The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-09-06
U. S. BOYS WORKING RESERVE.
Camps Established In Maryland
Thousands OF Boys Placed
On Farms of State.

On Farms of State.
The first season of the U. S. Boys
Working Reserve, in it's relation to
agriculture, is now drawing to a
close. The Maryland Office Of this
organization has successfully placed
thousands of boys on farms through
out the state. These boys have, in
the great majority of instances, sue
cessfully consummated the work for
which they have been employed.
They have assisted in harvesting the
wheat, making the hay, and many
other of the lighter and minor oper-
ations..
AS the fall season approaches,
with the increasing shortage of
labor, their services are in great de-
mand for work in orchards, seeding
wheat, corn cutting and corn shock
ing. Arrangements will be made
to establish camp of rs boys on the
Tonolowav Orchards, Hancock,
Washington County, for the months
of September and October. Several
other camps of so each, have been
arranged for, and many minor calls
of 10 to 20. In addition, there
have been numerous calls for one to
five boys by the smaller farmers and
organizations, where the boys are
taken directly into the homes and
treated as a member of the family
The letter from Secretary Wilson,
of the Department of Labor, Wash
ington, which follows, is evidence of
the high regard in which he holds
the Boy Reserve labor organization
of that department.
DR.. Spillman, of the Depar tment
| of Agriculture in Washington, has
said that the farming of the coming
year will be done by boys. There is
no time so propitious for getting the
city boy interested and educated in
| farm work, as at present. In Baltl-
more City the larger boys in the city
high schools will be released by the
School Board to engage in patriotic
farm work The entire direction of
this work will be under the U. S.
Boys Working Reserve, COL Union
Trust Bldg, Baltimore, and should
any of our readers desire farm help
this autumn, we suggest that they
Immediately communicate with the
Reserve at that address.
The Secretary of LabOr's Statement
Concerning the United States
Boys Working Reserve.
The Department of Labor has
reason to congratulate its Field Or
ganization upon the achievement OF
the United States Boys Working
Reserve a branch of the Employ
ment Service that from small and
experimental beginnings, has already
attained an importance claiming ma
tional attention.
Under fortunate leadership in the
various States, the movement has
grown to proportions which, in view
of it's recent inception and early
handicaps, l regard as truly remark
able. The necessity that the coun
try avail itself of boy labor on a
large scale is upon us. That this
should be done according to an in
telligent plan is essential to the
| fullest utilization of this labor, to-
gether with due consideration for
the welfare of our young manhood.
The boy power of the country can
| not be treated merely as productive
mechanism. AS a'human element
of the war machine it merits special
consideration, and I am happy to see
that it is receiving the thoughtful
care of minds we'll trained in the
problems of the American boy.
| 1t is a delicate and responsible
task to mobilize the vast productive
forces latent in the youths OF high
school age, and-at the same time to
accommodate the workers to a new
environment and surround them
with physical and moral safeguards
upon standardized plan. am
gratifed to say that this problem
has been approached intelligently
and conscientiously. The officials
in control of the policies of the
United States Boys Working Re
serve have the full vision of its pos
sibilities and are making the most
of them; and this with reference
both to production and to boy-con-
servation.
The facts and figures for 1918, not
yet complete, are eloquent OF what
may be expected of this vital branch
of the Employment Service in the
coming crop year. l look forward
to still more wonderful record by
the United States Boys Working
Reserve in 1919.
Thanks of the Department of Labor
are due to the Governors of the