The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-05
T0ORGAN|zE BOYS
TO HELP NATION.
Hawaii Asked TO Participate In
Movement To Enroll Youth Of
Country In Working Reserve

A preliminary conference will be
held in the rooms Of the chamber Of
commerce this morning at eleven
O'Clock, at which time the matter of
the organization Of the United States
Boys Working Reserve in the Terri.
tory Of Hawaii will be taken up.
+ In accordance with the program out,
lined by the department Of labor for
recruiting the depleted labor supply
and the speeding up of production, Ha-
waii is asked to participate by enlist
ing her older boys in some form of
useful employment. Wallace r. Far
ringtOn hhs been appointed the terri
torial director OF this work. Superin-
tendent Of Public Inst rue ton Kinney,
prominent businessmen and leaders of
, the food producing industries have al
ready been consulted on this subject.
More than fifty letters of invitation
to this conference have been sent out
and in most instances enthusiastic re-
Spouse has been met with. "A public
, invitation Is also extended to all who
may be interested in this subject, The
various phases of the movement will
be discussed by speakers who will be
/, announced later.
Matters for Discussion
The particular matters to be set
tied tomorrow are: "Where can boy
labor be used to advantage in the Ter
ritoryH'; "Where are the boys to be
seeuredp' and elbow will the Islands
and the country generally be benefit
ed by the Boys Working Reserved"
The following extract from a pam
Aphlet recently issued by the depart
ment Of labor explains in detail what
the United States Boys Working Re
serve is: -.
What Il Is
"The United States Boys Reserve
is a registered army Of patriotic youths
between the ages of sixteen and TWEEN,
ty-one, organized under the United
States Department of Labor to help
the Nation where most needed to win
the war in field and factory. Every
boy physically fit, of proper age, is
eligible for this on-mihtary civilian
army. III,
I, FTo enroll, the young man applies
to his federal state director, fills out
an enrolment card, obtains the con.
sent of his parent, takes the oath of
service and receives a certificate bear
ing the great seal Of the United States
and an enrolment badge.
J. 81 He can serve his country in three
separate units of the reserve. If he
goes into the agricultural unit, he
will probably work on a farm from a
, camp, or live in the farmers family,
and after six weeks Of satisfactory
service he will receive a federal badge
bearing the great seal of the United
States,
of he works in an industry which
is essential in helping to win the war;
he enters the industrial unit, and
gains the federal bronze badge when
he has served ten weeks subsequent
TO enrolment. The reserve recon-
mends that all boys who are at school
remain there and use their spare time
in preparing themselves vocationally
for some essential occupation.
1.-THE boy who thus trains himself
and goes into active service in a war
essential occupation as a member Of
the vocational unit, is awarded the
federal. bronze badge on taking en-
plOyment.
Those Invited
Letters of invitation have been sent
out to the following prominent resi-
dents Of the Islands to attend this
conference! 90 80
Hawaii--John H. Midkiff, Kealake.
kua, Goodale NOR, Papaikou; Frank
Woods, Kohala; G. A. Young HiIo;
Father Louis, Hiio; John A. Mcguire,
KailuRj, David Forbes, HiIo; l.. Mac
farlane, Kealakekua; Robert B, Wood,