Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
ARMY ESSAY PRIZE
WINNERS DUE TODA
Boy and Two Girls to Be
Entertained During Capt.
tai Visit.

Miss Marjorie Sheetz of Chfllicothe.
Missouri. winner of second prize in
the national essay contest on What
Are the Benefits of an Enlistment in
the L. S. Army?" arrived in Wash
ington this afternoon at 40 o'clock.
She was met at the Union station by
Representative Rucker Of Missouri and
Capt Joseph +. Gregory. manager of
the Come Back"
Donald l.. Campbell Of Clinton.
Iowa. winner of the first prize is due
to arrive at 4:30 o'clock this after
noon. while Miss Bette Bowen Eason
of Olive Branch. Miss. winner OF
third prize. will arrive at midnight.
The first prize winner will be met
at the station by his sister. Miss Ruth
Campbell and representatives of the
Come Back" Miss Eason. also will
be met by party representing the
Come Back" All the chile EN- will h"
accompanied by one of their parents.
An elaborate program has been
mapped out for the winners during
their stay in Washington. Tomorrow
afternoon they will be introduced on
the floor of the House by their re-
spective representatives. They also
will visit Mount Vernon. Fort Meyer.
Arlington National Cemetery. Walter
public buildings
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
they will be presented with awards
at exercises in the Central High
School stadium. The exercises will
be preceded by n parade. which will
include Il composite battalion from
the 18th and 18th Infantry from Camp
Meade. two squadrons of cavalry.
field artillery. detaciments of the
Engineer Corps. Signal Corps, 1000
High School Cadets and cadets from
Gonzaga and st. Johns colleges. One
hundred and fifty enlisted men of the
medical department from Walter Reed
Hospital will be stationed in the
stadium AZ Central High School to
distribute programs to the school
children who attend. Tickets to the
presentation exercises already have
been distributed to the children by
public school officials and the Ma
tional Catholic War Council.
Route Of Parade.
The parade, which will precede the
presentation exercises. will start from
Franklin Square. at the corner of
18th and K street. at 2:10 pm, and
will proceed up 18th street to the
stadium. The three prize winners
and their mothers and the representa-
tives of organizations which did war
work will ride in the parade in auto
mobiles furnished by the Army. All
public and parochial school children
will be excused from their classrooms
in time to witness the parade and at
tend the presentation exercises.
The presentation of the medals will be
made by Secretary Of War Baker. The
gold medal will be presented to Donald
Campbell. the silver medal to Miss
Sheetz ard the bronze medal to Miss
Eason. Three silver loving cups also
will be presented to the schools which
the winners represent.
Ceremonies to Follow FERMENTATION.
After the presentation Of the medals
there Will follow instructive and patri-
otto ceremonies. First. the Escort to
the colors," by an infantry battalion
and banda ceremony designed to hon
or the flag. Following that the troops
will march in review before Secretary
Baker ard the three prize winners. Then
the Signal Corps will release 100 hon.
ing pigeons simultaneously. Some of
these pigeons will carry messages from
the three prize winners to the Army
Signal Corps School at Camp VAIL n. j..
covering distance of 200 miles. Dur
ing the ceremonies a squadron of aero
planes will fly above the stadium.
Aeroplanes also will fly over the city
tomorrow at 8 O'Clock and drop 0,00O
leaflets announcing the exercises at
Central stadium.
George T. l.. Cole of 1416 Decatur
street. who won the prize for writing
the best essay on the United States
Marine Corps. has received a letter or
congratulation from Maj Gen. George
Barnett, commandant of the Marine
Corps.