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FIRE PREVENTION. As the barracks are old and of wood, the greatest Re- of care must be exercised on the part of all concerned to avoid fires. ceptacles have been provided for cigarette butts. Visitors are asked to make certain that cigarette butts are deposited in those receptacles.
Stamps can be
8. Any mail or messages for visitors will be delivered to the barracks
The by orderly. The nurse on duty will furnish stationery upon request. postage rate from Manila to Hong Kong is twelve (12) centavos. purchased at the Red Cross Contacts and Communications Department.
Cable rates to Hong Kong are as follows:
Straight message
Deferred (LC)
NLT (25 words)
F0.23 per word
0.115 per ord
1.92
(7-2/3 centavos for each additional word)
Cables may be filed at the Red Cross Contacts and Communications
Department.
9.
The Red Cross has arranged a money exchange service which will operate in the Red Cross Consultation Room. Visitors urgently in need of funds consult the Red Cross.
10.
A branch of the Fort McKinley Post Exchange will operate in the Red
Sales will be for Cross Consultation Room for the convenience of visitors. cash and in Philippine money only.
By command of Brigadier General PRATT:
OFFICIAL:
PARKER CALVERT
1st Lieut., 45th Infantry (PS)
Adjutant.
Wim. M. TOW
Major, 45th Infantry (PS), Execu ti ve.
Evacuees began to arrive about four thirty p.m. on July 3. They were assigned beds by the officer in charge of each building and by enlisted men assigned to this duty. They were assisted in the disposal of hand luggage under the direction of a non-commis- sioned officer. Dinner, prepared by the personnel of the Cooks and Bakers School, was then served cafeteria style on regulation Army mess kits. After being served, the line passed into the mess hall where long tables seating about twenty people each were
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