Milford chronicle., 1920-01-30
HERE'SA CHANCE FOR
ATRIP TO WASHINGTON
FREE FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS AND
PARENTS FOR VERY LITTLE
EFFORT.

Captain Otto A. Swoboda, Infantry
Army Recruiting officer, 16 ST. Pau
Street. Baltimore, Md, announces thai
the War Department has started q
school contest throughout the United
States, open to all school children.
Here's the plan: On April 10 next
a board of judges consisting of Secre-
tary of War Baker, General Peyton
C. March and General John ]. Perish
ing, will announce to the awaiting
juvenile world the names Of three
boys or girls who on February 20
wrote the best essay on the subject:
What are the benefits of an enlist
ment in the U. S. Army?"
Then on May 3, 1920, these three
boys or girls, accompanied by parents
or guardians (railroad fares and all
expenses paid to Washington and re-
turn for both winners and parents) =,
will be presented with medals by Sec
retary Baker himself.
Gold medal, suitably engraved, to
the winner of the first prize.
Silver medal, suitably engraved, to
the winner of the second prize.
Bronze medal, suitably engraved, to
the winner of the third prize.
In addition, three beautiful silver
cups, suitably engraved, will be pre-
sented to the winners by Secretary
Baker to be carried back home by
them as prizes for the schools they
attend.
The contest is under the auspices
Of the War Department but the news
paper, Come Back, the official organ
of the Walter Reed Hospital in Wash
lngton, asked permission to purchase
the prizes. This permission was grant
ed and the school children are really
Competing for prizes that were pro-
vided by MANNED and injured soldiers
now at the Walter Reed Hospital.
There is no age limit in this con-
test and the little seven year old girl
in Santa Barbara, Calf, has the same
chance of winning a prize as has the
nineteen year old high school boy OF
Baltimore.
New York State has many times the |
number of school children that Ne /
vada has, yet the chance of producing /
winners in each of these States is ex- /
actly the same.
Essays will be written in the class /
rooms on Friday, February 20, 1920, /
from notes if desired
No essay will be more than four
hundred words in length.
Pencil, or pen and ink, may be used
but the essay will be written on only
One side of the sheet
Essays will be judged strictly on a
basis of % originality, (2) expression,
90 sincerity
Each school will be the pudge of its
OWN product. The principal of each
school will appoint a board of three
Judges to select one essay as the entry
rom the school. He will then forward
he entry not later than February 27,
92O, to the army recruiting station
learest his school, The U. S. Army
Recruiting Station, 16 St. Paul Street,
Baltimore, Md, will receive all essays
rom the States of Delaware, Mary
and and the District of Columbia.
The District Recruiting Officer will
-ppoint a board of three judges to
'ass on the essays submitted by the
chOOls to his district One will be
elected as the best and will be for
yarded to Washington as the Dis !
rict's entry.
From the entries of the iifty-six dis
riots Secretary Baker and Generals
'ershing and March will select three !
ational winners. These winners may >
e boys or girls, of any color, of any
ge.
Ask your father or your brother to 4,
ell you something about our new
emocratic peace time army If they
o not know, write to the nearest re-
ruiting station for literature.
1t may mean a free trip to Wash =
lgton for your mother and you, with
medal for yourself and a beautiful r
Up for your school and you'll be en-
ed by millions of children. It's the r.
nance of a lifetime. Many newspa- !,
ers have asked permission to tie up u
ith the War Departments big essay a
)ntest in the nations schools. This n
emission has been freely granted. q,
Large business institutions are join +,
g in tying up in this contest. h
Captain Swoboda of the Army Re +,
'uiting Station at Baltimore further q
lnounces that he will give in addi-
)n to the War Departments prizes, o,
prize costing approximately twenty ii
re dollars ($25) to the writer of the n
say selected by him as the best in Al
S district. M
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