The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-10-21
COUT MOVEMENT
oLoNEL A. s. FROST or SIOUX
FAILS is OFFICIAL HEAD
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
UTLINE OF ITS PURPOSE
oeJect OF the Movement and Scope
OF Work and Other Interesting
Particulars are Here
with Given

In response to numerous injuries
egardlng the Boy Scout moyement
the way to organize the bows Col
.. 7 has compiled the follow
3 information:
Inc Idea back of the American BOY
<cout is to keep the boys interested
f@n the work included in the Scout
Ian while at the same time holding
4efore him high ideals of conduct and
~'&haracter.
The problem in all work for bows is
~ Keep them interested. The Scout
IAN has proved the best yet devised
[or holding such interest.
Through a system of games and pro
ressiye instruction the boy goes from
le interesting thing to another, and
ID the while his instructors keep be-
<ore him the Scout law.
instruction includes the rud ments
i4f military training, camping, cook
ne, signaling, woodcraft, sanitation,
2nrst aid to the injured swimming,
poating the rescue of persons from
Inc water, fire ETC., and hundreds of
pther interesting things.
As the boy goes on he receives GER
<iicates and medals, which he prizes
mighty and for which he will work
Xhard.
The American Boy Scouts are to be
Uniformed. The official uniforms are
made by j. Emil Dryfoos, 3 Great
zones street, New York, and sold
2fhrough merchants in the various
&cities. Dryfoos was the successful bid
der of sixteen large uniform manufac-
<urers who competed for this work.
The uniforms are sold by merchants
without profit at 1926 for khaki hat,
military coat with Scout emblem on
~sleeve, pants, leggins and haversack.
The military uniform does not mean
hat the American Boy Scout is a mill
larry organization. 1t is far more. It's
raining is for peace. The things the
boys learn will be always useful. The
Nbuilding up Of bodies and character
will make for clean manhood, and the
man who has been an American Boy
Scout will have better chances than
The man who does not have the Scout
"A Framing, should war ever come.
All The first step toward the organiZa-
lion of the American Boy Scout in any
place must be the organization of a
Committee of prominent men, those
Interested in boy-welfare work, espe-
ially to supervise the work of the
Scouts.
81 The committee organized, the next
s tep is the enlistment of the boys.
This is a very easy matter, as the boys
are interested already the country
3Dver. The very word Scout brings
3 hem in. Then it is up to the commit
IS lee and its leaders to go ahead with
"a he work under the American Boy
Scout plan of instruction.
Enlistment should be by patrols, the
INIT of the organization. ten boys and
ID patrol leader. The local papers vii
brint patrol enlistment applications.
81 Individual enlistment is not desirable.
The boys themselves will do most OF
he recruiting and the moment they
appear in uniform other boys w ii
want to join the movement. 1t is un-
wise to enlist too many boys at once.
They will run away with their In
~structors.
X Drummers and trumpeters should be
encouraged to join the organization
and bands should be organized where
possible.
Success has been won in many cities
Through camps and hikes. For these
The bows furnish their own blankets
and rations. cook their own meals and
enjoy the walking involved. Hikes ca1
be arranged for Friday afternoon and
Saturdays.
The average hoy does not know how
TO build a fire, how to cook the sim
\ plest rations, how to swim or how 10
take care of himself in the open. he
does moi use his eyes and ears, and
does not stop to think.
The Scout plan is to make him do
these things, especially to make him
think. The American Boy Scout games
all go to that end.
And. in the meantime, back OF all OF
the drills and games, there Is the
Scout Law, which, with the scout
"Oath" make up the boys code;
There is little enough OF cnlVairy III
America these days, The Scout Law
makes for 1t. The Scout "Oath. les
tiers patriotism and the Scouts MOTTO,
'Semper Paratus, Always Pfepaiei
teaches them to think, for 1t means
that the American Boy Scout should
be prepared for any emergency ny
having thought out beforehand lus'
what he would do in the circum-
stances presented. a..
The scout oath" taken upon the
Scouts honor, follows:
THE SCOUT OATH.
/ do. on my honor, promise 10 &c
my best: -,
i. To do my duty to God and my
country. ~
2. To help other people at al
times.
8. To obey the Scout Law.
The Scout Law follows:
/. "A Scouts Honor Is to BE Trust
ed. :.
If a Scout says "On my honor II IS
So " thai means that it is so, Jrst as
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