Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-10-18
GRANTS PASS CHILDREN
WILL HELP WAR CAUSE
Pupils Of Schools viii Show Loyalty Of Younger Generation
In Helping Government In Great Work. Telegram
to Be Sent to War Secretary by Donors

This war II teaching America. and especially positions
OF authority facts regarding making the
most Important Is that be
tive work In the field II be taken field well
sound In body and determined In spirit British
France writes home that the uniformed
Vice debauche and simple homeskness inflicted
losses on our troops than all the kaiser's hordes."
Our nauona
Ing It's army the Y A.
C. and similar organizations win undertake within the
training the commission
cd by the and departments will
the The commission viii with the American Play
ground commission whose trained
drafted into this
To this laudabe cause
the and departments have
munity Recreation committee.
The warCamp Community Recreation fund Is part the
fort this nation making place in the field the cleanest
history. We have this uphold
Of civizaono interruptions might
world back into conditioned babarism OF which has taken
centuries 20 rise
before are going to exs, again
unless something done them
uncean conditions In
the drastic
This however sufficient The opportunities for un-
wholesome diversion by opportunities
dversionor the bad inevitably crop out
again II Is only human the soldiers
the wholesome social relations which they
In their home towns they find substitute
they are pretty certain to find unwhoeome substitute
The wsrcsmp Community Recssaton going
In providing Just these healthy relations II will
where necessary In removing unhealthy conditions.
President Wilson o o. nations promn-
asking his this follows spirit
with which soldiers leave America their efficiency the
battle fronts OF Europe will be vitality affected the OF
the environment surrounding military training
Secretary of War Baker said "A fund for the War
Camp Recreation service will
physical yigor of the American and navy"
The Rockefeller foundation has just would
head the subscriptions this purpose 100000
This foundation has been particularly support
only those purposes
cial merit being helped.
Grantsc win Do - Bit. Ir
Every city and
mil
assigned It, the Chamber Commerce responded that the
city had failed the
war-heping and could be depended this
This cys allotment will be raised children
The prime thought leading this determination the
benefit to the children themselves BY allowing the
consciously take the
the nation is engaged minds
pride in their country houhtfulness the principles
Tense OF which generally cit
zenship.
This afternoon circulars addressed
each child in the schools Frday) morning
bring to the schools fifty each be by the
teachers X iackett local who will forward
Washington.
Each child joining contribution named
the signers secretary pedgng
help of this city children well grown-ups in helping the
nation in the glorious for which 1t is fighting
The Telegram
The following is the telegram which will be the
with chill
dren contributing to the fund of the agnem
Hon. Newton W. Baker
Secretary Of War.
Washington d. c.
people of America help the govern
into the battleeids Europe abes
all history contributing war-Camp Community
alton The school children
have each OF contributed little mites this
dencing help th
bring liberty to all for all time
We the soldiers America
front the deepest interest the children their
follow them with pride their ab
M admiration for their spirit and willingness make sacrifices