j chocolates, unless the latter are in
70 closed in heavy wrappers. Soft choco
a lates are easily crushed and may spoi
d the other contents.
e DO not put articles packed in glas
:, in the package.
u Gifts should be wrapped in khaki
. colored handkerchief q inche
square.
g When the package has been packe
u, it should be taken, unwrapped an
v unsealed, together with the label an
sufficient stamps, to the nearest col
lection center designated by the Re
Cross.
Following are the official rules 70
the army and navy:
! The War Department is desirou
that each man serving in the Amer
can Expedtonary Forces in Europ
shall receive a remembrance froI
n home at Christmas time, and advise
4 that because of transportation an
distribution difficulties but one PAL
If Gel of standard size and weight ca
l. be sent to each. To this end al
e rangement have been made with tn
= War Department whereby Christina
h parcels may be mailed to members {
h the American EXpeditionary Force
y in Europe under the following cor
= ditions:
/. Each soldier or other membe
= of the American Expeditionar