New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 18, 1917, Page 13

PLANS FOR JUNIOR AGRICULTURE ARMY ',,Any Boy Over 14 Gan Help State and Nation Hartford, May 18.—Announcement s made by the Comnecticut Commit- tee of Food Supply of the details of its plan for the mobilisation of r+ 8choolboys for farm service, under which the bols of Connecticut over 14 years of age may aid their nation in its war program by active help in the great task of feeding America, its army and navy and its allies. The boys of this state who enter #4his service will become. members of the: Connecticut Junior Agricultural Volunteers, a war emergency organ- mflpn which is a part of the United ités -Boys’ Working Reserve, and ¥ill be entitled to wear an official button from the national government and, when they have complied with productive work at home; country. bhoys volun- teering for agricultural service find employment as far as possible in their home towns or with friends, and that, as far as possible, local agencies be used to satisfy local needs, and county and state agencies used only ‘when necessary, Those who will co-operate in the recruiting and use of this schoolboy volunteer agricultural force include high and private school principals and headmasters, supervising agents, town clerks, chambers of commerce, county agents and other individuals and or- ganizations. ' How Agencies Will Help. secure employment in The school authorities will put the! plan before their pupils and explain the necessity for their help, receive enrollments, with certificates of par- ents’ consent, administer the oath of allegiance to those, who enroll, serve as local bureaus to receive farmers’ applications for help, send lists of boys available to county agents and det as lacal agents of the state food supply committee, sending to the headquarters at Hartford duplicates of all enlistments. The town clerks will co-operate with all other agencies in this work, receiving applications for help and furnishing lists of farmers who need labor to the proper. persons in thel cammunities. In cities, the cham< ANCE | ENT - SUCCESS -PROS e the conditions of their enrollment by working the equivalent of thirty full days, or more, will receive an appro- priate certificate signed by, Governor Marcus H. Holcomb. % ' The plan for the emplayment .of boys on the farms this summer has been developed by the food - supply , committee in conference with the approval - of the principals of high and private schools in Connec- Hcut, the secretary of the state board' of education, the school supervising agents, the Connecticut Agricultural College Extension 8Service and the several farm bureaus. ' The plan has =% the cordial endorsement of the state grange, the farm bureaus and the state board of agriculture. ‘Ex;Y-.le Captain Interested. Arthur Howe of Windsor, who was captain of the Yale fgotball team. in 1911, has accepted. an appointment ,from the commiftée on food supply * to act as emrollment officer for .the , boys’ reserve, and will assist in put- ting the: plan into operation.. In this- bers of commerce or other agencies designated by the mayors will do the work taken up in the towns by the town clerks. The county farm bureaus will bring to the attention of the farmers the fact that this labor supply is being made available, will receive reports from the principals of bays enrolled and not assigned to work, and will supervise the distribution of . com- munities’ . surplas workers, keeping records of what is done and reporting to the state committee. If there is a surplus of this labor in same counties, an adjustment will be made through the farm bureaus, ‘Besides receiving pay from the farmers for whom they work, the boys who enroll. in this Connecticut Junior, Agricultural Volunteers branch of the Boys' Working Reserve, U. 8. A., will receive suitable recognition from ‘both the state and federal gov-|' ernments buy a set of tho ‘“Handy Volume” issue of the new Only eight days more are left in which you can PRESBYTERIAN CONVENTION work, the food supply committee will co-operate with Hon. 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The Followitig the leadership of Yale |report added: university, a number of colleges have “An important feature of the year's taken aetion which puts boys enrolling | work was extension to Alaska, where for farm service on the same plane as ['a missionary was sent to begin work boys who go into military: ‘service in | May 1. the matter of extreme examinations “During the year one hundred and The action by Yale éxempts from ex- | fifty-nine missionaries were at work ‘ aminations boys who enter approved |{in one hundred and sixty-two pres- agricultural work satisfactory to thelr |hyteries and thirty-nine synods; nine prineipal or headmaster and are ablo [hundred and eleven new -Sabbath to present satisfactory school records }gchools were organized, and three and adequate credentlals regarding nundred and sixteen revived, a total { their farm work. : of 1,227 with an enroliment of 4,134 ", ‘Commiittee’s General Policy. officers and teachers and 37,936 puplils . 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