Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-20

young men of the country for work
upon the farms during the coming
summer. If an adequate food supply,
SO necessary to the winning Of the war.
is TO be assured it is of the utmost inl-
portance that a reserve of young men,
16 Years of age and over and under y
years of age. shall be organized. That
organization. the L. S. Boys Working
Reserve, is well advanced in more than
40 states in the Union. 1t attempts TO
enroll, 10 train and to supervise the
boys at their work: it carefully IN
spects the living ana working condl-
tons of the farms to which they are
assigned; and it organizes their leisure
time in order to their encouragemen Mt
and their efficiency.
I'VE need Your cooperation in this
nationwide attempt to meet the ma
ti0nal crisis and in order that the
youth enrolled into the Reserve shall
take no damage from the experience.
Parents Of boys need to be assured that
we are urging upon our federal direc-
tors in every state the positive neces-
Sity TO protect the boys from every
kind of abuse, to safeguard them from
the temptations of new surroundings
and of unusual conditions, and to see
that justice is done them by their en-
ployers.
You can materially aid our endeavor
by calling attention in your church no
tees TO the L. S. Boys Working Re-
Sc, We. its purpose, and its method, and
if you will particularly accent the ~ =
ganiZation's endeaNor to throw about
the boys VINO leave school and home
for work upon the farms every possible
influence for good. We are calling
upon school teachers all over the cOun-
try, upon the various great societies
that deal with boys. like the Boys
Club Federation. the Knights of Co
lumbus, the y. NJ. J., the Boy Scouts.
the Young Mems Hebrew Association,
the Y. Nj. e. A. and others Of like sort,
to assist us i'll our work of superVi
SION They are cordially responding.
Unless every available source OF Ia
Dor supply is modified 10 liner, aSe
food production this current year the
war will be prolonged. The best sins!c
untapped labor source is the magnln-
cent army of 1905 ,0cU Young men Wno
are not yet old enough to enter TIE
amy but are old enough and strong
enough to do the work of men on the
farms.
president Wilson has said: Let me
express the hope that the young men
of the country not now permanently
employed may easerly enter the Boys
Working Reserve. TO give to tiiN
young men between the ages Of 16 and
Il years the privilege of spending Their
spare time in productive enterprise
without interruptinG their studies at
school. while their older brothers are
battlin&; in the trenches and on the
seas, must greatly increase the means
Of providing for the forces at the front
ard the maintenance Of those whose
services are needed here.
The week beginning Monday March
IS. has been designated as National En-
rollruont Week for the nationwide an
rolling Of boys l6 years and over INTO
the Reserve. Enrolment will oe I'M
dertaken chiefly through the high
schools Of the country. Boys who are
interested to enroll should report +"
the principal of the nearest hlSh
school.
You can further aid this patriotic
undertaking if you can find it possible
by sermon or otherwise to rouse the
patriotism of the boys of your con-
cIegat ton and 10 direct it into the
channel of National Service