New Britain herald., 1917-05-18
PLANS FOR JUNIOR
 AGRICULTURE ARMY:
Any Boy Over IA Gan Help State
 and Nation

Hartford, May 18.-Announcement Is made by the Connecticut Commit tee of Food Supply of the details of It's plan for the mobilization of e1 schoolboys for farm service, under which the bovs of Connecticut over 1T years Of age may aid their nation m It's war program by active help in the great task of feeding America, its army and navy and its allies.
 The boys of this state who enter this service will become members of the Connecticut Junior Agricultural Volunteers, war emergency organ- nation which is part of the United States Boys Working Reserve, and Will be entitled to wear an official button From the national government and, when they have compiled with the conditions of their enrolment by working the equivalent of thirty full days, or more, will receive an appro- prtate certificate signed by Governor Marcus H. Holcomb.
 The plan for the employment of boys on the farms this summer has been developed by the food < supply committee in conference with the approval of the principals of high and private schools in Connec- ticut. the secretary of the state board of education. the school supervising agents, the Connecticut Agricultural College Extension Service and the several farm bureaus. The plan has ' the cordial endorsement of the state grange, the farm bureaus and the state board of agriculture.
 Ex-Yale Captain Interested.
 Arthur Howe of Windsor. who was captain of the Yale football team ir 191I, has accepted an appointment from the committee on food supply to act as enrolment officer for the boys reserve, and will assist in put ting the plan into operation In this, work, the food supply committee will cooperate with Hon. William E. Hall, assistant secretary of labor. who is national director of the Boys Work ing Reserve. U. S., A.
 Legislature Tale5 Action.
 Boys who volunteer for this branch of service will be allowed to retain their standing in schoolsnnder an act passed by the legislature and ap- proved by Governor Ho1comb on May q The text of this act follows:
 Section 1.-Any high school
 pupil over fourteen years of age K
 who shall volunteer and be ac-
 cepted for agricultural work on
 g farm shall be permitted to re- enter school without loss of
 standing by reason ,of absence.
 provided such pupil nsaintains the
 standard prescTihed by the com
 mittee of food supply and receives
 . certificate signed by the gov
 ernor.
 Sectoh z-This act shall take 1A
 not be operative after the rising
 of the General Assembly at it's
 January session 1919."
 Following the leadership of Yale university. number of colleges have taken action which puts boys enrolling for farm service on the same plane as boys who go into military service in the matter of extreme examinations The action by Yale exempts from ex- aminations boys who enter approved agricultural work satisfactory to their principal or headmaster and are ablo to present satisfactory school records and adequate credentials regarding their farm work.
 Committees General Policy.
 Tn outlining it's general policy in the recruiting and use of the Connec- ticut Junior Agricultural Volunteers. the committee says 1t believes that results most satisfactory to both farmers and volunteer labor will be obtained and that more efficient con- duct of farm operations will result" if sons of farmers as far as possible