Gunnison news-champion., 1918-11-01
VICTORY BOYS ORG AIMING
FOR UNITED WAR WORK

".n you be a Victory Boy? Here's
III plan.
Il million boys behind a million
fg' .r-.' Is the slogan Of the Victory
Be- ,arn and give division Of the
- Jf.'.d War Work Campaign. which
un .rclude those boys from twelve TO
tw.''E, who are not regularly earning
..ag'- wages IN the Industries. Il
CO o. approximately $500 to give a
fig. ing man the united benefits OF
s,..n organizations for five weeks. A
ma vuty Of the Victory Boys must
p, ,.E. themselves to earn and give at
i,a 5000 Some Of them should
T pI .s. several times that amount
i p. opportunity 10 enroll as 4 Vic
to. Boy will be given to every boy
Of uGuuIson County thru q deputy in
ca -ch0Ol district. At least ninety
BE- of thIs county should enroll, and
it hoped and expected that many
n. will join the Victory Boys.
.." benefits Of this movement are
.thr"fold:
frst-Thc raising of money.
>,cond-The inspiration and stimuli
lu which will come TO older people
thu the sacrifice of the boys.
Third. and more mportant-The
sou development of the boys which
Wi follow their consecratiOn to
'grna; cause. Their pledge to earn
am give should bring a conception of
tn, significance of sacrifice to the
cause Of righteousness. This sacri-
ficy will greatly aid in the reconstruc-
tion period after the war.
ENROLMENT
Enrollmcnt consists in boys state
m"nt of purpose to earn and give to
max" his fighter happy thru the work
of the seven organizations in the
United War Work Campaign. Each
boy states on the enrolment card
the amount of money he will plan to
earn or give toward the total amount
needed in the campaign, which is to
raise Sl70, 100000.
Boys subscription and payments
will be a part of the quota for each
department state, district, county,
city, or town.
Each boy who enrolls will receive
button which will indicate his enroll
ment. He will receive a home win
dow banner saying: "A boy has en-
rolled with the Victory Boys" to
back up an American fighter by earn
ing and giving to the United War
Work Campaign fund. When he has
completed payment, he will receive an
engraved certificate receipt. Pay
ments may be made in full or in three
equal enstalments on or before March
1st, 1919
No boy is allowed to secure gifts for
any part of his pledge. He may use
his savings, provided they represent
his own earnings.
The definite good in this campaign
is the securing of l 500 900 boys, each
to earn and actually give $500. Boys
who pay the hard price reach the real
goal.
DIR. Mott, Chairman of the Execu-
| tive Committee and Director-General
of the United War Work Campaign,
says: "By their work, their gifts,
and their sacrifices, these boys will
exert a great influence on multitudes
of others. They will be having a
most vital part and a most practical
part in winning the war. They will
be bringing comfort and cheer to our
millions of soldiers and sailors. They
will be identifying themselves with
the great purpose of our nation and
the Allies"
Bishop Muldoon, Chairman Nation
al Catholic War Council, says: "a
boy or girl, by enlisting in the Earn
and Give" Divisions, can have a direct
personal part in the great world war
Each of them can thus fight and help
win. What an inspiration it will be
to each of our fighters to know that
one boy or one girl has earned and
given $500 for his comfort and cheer
"Altho he was handicapped by the
loss of one arm, a high school boy
signed up a pledge to earn and give
$40, and then doubled his task volun.
tarily in order to give an extra certi-
ficate to a pal" whose crutches and
iron braces made it impossible fol-
him to do any hard work. The one.
armed boy turned his attention to the
beating of rugs. He made that his
specially and kept at it till his one
hand was badly blistered. He kept a,
it so steadily that the one hand was
still blistered when he carried the
first installment of his $50 to the
committee. He had turned the blist-
ers into callouses by the time his last
payment was made, but he paid his
double pledge in full.
Gunnison County has responded
literally to every call that has been
made upon her by the government. ]
feel sure the boys will not fail at this
time. Since we may not have any
meetings at this time, boys of the city
Of Gunmson call me by the phone
write or see me personally about
GRANT rutland,
Chairman.