Show MAKING bol BOIL POWER COUNT just recently there has been or at washington D C a de part apartment ment of the bureau of labor which should interest every boy be tween the ages of 16 and 21 not I 1 only in but the entire coun try we know that the boys at home must help their big brothers at the front by working on the farms and in the shops tilling filling the places that the big brothers have vacated crops must be planted in the spring and harvested in the summer and autumn and the boys at borne home must do the planting and harvesting bu siness activities must be kept amov ing regardless of the shortage of men who have been called into the service I 1 this new organization which has for its purpose the utilization of our boy power is called the united states boys working reserve ev cry ery boy physically fit between the ages of 16 and 21 Is eligible for this non military civilian army to en roll it Is only necessary for the boi to send his name to mr wm win E hall department of labor wash ington D C when he Is accepted as a member he will be told how he can serve his country in any one of these separate units of the reserve it if he goes into the agricultural unit he will probably work on a farm from a camp or live in the farmer s family it if he goes to work in an in austry which Is essential in winning the war he enters the industrial unit the reserve recommends that all boys who are in school remain there and use their spare time in preparing themselves tor for some es occupation during the school vacation the boy who thus trains himself and goes into active service becomes a member of the vocational I unit never before have the boys of this country had an opportunity to be come a vital factor in history every boy who loves his country and wants to give the best there Is in him should make the fact known no now by writing to mr hall and every father and mother who desires to have their son do something useful for the na tion should encourage them to en roll in this new organization |