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Show l iii-.Kii's 'j' i 1 1 1 i n April 11' next, a hoard of jud- .Misi-'in e't Hecri tury of 'a 11 :l:er. General I'.-yon C. lilnreh and i-ral John J. Pershins. will an-ro.:ii, an-ro.:ii, " to tiie avaiti:i juvenile world l::'i:: -s of ihree lio-.; ;:ini gir who on :-'t-'.rt::try L'e. llio wrote the hest es-? es-? .. : on ii:e salijrei: "What are the Li :..titt of an Ki; l'si mpnt in the U. ri. Army?" Then on May lfiin. these three ho s and girls, aeeomiianied hy p:tr-nt p:tr-nt or f;iiard:a!is (railroad fares and ::!1 ionses i.a'id to nv-liin;ton and ret ,:ni for hoth winners aud parents) 1 ill '.'e pr.'sented wiih medals hy See-ret; See-ret; ry Hake rhimself. C'nld medal suitably engraved, to Ihe v. iniHM' of the first prize. P-iiver medal, suitahly engraved, to the winner of the seeond prize. Lronze medal", suitably engraved, to the winner of the ethird prize. In addition three beautiful silver .-r.es, suitably engraved, will be presented pre-sented 'o tile winners by Secretary i;ai nr to be carried hack home by ihem as prizes for the schools they attend. The contest i under the auspices of the War Department but the newspaper. news-paper. Come back, the official organ of the Vi'alter Heed Hospital in Washington, Wash-ington, asked permission to purchase the prizes. This permission was granted and tiie school children are really compel jug for prizes that were provided by maimed and injured soldiers sol-diers now at Walter Reed Hospital. There is no age limit in this contest con-test and the little seven year old girl In Santa Harhara, California has the -anie chance of winning a prize as has fhe nineteen year old high schobl boy of Baltimore. New York Stale has many times .he number of school pupils that Nevada Ne-vada has. yet the chance of producing winners in each of these states is ex-.ct!v ex-.ct!v the same. Kssays will he written in the classrooms class-rooms on Friday. February 20. 1920. ro n notes if desired. No essay will be more than four-hundred four-hundred words in length. Pencil, or uen and ink, may be 'sed. but the essay will be written on only one side of the sheet. Essays will be judged strictly on basis of (1) originality, (2) expres-vou, expres-vou, (3) sincerity. Each school will be the judge of its own product. The principal of each school will appoint a hoard of three' judges to select one essay as the entry from his school. He will then forward the entry, not later than February 27. 1920: to the army recruiting re-cruiting station nearest his school. (See Page' No. 4 of this leaflet, appoint a board of thr Th" District The District recruiting officer will appoint a board of three judges to pass on the essays, submitted by the schools of his district. One will be 'dfcted as the best and will be forwarded for-warded to Washington as the District entry. From the entries of the fifty-six districts, Secretary Baker and Generals Gener-als Pershing and March will select three national winners. These may be boys or girls of any color, of any age. Ask your father or your brother to tell you something about our new democratic peace time army. If they do not know write to the nearest recruiting re-cruiting station for literrafure. It may mean a free trip to Washington Wash-ington for your mother and you, with a medal for yourself and a beautiful cup for your school and you'll be envied hy millions of children. It's the chance of a lifetime! |