The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-09
LOCAL DEALERS
TO GIVE PRIZES
REWARDS WILL BE GIVEN THE
SCHOOL CHILDREN FOR ESSAY
I'M ADDITION TO WAR DEPART
MENT TROPHIES

addition TO the grand prizes offered
! by the Walter Reed hospital of WASH
: ington. The subject of the essay to be
| the benefits of enlistment in the Uni
ted States army. This was announced
yesterday by the local recruiting Off
| GERS. The prizes offered by the war
| department viii be for the first, sec
| end and third best essays. and will
include trip for the pupil and mother
! or guardian. with all expenses paid
| TO Washington, and medals for the
| pupil and silver cups for the school
from which the pupil submitted the
| essay.
The prizes offered by local mer-
chants will be given TO the winners of
best places in the THIS county whether
they win in the national contest or
not
Merchants already subscribing prizes
are Lewis Bear Co one can cakes;
VI. & O. Clothing Store, silk shirt or
! its equivalent; Marston & Quina, one
chair rocker), nice; Watson, Parker
& Reese Co, one hat, Stetson; w. A.
Ray Hardware Co, one lunch kit
Thermos; John White Store, one silk
shirt or equivalent; White & White.
one raincoat; VIII c. Diffenderfer. one
pair links or equivalent. Other mer-
chants will be asked to join in the
list of prizes for this county.
The matter of awarding prizes will
be left to three citizens who will CO.
operate with the recruiting service
in The local awards.
The local recruiting office announces
the war department plan as follows:
On April 10Th, next. a board of
i'm of II
Baker, General Peyton c. March and
General John J. Pershing. will an
nounce to the waiting Juvenile world
the names of the three boys or girls
who. on February 20, 1920, wrote the
best essays on the subject: What are
the benefits of an enlistment in the
United States Army?"
Then on May /, 1920. these three
boys and girls, accompanied by
parents and guardians railroad and
all expenses paid TO Washington and
return for both winners and parents).
will be presented with medals by Sec
rotary 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-
scented 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 or :
gan of the Walter Reed hospital in |
Washington, asked permission to pur- !
chase the prizes. This permission was ;
granted and the school children are :
really competing for prizes that were ,
provided by manned and injured SOL !
diers now at Walter Reed general hos !
pital.
There is no age limit to this con-
test and the little 7-year-old girl in
Santa Barbara, California. has the
same chance of winning a prize as
the 19-year- high school boy of
Baltimore.
New York state has many times the
number of schools pupils that Nevada
has. yet the chance of producing win
ners in such of these states is exactly
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 400
words in length.
PensiI or pen and ink may be used,
but the essay will be written on only
one side of the paper.
Essays will be judged strictly on Il
basis of % originality; CD expression;
go sincerity.
Each school will be the judge of its +
own product. The principal of each
school will appoint a board of three
judges to select one essay as the en-
try from his school. He will then for
ward the entry, not later than Feb
ruary 27. 1920, to the army recruit
ing station nearest his school.
The district recruiting officer will
appoint a board of three judges to
pass upon the essays of the schools I1
submitted in his district. il
one will be selected as the best and
to Washington as the dis
trict's entry.
From the entries of the fifty-siN dis
tricts. Secretary Baker and General
Pershing and General March will I
select three national winners. The /
winners may be boys or girls OF any
color and any age.
Ask your brother or father to tell ,
YOU something about our new demo- :
cratic peace time army. If they do I
lot know, write TO the nearest re- q
,ruiting officer for literature.
1t may mean free trip to Washing !
on for you% mother and you and !
medal for yourself and a beautiful cup !,
or your school, and You will be en-
nv mil pf oh It =,
he chance of a lifetime. 7
o GUARD AGAINST INFLUENZA.
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