Show CAN STILL HIS SEND GIFTS TO 01 FRANCE those wishing SIM to 01 send christmas packages to 01 PIOS soldiers sig have last chance MST SHIP TO 01 SAIL DEC 5 9 post I 1 MO office department 1 calls 11 1 atten to 01 imis fact that ICU d parcel id I post od may aw a be min utilized LP through out ino the year iRton in WO order 4 to remove any all ml fun tiers land log that IBM sum regal ding the oi rules 1 2 governing 21 the sq sending of d parcels 1 to the wilsin members m of the on american Amei ican mIll expedition try 01 forces 1 in a france otto praetor second P pi us ant postmaster loll general LII mul has cued qt the following statement on U III the subject parcel I 1 poat I 1 for I 1 soldiers ana civilians ulio lin with qi iha american iry portas 0 in ill france when carefully packed 0 till hid properly addressed P will 1 q be accepted 1 all nil 11 for direct runs mission through atie U malls such parcels may As weigh up it to ol u seven d pounds parcels or the soldiers and pu I 1 connected with the american flonary borcea may As contain ani thine that la lu u l to 0 UI the op d par eel I 1 post I 1 except q m which um U may A spoil ild on the conr u journey to d td parcel T poat 1 cop 1 the american S elpe as 1 need not u be sd packed p in wooden U boxes inq hut should q be carefully packed P in the strongest kind of paste q board U box to assure its eara arrival at I 1 41 the front 1 in addition to this parcel post service ip the troops the fiall undertake to carev cortmas Chrt mas parcels for the american u u expeditionary up d provided such 1 1 parcels llo are bent barc the commanding Com mandine 0 general port 0 of em U bark atlon u pier ol 01 I 1 hoboken xer X new jer ey and are packed pon 1 in wooden asp not more than I 1 two cubic j feet ul in volume auml 4 well Bt rapped and P with a hinged or suu screw top it such n christmas boxes mav he sant T 1 to ut the commanding pul officer port of embarkation either iq b express or U the malli li pull and must not exceed pu f pounds in weicht the army will in I 1 ul tha contenta 0 of UI eich q boic and 0 un iler taka its delivery from hoboken 4 to the addressee addre isee the war department will 11 receive 3 christiaa Christ maa packages us up to I 1 de comber Us parcel post limit seven pounds it 11 vill ill q be pm that imil parcels a allus ing 2 seven mil imi sp inq but on no more ula be bunt through 1 11 the 0 d pott jd J office apo dil ammil oil it the oil viv ls to 04 france the al twenty pound parcels which illo are intended for jo christmas 12 gifts pug and which are 4 to be delivered on mi christmas SIP are I 1 sent jils by all III the var department lImIT Poul from its 0 of embarkation in at hoboken I N 1 J C chese oat d pd parcels p which anist pm not in s exceed oooo twenty al pounds and ul in weight can q be bent I 1 to 01 the aj address pp ap 12 given 1 in EI hobo q mix ken 1 in any an vay an that the mp pon sender chooses ao no of course I 1 ill the post ism office ill dp department 4 mi has been handling ill the smaller gi christ p mas lond packages solm all 11 IT the way As through 1 to france II 11 but 1 in order pi to 4 1 insure their P de 11 livery 9 on U christmas it 41 waa 1 to mull it thim qa by november ile 15 ej boneer ja the sill fact aa that 1 the mailing was too 01 late for delhery on christ I 1 mas up day P does so not IOU mean so that d packages saml cannot IOU salu iq be sent I 1 iq DT parcel pott loul they can mi be sent ios sim any d p aal ly in 41 the ear at I 1 the on rate 04 of 12 cents ill for each it d pound P bent 40 pun and this rate m holds saimi from enli ahat TO aver A oli point 1 in 1 in ID the united states 14 the jd d j n 2 1 Is sent 1 how d packages ofin w matt sn be addressed pi P ma packages osam tor the q Bold lera must an q he appu addressed p 1 to the mil individual limp with all pi his company and im IT his regiment and im then must I 1 ml be added the qa words IN 1111 american p 91 expeditionary d 1411 sl A forces I 1 it 1 la wit not Ls 1 to add P p the q name or the qi country all it 11 will RI q be pm noted that 1 in the wul inston aul auml given 0 above ant d prepared pd in ill ill the imm ima pl violl ind pot mu mater jol 2 general s office U nothing it I 1 ja is 11 said plus ill con ml pi 2 ill the und 11 P of things jq which loav u be ecat 4 1 to the oll soldiers PUs and ipp P ip connected PP with q the 1 ado expeditionary 11 alamil forces it ll Is perfectly proper bald 1 to send pit sugar it 41 Is al properly ii SpId wrapped aj the reason sugar 1 la spoken of lure 1 is nimi because ij seems I to 1 nil have been bome loss lump about it 4 olneq dutches q must isn pm not q be bent in 1 in lum P clr 1 lall neither lonin anything BuiniS 0 except pa of course injo nary ting material be included nor imi mait there al q be im an chemical or alj fresh q 1 fruit 11 1 la the i packages am candy ap can no go 2 ji if d properly d AP protected P 04 from mashing oni 2111 up it pim and ruining other things alq ull in the qa in mall it f jara of J fruit odId properly SlI sealed and pit protected against q NUOI bleak age can q be TOO sent nothing of J an ex nature must Is be put ind mill the d parcels st it 11 1 la that ill the parcel id wd post weighing up du 3 to aan seven pounds shall be all w lit rapped Us so that the mij pot office W may all mull l examine mul al their il contents the rules so j tor the 0 mam aLS s pj 10 43 the cpr so P ends III sm are 11 belven explicitly 1 la ua the above official communication 1 in it 31 is 81 desired to 03 accentuate 3 alundu the OT pill fact that pull barnla up to 04 adloff pounds enod in III it can q be sent in by all ordinary biml parcel I post at any an time of the ill 1 year inq but that imil christmas bobea am are to 1 5 go by all the way J of j the war der amont in at the aucless adv given above will not IOU be forwar apu did I if 1 they soil anre 0 re 0 pio io P to at hoboken 1 later than ui decem q ber B g |