The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-19
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Red Cross Notes

indiana lied Cross nome service
workers dealt with 1874 families dur
ing September, through local chapter
home service sections. The amount
expended in loans and needed aid to
families of soldiers and sailors was
$6,20517.
Members of 1859 families came or
wrote for needed information TO solve
war time problems. In 2020 instances
it was possible to render definite as
sistance.
The September report, issued by
James L. F'ieser, director of depart
ment of civilian relief, Lake division,
mentions the need of trained home
service workers Efforts to supply the
need are being made through the
home service institutes in various cit
les. Eighteen students attended the
Indianapolis institute recently.
1t will be of general interest to
people who helped with the clothing
campaign to know that the actual
number of garments shipped on last
Monday was Is, 155, which total is ar
rived at by counting each pair OF
shoes as one garment, so as there
1865 sepa rate articles. The gross
weight of the IS boxes was 1887
pounds which is over 4 times the
weight Of the shipment of last March.
The attention Of the public should
be directed to the fact that the ar
engagements for shipping Christmas
! packages to soldiers which have been
given publicity recently does not ap
ply to men in the navy and that the
| following regulations will govern
shipments to them. It should be not
ed that it is not necessary to have
Christmas parcel labels for boxes fol-
i the men in the navy.
Navy Regulations For Xmas Packages
Tho Navy department has issued
the following instructions regarding
| the shipping of Christmas packages
TO sailors in home waters and abroad
(a) Packages forwarded by parce
post for men in the navy must com
ply with the Postal regulations and
should be enclosed in substantie-
boxes with hinged Or screw top cover
! to facilitate opening and inspecting
(b> All boxes shipped by express
are limited to twenty pounds il
weight, should measure not more than
two cubic feet in volume, be of wood
well strapped ard have a hinged OIL
screw top to facilitate opening and in
| specting.
(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, 29tt
Street and Third Avenue, South Brook
Ign, n Y.
CD No perishable food produc
other than those enclosed in cans OF
glass jars should be packed in parcels
| post or express shipments.
(e) All packages must be plainly
marked with the name and address o.
/ the sender together with notation
/ indicating the nature Of the contents
rsuch as Christmas box or Christ
mas present"
f) The Supply Officer at New Yorl
will cause each express package to b,
opened and carefully examined to SCI
that nothing Of an explosive or othe
dangerous character is forwarded.
The shipment of Christmas pack
ages for U. S. Naval vessels abroa'
should be made so as to reach New
York as early as possible and no
Halter than November Is.
From the above directions it will
be understood that the Red Cross i
responsible only for the Christina
parcels of the soldiers overseas VIII
return the Christmas parcel labels.
The surgical dressing department
of the Red Cross will not be opel
Monday but will open Tuesday.