The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-04
Over Quarter Million School Children En-
roll in Southwestern Division Since
Feb; Boost Big Organization
1000 SCHOOLS HAVE
FORMED AUXILIARIES
Activity Of Juniors Covers Wide Area
From knitting 10 Agriculture; Doing
All Branches Var Work

st. Louis, May 4.--More than three
quarters of million school children
are working faithfully every day to
help win the war.
More than six thousand schools en-
rolled for war work under the banner
of America and her allies.
This epitomizes what the children
OF the southwestern division of the
American Red Cross are doing to help
save the world for humanity.
Since February 12 last, H16S0
school children have joined the junior
Red Cross and 6.731 schools have be-
come auxialaries of the organization
in the states of Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. 1t is
believed no other division has SO
large membership per capita pop
ula tion.
TIM activities u ths jan.5ra en-
brace nearly every form Of patriotic
service endorsed by the government
Of the United States. and includes
farming. thrift gardening, stock rails
ing, knitting, the making of garments
for French refugees, salvage of rub
Der, tin foil, zinc, old gold and sill
yer, paper and rags, canning and
preserving, etc. In addition the boys
are making tables, benches, dressing
tables, rugs, taborets, etc, for the
center houses which the Red Cross is
building at the seven cantonments in
the southwestern division. The boys
already made thousands of wooden
comfort boxes for soldiers. These
boxes comprising several compart-
ments, are for the personal belong.
irgs of the soldiers.
Agricultural work is being stressed
for the juniors at this time and
definite policy is being pursued which
win do much toward war winning.
The United States department OF
agriculture and state agricultural col
leges have established boys and girls
clubs under the direction of county
agricultural experts These clubs
cover the widest range of activities
corn clubs, pig clubs, poultry clubs,
canning clubs, etc, all of them under
the direct supervision of the county
extension leader The department of
agriculture has agreed that the pro
ceeds may be turned over to the
school fund for Red Cross supplies.
The bureau of education is carry
ing out with the approval of the de-
partment of agriculture scheme of
school, directed 1back \ yard gardens
This plan applies to the grade schools
Of cities, towns and suburban dis
tricts. This garden work is to be
by chosen teachers. and is to be
done outside school hours. The gar
den products will be sold for the
benefit OF the junior Red cross scnooi
fund.
The United Boys Working Reserve
agricultural until is a registered
army of patriotic youths between
the ages of 16 and 81, organized by
the United States Department of La
Dor, for work on farms of their
neighborhood, under the supervision
of the director of the Boys Working
Reserve of that district, groups OF
boys work in the harvest fields OF
farmers, living either in a Boys
Working Reserve Camp, or in the
farmers family After six weeks ol
satisfactory service, a boy receives
q federal badge bearing the seal ol
the United States, showing that he
has done his utmost for his country
in a time of critical labor shortage
To enroll in this army" boys may
apply to the federal state director
of the Boys Working Reserve.
The question has been raised a