The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-09
WHERE CARTONS
MAY Be SECURED
At Hildreth & Co.'S Today
and Federal Building Be-
ginning Monday
INSPECTORS NAMED
FOR OTHER TOWNS


Packages to sailors-Those Going
Abroad Must Be in New York Not
Later Than Nov. Is.
Relatives and friends who have re-
ceived labels from men in service over
seas may obtain cartons from ". B.
Smith at the Office of E. L. Hildreth &
Co. The office will be open all day until
this evening. Beginning Monday, Nov.
II, room in the federal building will
be open for the inspection Of parcels
each evening from TO 9 o'clock The
inspector in charge of the work in Brat
tleboro will be Harry c. Freeman
Inspectors appointed for other branches
and auxiliaries are the following: Bel
lows Falls, George r. Wales; Saxtons
River, Patrick Harty; Grafton, Mrs. L.
". Clough; Westminster, Miss Florence
{. Nellman; Putney, Mrs. George s. Fos-
ter; East Dummerston, Miss N. E.
Brown; Dummerston Center, Miss
Blanche Newton; West Dummerston,
Mrs. Samuel Clark; Vernon, Mrs f. A.
Staten; Jamaica, Mrs. Anna Powers;
Newfahe, Mrs. Lena Dewitt; East Dover,
Mrs. ". D. Howe; Nottingham, Mrs. L.
FL. Sawyer; Wilmington, Henry D. Allen.
W. B. Smith is chairman of the Wind
ham county chapter committee on Christ
mas parcels.
In instructions already issued for
Christmas packages for the soldiers over
seas no mention has been made of pack
ages for sailors in home waters or
abroad. The Red Cross has no part in
arrangements for Christmas packages
for the sailors. but the navy department
at Washington has issued complete speci-
fcations and instructions which are to
be followed closely in sending re1ncm-
brances TO boys in this branch OF the
service
Parcels sent by parcel post for men in
the navy must comply with the postal
regulations and should be enclosed IN
substantial boxes with hinged or screw
top cover to facilitate opening and in
specting.
All boxes sent by express are limited
to 90 pounds and should measure not
more than two cubic feet. should be of
wood, well strapped and the top should
be hinged or screwed on to facilitate IN
spection
All mail should be addressed as now
prescribed by the postal regulations All
express packages should be forwarded n
care Of Supply Officer, Fleet Supply Base.
2ath street and Third avenue, South
Brooklyn, \. y.
No perishable food other than that en-.
closed in cans or glass jars should be
packed in parcel post or express ship
ments.
Packages must be marked plainly WITH
the name and address of the sender. to-
gether with notation indicating th. na
ture Of the contants, such as "Chr!stInas
box" or Christmas present
The supply officer af New YoSk Will
cause each express package 70 be open -
, and examined carefully to sec that moth
ing of IN explosive or othe. dangerous
character is forwarded
shipment of Christmas packages fu'
United States naval vessels abroaL
; should be made so as to reach New Yorb
as early as possible, and rot later thpr
Nov. Is.
The war department. regulations 10
Christmas parcels for soldiers overseas
win be observed in the case If cvcry
marine whose address is american TX
peditionary Forces" For all other ma
rines. whether in training or eerpin.
actively in this country. at naval poat
and stations at home and abroad. or O;
ship duty. navy regulations viii govern