St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-10-26
XMAS PARCELS FOR AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
IN EUROPE.

The War Department is lesirou
that each man serving in the Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces in Europe
shall receive remembrance from
home at Christmas time, and advises
that because Of transportation diff
culties but one parcel of standari
size and weigh can be sent 10 each
To this end arrangements have beer
made with the War Department
whereby Christmas parcels may b
mailed to members of the American
Expeditionary Forces in Europe TN
der the following conditions:
/. Each soldier or other member
of the American Expeditionary Force
in Europe will be allowed to receive
one Christmas parcel for which pur
pose he will re furnished, through
army channels, a christmas Parce
Label" bearing the correct name and
address of the soldier or member and
also the name Of the person designat-
ed to mail the parcel. The labels
will be prepared to serve as address
labels for the parcels. The label
furnished each soldier or other mem
Der of the American Expeditionary
Forces will be sent by him to the
pc. son who is to mail the Chri7tmas
parcel. No Christmas parcel fol
members of the Expeditionary Forces
in Europe will be accepted for trans.
mission without such label.
2. All Christmas parcels must be
of standard size, inches by inches
by inches, and shall not exceed 3
pounds in weight, for which purpose
cartons of the size prescribed will be
distributed through the local Red
Cross Chapters throughout the coun-
try. No person will be furnished a
carton except upon presentation of a
christmas Parcel Label received
from abroad.
3. The parcel must contain no
prohibited or unavailable articles.
Perishable food products are not per-
mitted.
4. After the cartons have been
filled by the persons who receive
them, they shall be returned to a
Red Cross receiving station where in
spectors appointed by the Red Cross
will carefully examine each parcel
and supervise its wrapping and the
affixing of the christmas Parcel
Label and the necessary postage
stamps, the latter to be furnished by
the sender of the parcel. When the
parcels have thus been packed and
wrapped and otherwise prepared for
transmission, the Red Cross will affix
to each parcel a certificate in the
form of a seal showing that the par
Gel has been inspected and contains
no prohibited or unavailable matter.
Such certificates will be accepted by
the Postal Service and Army authOrf-
ties as evidence that the parcels con-
form to the conditions prescribed and
obviate the necessity of subsequent
examination. The parcels must be
left at the Red Cross receiving sta
lions which will deposit them in the
mails for dispatch.
5. Christmas parcels must bear
the name and address of the sender
and will be addressed substantially
as follows:
christmas Box Department,
Port of Embarkati0n,
Hoboken, New Jersey.
fOf -
Organization .... :.
American ExpeditiOnary Forces
Parcels so addressed will be
chargeable with postage at the fourth
class or parcel post zone rate applt-
cable between the Office where mall
ed and Hoboken, New Jersey, to be
prepaid by stamps affixed.
6. Parcels may bear inscriptions
such as 'tPlease do not open until
Merry Christmas"
Happy New Year." with Best
and the like.
z. In order to assure the arrival
of Christmas parcels abroad and the
delivery to the addresses by Christ
mas all such parcels must be mailed
on or before November 20, 1913.
The foregoing does not in any way
change the instructions heretofore
issued regarding the acceptance Of
parcels up to pounds in weight for
of the American Expedi-
tionary Forces in Euorpe which con-
tain articles sent in response to the
written request of member approx
ed by his regimental commander or
other officer authorized to approve
such requests.
LEMONS WRITTEN AND