The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
Winners, Besides Getting
Prize Will Win Trip for
Themselves and Parents
to National Capital.
ALL HAVE GOT EQUAL CHANCE
Essays Must Be Written On February
20 in School Glass Room Under
Supervision Of the
Teacher.


terest in military training, the War
Department has instituted a contest
among the students Of the schools
Of the country for the best essays
on the subjects of 'tWhat are the
Benefits of an Enlistment in the United
States Army" The judges who will
decide as to who is the winner are com
posed of the secretary of war, New
ton ID. Baker, General John J. Perish
ing and General Peyton @. March.
The contest is under the auspices Of
the War Department and is open to the
students Of all schools, except colleges
and universities, whether public, pri-
yate or sectarian.
The winners may be of any age, any
color, male or female, American or
foreign born.
Free Trip to washington
The winners Of the contest will be
brought on to Washington, aecompan-
led by parents or guardians with all
expenses paid, where, on May S, Sec
rotary Baker will present them with
medals. There's war department med
81 for first prize, a silver medal for
second prize and bronze medal for
third prize. In addition three silver
loving cups will be presented to the
schools producing the winners.
Other prizes for state, county, dis
Eict, township, city and village win
ners will probably be offered.
Here's the Plan.
On April 10, next, board Of judges
consisting of Secretary of War Baker,
General Peyton G Marsh and General
John j Pershing, will announce to the
awaiting Juvenile world the names Of
three boys or girls who on February
20, 1920, wrote the best essays on the
Iubjeet; "What are the benefits Of an
enlistment in the U. s. Army?o
Then on May 5, 1920, these three
yoys and girls, accompanied by parents
Or guardians (railroad fares and all
expenses paid to Washington and re-
urn for both winners and parents),
will be presented with medals by Sec
rotary Baker himself
Gold medal, suitably engraved, to the
Tinnor of the first prize
Silver medal, suitably engraved, to
The winner of the second prize
Bronze medal, suitably engraved, to
ihe winner of the third prize
In addition, three beautiful silver
cups, suitable engraved, will be pre-
Iented to the winner by Secretary Bak-
" to be carried back home by them as
prizes for the schools which they at
lend
The contest is under the auspices Of
the War Department but the newspa-
per, Come Back, the official organ Of
The Walter Reed Hospital in Washing
Ton, asked permission to purchase the
prizes This permission was granted
Ind the school children are really COM
peting for prizes that were provided
by manned and injured soldiers now at
Walter Reed Hospital.
There is no age limit in this contest
End the little seven year old girl in
Santa Barbara, California has the same
sbance Of winning a prize as has the
nineteen year old high school boy of
Baltimore.
New York state has many times the
humber of school pupils that Nevada
hes, yet the chance of producing win
ners in each of these states is exactly
the same.
Essays will be written in the class
rooms on Friday, February 90, 1920,
from notes if desired.
No essay win 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 win be judged strictly on a
basis Of I'D originality, (2) expression,
[3) sincerity.
Each school viii 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 eutry
from his school. He will then forward
the entry, not later than February 27,
1920, to the army recruiting station
nearest his school.
The district recruiting officer viii
appoint board of three judges to
pass on the essays submitted by the
schools of his district. One will be Sc
leeted as the best and will be forward
ed to Warrington as the districts entry.
From the entries of the fifty-six dis
tricts Secretary Baker and Generals
Pershing and March will select three
national winners. These winners may
be boys or girls, of any color Of any
age
Ask your father or your brother to
tell you something about our new, dem
ocratic peace time army. If they do
not know write to the nearest recruit
ing station for literature.
1t may mean a free trip to Washing
ton for your mother and you, with
medal for yourself and beautiful cup