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Show Iii .BOYS AND GIRLS OF OGDEN GIVEN :: CHANCE AT FREE TRIP TO CAPITAL !j AND MEDAL FROM SECRETARY BAKER It " Great interest Is developing in Iho J J t'nltcd Slaies army essay contest for school children of Ogden, according lo ! ! Sergeant Edward A. Stumpf, of the ro-, ro-, i cruiting service here. In addition to several other prizes f the Weber club will otter a grand prizo . ' To the writer of the prize winning cs-i cs-i s,ay on the subject, "What are the ben-I ben-I efils of an enlistment in Iho U. S. ' army?" I jThe schools have been supplied with ii literature giving information as to the army. Sergeant Slumpr announces j that any person desiring information i or pamphlets to assist them in writ-, writ-, ing tho essays can get them by apply-d apply-d J ing to the recruiting station, 2-47S jl Washington avenue, on week days-Jl days-Jl ' from '8 a. m. to 5 p. m., and evening's j ! .from 7 until 9. On Sunday the sia lion is open from 1 p. m. to 5 p. ni. j I', On April 19 next, a board or judges I gonsistlng of Secretary of War Baker, l General Teyton C. March and General j John J. Pershing, will announce to the 1 waiting juvenile world names of three 'j , boys and girls who on February 20, ' 1920, wrote the best essays on the sub-j,' sub-j,' ject: "What are the benefits of an en-it en-it l: listment in the U. S. army?"' ' H ' Then on May 5, 1920, these three r ' boys and girls, accompanied by par- , ents or guardians (raiiroad fares and ' all expenses paid to Washington and ! return for both winners and parents) j vlll be presented with medals by Secretary Sec-retary Baker himself. . Gold medal suitably engraved, to the ' winner of the fir,st prize. I Silver medal, suitably engraved, to i the winner of the second prise. j " Bronze medal, suitably engraved, to j the winner of the third prize. . In addition three beautiful silver I cups, suitably engraved, will be pre-.' pre-.' 1 sented to the winners by Secretary i Baker to be carried back home by them as prizes for the schools they j attend, j The contest is under iho auspices of ( the war department but the newrpa-1 newrpa-1 1 ; per, Gome Back, the official organ o. I). I J.he Walter Reed hospital in Washing-V Washing-V ton, asked permission to purchase tho h j prizes. Tliis permission was granted and the school children arc really competing com-peting for prizes that wore, provided, hy maimed and injured soldiers now ii Walter Reed hospital. There is no age limit in this con-tost con-tost and the little 7 year old girl in Santa Barbara, Cal.. has the same chance of w.inning a prize as has the 19 year old high school boy of Baltimore. Balti-more. New York state has many tinms the number of school pupils that Nevada has, yet the chance of productng winners win-ners in each of these states is exactly exact-ly the same, Essavs will be written in the classrooms class-rooms on Friday, February 20.' 1920,, rom notes If desired. No essay will be more than four hundred words in length. Pencil, or pen and ink. may be used, nit the essay will be written on only mo side of tho sheet. Essays will be judged strictly on a (basis of (1) originality. (2) cxpres- sion. (3 sincerity. ! Each school will be tho judge of its own product. , The principal of each school will appoint a board of three judges to select one essay as tho entry en-try from his school. He will then forward for-ward tho entry, not later than February Febru-ary 27, 1920, to the army recruiting station nearest his schcol. Tho 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 se- j lectcd as the best and will be t'or- I warded to Washington as the district J entry. From the entries of the fifty-six districts. dis-tricts. Secretary Baker and Generals Pershing and March will select three national winners. These maybe boys or girls of any color, of any age. Ask your father or your brother to toll you something about our new democratic peace time army. If they do not know write to the nearest recruiting re-cruiting station for literature. It may mean a free trip to Washington Washing-ton for your mother and you, with a I modal for yourself and a beautiful cup I for your school and you will be envied I by millions of children. It's the. chance I of a lifet .mo. |