MEN WHO MARK TIM

T HANKS to treaties, American prisoners
titled to fair treatment, essential food, cloth}
and medical care from the detaining powef
ages, differences in national food habits/j
and other conditions require special sh\
from home: foods, clothing, medicin
ational equipment. Under regulations,
favorite foods and articles of clothin
friends may have books sent to india rc

Getting these things together and delivergd sal an ing
the past twelve months utilized contributions of goods or
services by many branches of the United States government,
by individuals, by organizations, and by the American Red
Cross and the International Red Cross Committee.

During this period Red Cross packing centers packed
millions of Red Cross standard food packages, the contents
of which were furnished and paid for principally by the
United States and United Nations governments for whose
prisoners of war they were destined. All were consigned
to the International Red Cross Committee at Geneva for
distribution to American prisoners and internees in enemy
camps, and for other United Nations prisoners of war. One
food package per week was allotted to each American pris-
oner of war.

With other army goods, medicines, and personal pack-
ages, they were shipped to Europe by the American Red
Cross in neutral vessels to Lisbon or Marseille, and on to
Geneva by rail, or to the Far East by diplomatic exchange
ships and on Russian vessels to Vladivostok for transship-
ment as arranged between the American and Japanese gov-
ernments.

Safe arrival of packages, and the maintenance of suitable
prison conditions, pledged by international treaties, were
checked by delegates of the neutral International Red Cross
Committee.

A bulletin published by the American Red Cross was
‘mailed monthly to next of kin of prisoners of war and in-
ternees. It brought a measure of relief from anxiety by

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