The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-12-03
UNDER DIRECTION OF MRS.
GURR, DIRECTOR OF HOME
ECONOMICS, EVERY SCHOOL
BOY AND GIRL IN COUNTY
HAS ENLISTED.

The president of the United States
has constituted the U. S. bureau of
education the governmental agency
TO promote school directed home
gardening in all cities, towns, vii
lagos and communities. By virtue of
this authority Commissioner. of Edu-
cation Claxton is organizing the U.
S. School Garden Army for the pur-
pose of increasing the production and
conservation of food. It is proposed,
with the cooperation of school Off
GERS and teachers, to enlist in this
army 100000 boys and girls and
10000 teacher-directors. If carried
out fully a quarter of billion dol
lars worth of food should be pro-
duced.
The president is therefore asking
all boys and girls from 9 to 18 years
of age to join this school garden
army and grow vegetables, fruits,
berries, poultry, meat, etc,
For the first time in the history of
the world does government turn to
its school children and ask them to
mobilize for war, even though peace
has been declared.
There are seven billion eligible
boys and girls in America. If s.
100000 of these volunteer it will be
the largest army ever raised in the
United States. By hard work and
wise direction they can raise food
enough to feed all the hungry chill
dren of Belgium. The educational
value will be worth all the cost. 1t
is distinctly a school organization,
ed field, that of school supervised
home gardens.
Our boys at the front forced upon
Germany the signing of the armistice,
and made possible the converting of
the peace conference. President
Wilson thinks it the patriotic duty of
every school child in America be-
tween the ages of and 10 to as
sumo the responsibility of peace as
the soldiers have those of war. Feed
the hungry and starving of Europe;
alleviate suffering and crime that
peace on earth" may ring true
throughout the world.
All Enlist in Terrell.
Terrell county will have reason to
be as proud of her "U. S. S. G."
army as her soldiers, since every ELI
gible school boy and girl of the coun-
ty schools have already enlisted, and
but for the suspensions of school
those in the city school would have
had this same opportunity presented
to them, If there is any boy or girl
who has failed to enlist because of
absence or suspension of schools, or
lack of opportunity, he or she should
apply to Mrs. w. H. Gurr, director
of home economics for Terrell
county, for any information. Com
panies Of from 10 to 100 will be mo-
bilized in the different schools. Each
VIII have a captain, first and sec
ond lieutenants and sergeant. These
commissions will be given by an
army officer, and all officers and pri-
Yates will wear their respective in
sigma and float service flag, which
will be given them by the govern
ment for faithful service.
The call is for every boy and girl
of America from to Is to go out
into no-man's land back of your
house, or the empty lot across the
street, and reclaim that territory for
the United States.
Your trenches are the garden fur
rows; your ammunition the garden
seed; your weapons the hoe and
spade There will be many hours of
hard drill in your garden-many
hand-to-hand fights with the enemy
attacking your front line trenches
In some of which you may lose some
ground-but in the end there will
be victory if you succeed in raising
only one bean where no bean grew
before; if health and rosy cheeks
bloom where pallor and disease
reigned before.
The roll in Terrell county will be
called in early spring Decide now,
ana answer as did our soldiers
"Readym