Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-31
|BOYS' WORKING RESERVE
A Fine Organization Of Much Prom
lSe.
TO WORK FOR The COUNTRY.

What Has Been Accomplished UP to
This Time and What May be Ae.
complished by Good Honest Service
| in Field, Factory and Office.
Below is an article written by Will
liam f. Hall. national director Of the
United States Boys Working Reserve,
| in which he has outlined the purpose
of the organization. :. II. Edmunds of
Sumter. is South Carolina dircctor,
and II. c. Burts, superintendent of the
Rock Hill city schools. has been COM
missioned director for York county.
Mr. Burts is at present giving much
Of his time TO enrolling the boys. be-
tween 16 and q years old. of this
county and urges all parents to assist
him In the task. He can he reached
with ii letter addressed 10 Rock Hill.
Mr.. Halls article is as follows:
Uncle sam has gone To war In self
defense With his ships ordered from
the free seas. his vessels destroyed.
and his people wantonly murdered. hr
WAS compelled either to submit or
hght. He has sprung 10 the side OF his
| allies to take up tn" galiG" OF battle.
If Germany wins. eventually sh" will
impose her will on the civilized world.
and the principles for which our fore
| fathers fought and hlcd will perish
from the face of the earth.
For thirty years Germany has been
organizing every resource human rs
well as material, for war. Her men.
women and youths hav" all been
trained. her factories. her mines. hi
ha arhors. her railroads. have all been
| planned so rs To make effective all oi
her power in the conflict that was in
tended To make her dictator of the
world. She has taught the countries
against which she Is fighting that they
too must make war with every ounce
of human and material power in order
! TO match her wonderfully co-ordinatcd
fighting machine.
A Sacred Trust.
Uncle Sam has assumed n sacred
trust. The entire civilized world looks
TO him not TO fail in defending TN"
principles with which TO insure the
happiness of mankind for centuries to
come. With more than third Of
the worlds wealth. with incalculablc
material resources. Uncle Sam finds
i..I a
cannot bc apparently increased. liu-
man industry. that is labor. alone can
sustain the fighters at the front. 1.nho:
must LC supplied continuously, and NJ
the point where it will produc" the
maximum benefit for the nation. The
shortage OF man-pOwcr must ID" met
by redistribution. ldlcrs must be-
come producers and the work In n
non essential industry must he inGuc-
ed ia take -2oInethjng- that Is help
full In winning the war. Labor must he
drawn from sources that have never
been utilized before. Uncle Sam takes
inventory and finds that the most
promising supply from which 10 dr''"
is from the five million young men OF
the nation between the ages Of IL and
II. About two million of these ar"
either idle or are engaged in non
productive activities for Il substantial
part Of the year. Uncle Sam. after
considering how hc could make most
readily available this source, brought
into being the United States Boys
Working Reserve.
What the Reserve Is.
The United States Boys Working
Reserve Is a registered army Of pa
tIiotic youths between the ages OF l6
and 81. organized under the United
States department OF labor TO help the
nation where most needed TO win the
war in field and factory. Every hoy
physically fit, OF proper age. Is eligible
for this non military civilian army. To
enroll, the young mnn fills out
an enrolment card, obtains the
consent OF his parents, takes TN"
oath of service and receives GER
tiiicatc bearing the great seal OF In"
United States and an enrolment
badge. He can serve his country In
three separate units Of the reserve. II
he goes into the agricultural unit, he
will probably work on n farm from "a
camp. or live in the farmers family.
and after six weeks OF satisfactory
service he will receive federal badge
bearing the great seal Of the United
States. If he works in an industry
which Is essential in helping TO win
the war, he enters the industrial unit.
ana gains the Federal bronze badge
when he has served ten weeks subsr-
qucnt to enrolment. The reserve
recommends that all boys who are at
school remain there and use their
spare time in preparing themselves
vocationally for some essential occu-
patton. The boy who thus trains him
self and goes into service in war
essential occupation as n member Of
the vocational unit, is awarded tn"
Federal bronze badge on taking en-
ploymcnt.
What the Reserve Has Done.
Organized in May. 1917, the reserve
has organizations completed or under
way in practically all OF the states
and, during the summer Of 1917. had
thousands OF boys making good on tn"
farms. Many farmers, at first skepti-
cal rs to the value Of hoy labor on
farms. have been convinced that the
hoy makes a capable farm laborer, and
they openly declare that without the
young mems help during the Iast sea-
son. they could never have harvested
thnir full crnns The reserve has