Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1917 — Give Uncle Sam Your Vacation. [ARTICLE]

Give Uncle Sam Your Vacation.

New’ York, May IL—The United States government will receive the services this summer of nearlv 5,000,000 mien and women, if the “Vacation 'Service” movement started here is carried out according to the plans originated by Prof. Francis B. Crocker, formerly of Columbia University and a past president of the American Institute of Electrical engineers. The movement means that the government will receive about 10,000,000 weeks, or more than ,192,300 years of the time of these men and women, who will give their vacations to their country as their patriotic duty. Prof. Crocker expects that his plan will be adopted all over the country. “Realizing that there are many who cannot enlist,” he said, “and who are unable to participate in the liberty loan as heavily as they wish, this means of national service was evolved. Every hour given to the government is an hour gained in bringing the war to an early end. Understanding this, the vacation service movement was started. Everyone in the United States that takes a vacation, can do his or her bit by giving their two weeks to government work. “Thousands of these are specialists . in their various trades or professions —they can give the service of experts. Others can put in their time on the farms helping to solve the vital food problems of the world 5 - “Every person willing to do this should apply to the nearest government depot or arrange to spend their vacations on the farms. Organisations should be formed in every city and these should enroll the vacation workers and assign them to their tasks.”-