Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25

These labels are not expected tt
! reach this country before Novem
: ber l, but by that time each Rec
} Cross branch will have its allot
: ment of boxes based on the mum
ber of soldiers in service overseas
from that community.
These boxes may be filled with
any combination of articles, ex
cept those on the list barred by
the postal officials. The articles
prohibited are all intoxicating
liquors, all infammable material
Do not put anythig in the pack.
age which will not keep fresh
until Christmas.
Pack dried fruits and other
food products in small tin OF
wooden boxes.
Give preference to hard candy
over chocolates, unless the latter
are enclosed in heavy wrappers.
Soft chocolates are easily crushed
and may spoil the other contents.
Do not put articles packed in
glass in the package.
Gifts should be wrapped in
khaki-colored handkerchiefs,
twenty-seven inches square.
When the package has been
packed it should be taken un-
wrapped and unsealed, together
with the label and sufficient
stamps, to the nearest collection
center designated by the Red
Cross. After the package has
passed the inspection of the Red
Cross representative, as to con-
tents and weight, and been
wrapped in stout paper, the
Christmas label bearing the ad-
dress of the man for whom it is
intended, is placed on it. The
person sending the package, in
the presence of the Red Cross
worker, is required to atfix
stamps sufficient to carry it to
Hoboken, N. J. The postal
charges are to be at the rate of
fourth-class or parcel post zone
rate. A label certifying that
the inspection has been complet-
ed by the Red Cross, is placed on
the package which is left in the
custody of the Red Cross, until
delivered to the postal authori-
ties.
The Navy Department has is
sued the following instructions
regarding the shipping of Christ
mas packages to sailors in home
waters and abroad:
(a) Packages forwarded by
parcels post for men in the Navy
must comply with the postal reg
ulations and should be enclosed
in substantial boxes with hinged
or screw top cover to facilitate
opening and inspecting.
(b) All boxes shipped by ex-
press are limited to twenty
pounds in weight, should meas
ure not more than two cubic feet
in volume, be of wood, well
strapped and have a hinged or
screw top to facilitate opening
and inspecting.
(c) All mail matter should be
addressed as now prescribed by
the postal regulations. All ex-
press packages should be for
warded in care of Supply Officer,
Fleet Supply Base, goth Street
and Third Avenue, South Brook
lyn, N. Y.
(G No perishable food product
other than those enclosed in cans
or glass jars should be packed in
parcels post or express shipments.
(e) All packages must be
plainly marked with the name
and address of the sender to-
gether with a notation indicating
the nature of the contents, such
as Christmas box, Christmas
present.
(f) The Supply Officer at New
York will cause each express
package to be opened and care.
fully examined to see that moth
ing of an explosive or other dam
gerous character is forwarded.
The shipment of Christmas
packages for U. S. naval vessels
abroad should be made so as to