Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-04-08
Miss Grove Has Prize Essay.

Saptain Otto A. Svoboda, lnfantr
U. ). Army Recruiting Officer, Bal
more, announces that a board of
say judges, consisting of Victor Kau
man, of the Washington Evening Sta
Colonel Clarence Deems, u. S. A.
member Of the Baltimore Board
Education, and General Henry
Warheld, formerly Adjutant- Gener
OF the State Of Maryland. has select
the essay, "What are the benefits
an enlistment in the United Sta.
Army" written by Miss F. Louis
Grove, of the Washington COUNTY T
male High School, Hagerstown, daus
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Grove,
the best of all essays received fror
all schools entering the contest fir,
the States of Delaware, Maryland ar
District of Columbia.
Her essay will be forwarded t.
washington, TO be considered by 4.
board, which will meet on April IC
1920, consisting of Secretary of Wa,
Baker, Generals John J. Pershing an
Peyton c. March, along with the be-
essays from the other ffty-fve re
cruiting districts in the United State.
contesting for the three nationa
prizes, consisting OF one gold, ono ST
yer asd one bronze medal, awafdec
to the three respective winners O.
May 5, 1920, by Secretary Of Wa
Baker in person.
The three winners accompanied
parents or guardians will have thu
expenses to Washington and rctur,
paid for them in order that their trir
will be free of expense.
Miss Grove will in addition be prc
scented by Captain Swoboda with a ST
yer cup offered as the district prize
the best essay winner for the Baltimo
recruiting district.
Miss Groves ESSAY is as follows.
Hail, the conquering hero comes. :
and who is he, simply lad in KHAKI;
a man-yes, man Of Drawn and into
ligence; man of courage and ability
a man such as can be produced onl
by an institution so great and so mob
as the United States Army.
The Army is new Army; an Arm
more democratic, efficient, and edu y
tlonal than ever before. Ii has bee
termed university in Khaki" a.
rightly so. Its benefits are counties
The benefit most obvious in the
days of H. c. l.. is good pay. Tn
OF thirty perfectly golden dollar;
at the lowest, and practically all eH
penses paid. The physical bencf
speak for themselves in the appear
ance of our soldier boys. These @
a long way in the upbulding of Am
lean manhood. The Army Offer
courses in more than a hundred voc?
tons. Choose any of the fourtee
branches of service that you will an
earn while you learn, for you can sti
receive your pay while you learn voca
ton. When you have finished you
period of enlistment YOU are enable
10 battle more successfully with tn
cold blasts of the world. Seven es
sentials of life which attract one ar
given free, viz: wholesome food
healthful sleeping quarters, clothing
medical attention, dental work, recr
tion and amusement, and education
"All work and no play makes 'Samm,
dull boy" so his uncle is quite in
dulgent in his rules on recreation.
But, besides these benefits, there ar
those which everyone does not see
The Army is the place where a ma
learns to be a man; a place where h
learns to be courageous, religious
and obedient. Here he receives dis
cipline which is almost as needful :
education. He enjoys the company O
wholesome minds nodded by hig'
moral standards. He has a chance e.
Ttudy human nature. There is tn
chance of life time 10 view the wor
dcrs of the world through travel.
soldier has no financial care. He /
given the cheapest insurance in II
world and fine banking facilities. Abor
AL the Army promotes patriotism. tn
developing to the highest point the wo-
of Americanism.