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Show RAISE MORE GA SIUFF Washington, March 9. President Wilson In a letter to Secretary iLane expresses the "hope that every school will have a regiment in the volunteer war garden army the army of Bchool 1 children that It Is estimated may raise this year produce valued at $300,000.-000. $300,000.-000. The president's letter said : "I sincerely hope that you may be . successful through the bureau of education edu-cation In arousing the interest of teachers and children in the schools of the United States in the cultivation of home gardens. Every boy and girl who really sees what the home garden may mean will, I am sure, enter into the purpose with high spirits because I am sure they would all like to feel that they are In fact lighting in France by joining the home garden army. They know that America has undertaken under-taken to send meat and flour and wheat and other foods for the support of their soldiers, who are doing the fighting, for the men and women who the making the munitions and for the boys and girls of western Europe, and that we must also feed ourselves while we are carrying on this war., .. "The movement to establish gardens, gar-dens, therefore, and to have the children chil-dren work in them is Just a real and patriotic an effort as the building of ships or the firing of cannon. I hope that this spring every school will have a regiment in the volunteer war garden gard-en army." It is Secretary (Lane's Idea that is being worked out through Commissioner Commis-sioner Claxton of the bureau of education educa-tion to have 5,000,000 boys and girls of the chooU In every city, town and village In the country, captained by 40,000 teachers, produce as nearly as possible all of the vegetables, small fruits and eggs for their home con-5 con-5 sumption. |