Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-16
WILL ANNAPOLIS SCHOOL
ENTER THIS CONTEST


Secretary of War Newton d. Baker,
General John j. Pershing and Cen
eral Peyton C. March, composing a
board Of award. will announce to an
awaiting Juvenile world on April 10
next. the names of three medalwin-
ming school toys or girls, who. on
February 20. 1920, wrote the best es-
says OF all the school boys and girls
of America, on the SUBJECT: What
are the benefits of an enlistment in
the u. S. Army"
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, private or sectarian.
The winners may lie of any age,
any color, male or female, American
or foreign born
The winners Of the contest will be
brought on to Washington, accom-
panied ty parents or guardians with
all expenses paid, where, on May 5,
Secretary Baker win present them
with medals. There's war depart
ment gold medal for first prize, a
silver medal for second prize and a
bronze medal for third prize In ad-
dition three silver loving cups will
/ he presented to the schools producing
the winners.
| Other prizes for state, county, dis
trict. township. city and village win
ners will probably be offered.
The following is the plan:
/ 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
ington, asked permission to purchase
Il 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 Hospital.
There is no age limit in this con
test and the little seven year old CIR
/ in Santa Barbara, California has tht
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 pupils that Nevada
has, yet the chance of producing win
ners in ecah of these states is exact
! ly 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 foul
hundred words in length.
Pencil, pen and ink, may he used
lint the essay Viii II written on onl3
one side of the shae-
Essays will be judged strictly|on
basis OF "a originality, CD express
sion, go sincerity.
Each school will be the Judge q
its Cwn product. The piiac:pa! o
each school will appoint board o
three Judges to select one essay a.
the entry from his school. He vii
then forward the entry, not later thai
February 81, 1920, to the army re
cruiting station nearest. his school
The District recruiting officer viii
appoint a board of three judges t
pass on the essays submitted by th'
schools of his district. One will b.
selected as the best and will be for
forwarded to Washington as the DIS
tricts entry.
From the entries of the fifty-sil
districts Secretary Baker and Gen
erals Pershing and March will selec
three national winners. These win
ners may be boys or girls, OF an!
Lcolor, of any age.
ASK your father or your brother
Ito tell you something about our new
democratic peace-time army. 1t the!
do not know write TO the nearest re
cruiting station for literature.
1t may mean a free trip to Wash
ington for your mother and you, witt
medal for yourself and beautiful
cup for your school and you'll be en-
We'd by millions of children. It's tht
chance of a lifetime!