Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1917 — Long Journey of a Package. [ARTICLE]

Long Journey of a Package.

The wide wandering of a parcel was described by a soldier now stationed at Egypt. Writing to his mother, he says: “I received a parcel last week which I think was posted In South Africa, somewhere about September, 1916. It had gone to the Hants’ in France, thence to four hospitals, which sent it to Blighty and to two hospitals there which forwarded It on to the officer in charge of records, Warwick. He in turn sent it to the officer In charge records, Exeter, then Ryde, and lastly to Egypt. Jolly lucky to get It after ten months, don’t you think so? It contained a good soft shirt, a pair of socks, three khaki handkerchiefs, boracic powder. The address of the sender was obliterated and the postmark a smudge.”