The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-15
DRILLED TO Be
sheep IN WAR
OF pERIALISM
Many Faint Under the
Cruel Punishment
by a Worker Correspondent

LANCASTER, Ohio (By MaiD.-
Young boys from s to IS years or
over who are caught stealing be-
cause of poverty or do not go to
school regularly have the pleasure
of being sent for year to the So
called Boys Industrial School,"
which is located some six miles from
lancaster, Ohio. When was
brought here by one of the plain
clothes men, the first thing the Off
GERS, or guards, did was to have me
registered and examined, and then
hey threw my old clothes away and
'Tessed me in gray uniform,
This is done for various reasons.
me is that if you should try to run
way you can then be easily found
md who ever returns you gets a
eward Of S..
After being registered and dressed
n uniform l was assigned to one
# the is families there. There are
Q to so boys to one family.
Drill at A. M.
The first or second week all the
cwcomers are put in one family,
he Cuyahoga family, and then they
re transferred to one of the Is
antilles, l was transferred to the
Iaumee family; l was then given
7un and placed among the rockies.
vt 6 o'clock every morning We had
, get up, get our guns, fall in line,
march out into the field and drill
With these heavy nine-pound guns
or three-quarters of an hour. Later
sc were all marched together to
he boys dining room and served
ne cooked egg and cup of stink
rs tea. For dinner or supper there
hight be some filthy goulash and
sup.
Segregate Negroes.
The young Negro boys are not
llswed to live or eat with the white
cys. There are two families where
mere ere Negro boys only, one fam
" for NEGRO boys from to IA and |
ne other from IA up.
Negroes are forced to eat in one
aparats section of the dining room.
Needless to say, the officers eat /
ifferent meals and in a different |
ming room, the officers dining
2om.
No Talking at Work.
We work at various jobs during
he day, such as gardening, paint |
~, shoemaking, ETC., with one of |
he guards and a trustee over us. |
hould you dare talk while in line
r disobey the guards order, you
re then given report (blue slip) |
I'd then sent to court, where you
Flwavs get 5 to is days or so or
,a-aaps a week or so to stand in !
Nc fseirg the wall with your hands |
ea}ded behind vou for 2, or more !
oers day. Many boys faint from |
'a torture,
Preachers Funk.
IaGry Go not go to school at all. !
very Sunday all the Christian boys |
lust attend the morning mass and |
hose Of Jewish faith have rabbi I
Tho comes every Sunday morning.
5unday at 2 p. m. we are forced to |
ing patriotic and holy songs and /
listen to the bunk of the preacher. |
To make US obedient and willing
tools Of the bosses the state also |
found it necessary to have some
recreation and amusements, so the !
officers have organized basketball |
and baseball teams, in which only |
the best players are permitted. -
On Military Day officers from
West Point come here to drill and
get us to become cannon fodder.
This we'll proves that the Boys |
Industrial School is not an industrial |
Or educational school.
In reality it is militarist school, |
but in order to fool the parents of |
working class sons the bosses there
fore call it an industrial school" or
> correctional farm"
Sheep for Slaughter.
How beneficial to the bosses this /
-hool is can be seen from the fact
hat during the last imperialist
treat war there were more than 200 |
voung boys taken from it and placed |
in the army and navy to be shot.
Some way must be found to teach
,nese boys and get them to use their
military training on the side of the |
working class,-Formerly in B. !, s..
low In Y, w. l..