# Handbook for Boys/Appendix: Index M–R

* Machinery, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
* Mad Dog................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................260
* Man-Hunt Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................301
* Manners, Good................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................243
* Maple, Red................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................132
* Maps for Hiking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................145
* Mariner's Compass, The................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................52
* Marksmanship, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
* Masonry, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
* Material Used in Equipment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
* Meadow Mouse................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................199
* Measurement, Hand................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................368
* Measuring Distances................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
* Measuring Height of Tree................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
* Measuring, Suggestions for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................368
* Medical Examinations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................224
* Memorial Day—May 30th................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................341
* Menu for Camp and Hike................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................152
* Merit Badges................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14, 23–43
* Agriculture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24 Angling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24 Archery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24 Architecture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................25 Art................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................25 Astronomy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................25 Athletics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26 Automobiling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26 Aviation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26 Bee Farming................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27 Blacksmithing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27 Bugling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27 Business................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27 Camping................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28 Carpentry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28 Chemistry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28 Civics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 Conservation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30 Cooking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30 Craftsmanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31 Cycling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31 Dairying................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31 Electricity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32 Firemanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32 First Aid................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32 First Aid to Animals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 Forestry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 Gardening................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 Handicraft................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 Horsemanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 Interpreting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 Invention................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 Leather Working................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 Life Saving................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36 Machinery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36 Marksmanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36 Masonry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36 Mining................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37 Music................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37 Ornithology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37 Painting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38 Pathfinding................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38 Personal Health................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39 Photography................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39 Pioneering................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39 Plumbing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 Poultry Farming................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 Printing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 Public Health................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 Scholarship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................41 Sculpture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................41 Seamanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................41 Signalling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42 Stalking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42 Surveying................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42 Swimming................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42 Taxidermy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
* Mess-kits................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................364
* Mexican Cession and Purchase from Texas (1848)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................324
* Military Academy, West Point................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................343
* Militia, Naval................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................344
* Militia, State................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................308
* Mining, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* Mink................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................140
* Models for Tents................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................164
* Modern Knighthood................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................240
* Mollusca, Shells and Shellfish................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................94
* Monarch Butterfly................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................102
* Moon, The................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................85
* Moose................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................135
* Morgan's Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................311
* Morse Telegraph Alphabet................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................202
* Moss on North Side of Tree................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68, 121
* Moths................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................103
* Motto, The Scout................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
* Mountain Goat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................135
* Mountain Scouting Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................316
* Mule Deer................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................134
* Mumbly Peg Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................318
* Mushroom Poisoning, Remedy for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................124
* Mushrooms, Common................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125
* Mushrooms, Coprinus................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125
* Mushrooms, Delicious Morel................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................126
* Mushrooms, Fall Tests................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................122
* Mushrooms, Fungi or Toadstools................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................122
* Mushrooms, Inky Coprinus................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125
* Mushrooms, Poisonous, How Determined................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................123
* Mushrooms, Puff Balls................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................126
* Mushrooms, Symptoms of Poisoning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................124
* Muskrat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................136
* Music, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* Mussels................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
* Myer Code................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................204
* Myer Code, Rememberable................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................205
* National Association of Audubon Societies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................87
* National Council, The................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
* Native Wild Animals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................133
* Naval Academy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................344
* Naval Enlistment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................343
* Navajo Feather Dance, Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................302
* Navy of United States................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................343
* Neckerchief................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................360
* Neck Grip................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................283
* Nesting Boxes for Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................91
* Nesting Season of Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................88
* New States, (1845–1861)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................333
* Norfolk Coat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................362
* North American Trees................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................127–133
* "Northwest Territory"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................335
* Nose and Throat, Care of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................229
* Nosebleed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................274
* Oak, Red................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................130
* Oak, White................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................131
* Oath, The Scout................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14
* Observation of Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................87
* Observation Practice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................148
* Open Outing Tent................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................170
* Opossum................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................141
* Order of Business—Camp................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................153
* Oregon Territory Acquired (1846)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................324
* Organization, The Boy Scout................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
