Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1918 — EXTEND DATE FOR MAILING CARTONS [ARTICLE]

EXTEND DATE FOR MAILING CARTONS

The final date for mailing the Christmas packages to soldiers overseas has been extended to include November -30, 1918, according to new regulations issued to the Red Cross by the war and postoffice departments. Arrangements have also been made so that in case the soldier’s label becomes lost in transit, the nearest of kin may still send a package by taking an affidavit as follows: “The undersigned hereby makes application to forward to ———— (organization) ■; expeditionary forces, a Christmas package. The undersigned hereby declares that he or she is the nearest living relative in the United States of 'the proposed recipient; that he or she has not received a label from abroad, and that should said label be received it would not be used/and that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief only one Christmas parcel will be sent to the proposed recipient. Signed.” These emergency labels after 'November 21 may be procured at the postoffice where the cartons are being distributed, but none will be given out until after November 21, and there is no further chance of a soldier’s label being received. Parcel post packages to American soldiers serving with the British, French, or other forces, will be accepted tip to November 30, at the postoffice, and senders will not be required to provide a Christmas label from overseas.