Show YANKS ABROAD PERMITTED TO GET PACKAGES Prohibitory Order on Sen Sending Send Send- ing in n Gifts to Fig Fighters Rescinded Definite word has been received b by Postmaster Warrum that order No Xo 1259 1253 which heretofore has prohibited prohibited prohibited pro pro- tho sending of or parcels to the tho American expeditionary forces Corces In 1 Ku- Ku u- u rope ropo unless accompanied with approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved requests sl signed ned by competent command commanding In officers Is revoked revoked-at at the tho request of oC tho war department Criticism m Arou Aroused d J u h. h criticism has been directed ted against this order ev ever r since It was promulgated d because ot of the hardship It was reported to have h worked on soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers But the order was en enforced enforced enforced en- en forced at the express request of or Gen J. J J J. J Pershing after poisoned cand candy was said to have been found In ht one of or the parcels addressed to a soldier In France This discovery ver led to an in extended In investigation which h resulted d dIn In an absolute enforcement of ot the tho or order order order or- or der prO prohibiting tho the sending of oC parcels on the grounds that it was for the time best besl Interests of or all concerned In tho the winning of or the war var Army Arm Handled d MailIn Mail In order to Insure the proper handling handling hand hand- ling of or tho rho situation tho the A A. E E. F. F mail problem was taken entirely out of ot the hands of or the postal authorities The TheUn Un United States tes postal system took charge of oC the A A. A E. E F F. mall only aa as asfar far as Hoboken N. N J. J and from there tho time army authorities exercised entire control over it Until it reached addressee ad- ad overseas Soldiers in France Prance and elsewhere here herc In Inthe inthe the tho world ma may now receive anything that the they desire or that friends and relatives may care to send The Tho war lr department considers tho prohibition order no lon longer er necessary as a war measure |