* Original Territory (1783)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................323
* Orion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83
* Ornithology, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* Otter................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................139
* Outdoor Exercises................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................223
* Overhand Knot................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
* Pack, for Camping Trip................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................146
* Paddling a Canoe................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................174
* Pain................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................224
* Painting, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
* Panics, Prevention of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................255
* Panther................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................137
* Pathfinding Games................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................316
* Pathfinding, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
* Patriotism and Citizenship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................323–356
* Patrol flags................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................364
* Patrol, How to Start a................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
* Patrol Leader's Badge................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................44
* Patrol Signs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19–23
* Parol Work with Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................94
* Peace................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................339
* Peace Treaty (1783)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................291–292
* Perch................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................107
* Perpetuation of Plants................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118, 120
* Personal Health, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* Photography of Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................89
* Pickerel................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................106
* Pilgrim Fathers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................238, 325
* Pine Islands Acquired (1898)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................324
* Pine, White................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................127
* Pinkster Flower................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................119
* Pioneering, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* Pioneers, America................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................239
* Plant Characteristics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................120
* Plant Race Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................305
* Plants, Ferns and Grasses................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................117
* Plants of Interest to Scouts................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................120
* Plants, Uses of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................121
* Pleiades................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
* Plumbing, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40
* Poison Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................303
* Poisoning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................272
* Poisoning and Unconsciousness................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................270
* Poisoning, Blood................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................266
* Poisoning, Ivy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................274
* Poisoning, Mushroom, Remedy for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................124
* Poisoning, Mushroom, Symptoms of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................124
* Poison Ivy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................119
* Poisonous Snake Bites, Treatment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................100
* Poisonous Snakes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................100
* Pole-Star, Finding Latitude by................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................57
* Pole-Star Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................299
* Pole-Star, How to Identify the................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
* Politeness................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................243
* Politics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................347
* Ponchos................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................364
* Porto Rico Acquired (1898)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................324
* Position of Various Badges................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
* Potatoes, Roast................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................150
* Poultry Farming, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40
* Practical Citizenship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................353
* Precautions Against Fire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................158
* Prehistoric Plant Life................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118
* President—Term of Office, Salary, etc.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................341
* Preventing Forest Fires................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................158
* Prevention of Accidents................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................255
* Prevention of Fires................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................255
* Prevention of Panics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................255
* Prices on Equipment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
* Printing, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40
* Prisoner's Base Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................313
* Program, Scout Camp................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................153
* Proper Carriage................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................219
* Property—Real, Personal—Relationship to Government................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................348
* Protecting the Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
* Public Domain................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................322
* Public Health, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40
* Puffballs, Edible................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................126
* Punk for Making Fire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
* Purchase from Texas (1850)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................324
* Puttees................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................364
* Quick Sight Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................298
* Rabbit, Cottontail................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................137
* Rabbit Hunt Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................300
* Rabbit, Jack or Black-tailed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................137
* Raccoon................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................141
* Ration List for Over-night Camp................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................152
* Rattlesnakes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................100
* Receiving Apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................210–211
* Red Cedar................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................128
* Red Cross First Aid Outfit................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................264, 266
* Reefing Sail................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................183
* Register of Deeds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................348
* Relay Race Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................308
* Religion of a Boy Scout................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................250
* Remedies for Camping Trip................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................146
* Rememberable Morse, or Re-Morse Aiphabet................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................203
* Reptiles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97–101
* Requirements of Scouts................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16–18
* Rescue from Fire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................257
* Rescue from Gas................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................260
* Rescure from Shore or Boat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................284
* Restoring Breathing—Artificial Respiration................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................286–288
* Restoring the Drowning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................286–288
* Resuscitation, Shaefer Method................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................287
* Right Angle, How to Make................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
* Right of Way in Sailing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................184
* Rivers, Measuring Width of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
* Roadside Cribbage Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................304
* Rocks and Pebbles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111–117
* Rocks, Formation of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111
* Rocks, Fossils in................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................113, 116
* Rocks, Quartz Vein................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................113
* Rocks, Startified................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................112
* Rocks, Pudding Stone................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................116
* Row Boats................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................180
* Coming alongside................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................181 Feathering................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................180 Going Ashore................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................181 Keeping Ashore................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................181 Rowing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................181 Sculling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................181 Steering................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................181 The Salute................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................181 Turning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................180
* Rubbing Sticks to Make Fire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
* Runaway Horses................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................260