Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-10-21
scout MOVEMENT
COLONEL A. S. FROST OF SIOUX
FALLS is OFFICIAL HEAD
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
OUTLINE OF ITS PURPOSE
Obeject of the Movement and Scope
of Work and Other Interesting
Particulars are Here
with Given

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In response to numerous injuries
regarding the Boy Scout movement
and the way to organize the boys, Col.
A. S. Frost has compiled the follow
ing information:
The idea back of the American Boy
Scout is to keep the boys interested
in the work Included in the Scout
plan while at the same time holding
before him high ideals of conduct and
character.
The problem in all work for boys is
to keep them interested. The Scout
plan has proved the best yet devised
for holding such interest.
Through a system of games and pro-
gressive instruction the boy goes from
one interesting thing to another, and
all the while his instructors keep be-
fore him the Scout law.
instruction includes the rud ments
Of military training, camping. cook
ing, signaling, woodcraft, sanitation,
first aid to the injured swimming,
boating the rescue of persons from
the water, fire etc. and hundreds Of
other interesting things.
AS the boy goes on he receives GER
tifcates and medals, which he prizes
highly and for which he will work
hard.
The American Boy Scouts are to be
uniformed The official uniforms are
Jones street, New York, and sold
through merchants in the various
cities. Dryfoos was the successful bid
der of sixteen large uniform manufac-
turers n competed for this work.
The uniforms are sold by merchants
without profit at 1925 for khaki hat,
military coat with Scout emblem on
sleeve, pants, leggins and haversack.
The military uniform does not mean
that the American Boy Scout is a mill
tary organization. 1t is far more. Its
training is for peace. The things the
boys learn will be always useful. The
building up of bodies and character
will make for clean manhood, n the
man who has been an American Boy
Scout will have better chances thar
the man who does not nave the Scout
training, should war ever come.
The first step toward the organiza-
ton of the American Boy Scout in IN
place must be the organization of a
committee of prominent men, those
interested in boy-welfare work, espe-
cially to supervise the work Of the
Scouts.
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step is the enlistment Of the boys.
This is a very easy matter, as the boys
are interested already the country
over. The very word Scout" brings
them in. Then it is up to the commit
tee and it's leaders to go ahead with
the work under the American Boy
Scout plan of instruction.
Enlistment should be by patrols, the
unit of the organization. ten boys and
a patrol leader. The local papers will
print patrol enlistment applications.
Individual enlistment is not desirable.
The boys themselves will do most OF
the recruiting and the monen they
appear in uniform other boys will
want to join the movement. 1t is I'M
wise to enlist too many boys at once.
They will run awe with their in
structors.
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. Fol these
the Joys furnish their own blankets
and rations, cook their own meals and
enjoy the walking involved. Hikes can
be arranged for Friday afternoon and
Saturdays. r
The average hoy does not know how
to build a fire, how to cook the SIM
plest rations, how to swim or how to
take care of himself in the open. He
does not use his eyes and ears, and
does not stop to think:
The Scou 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 chivalry in
America these days. The Scout Law
makes for it. The Scout Oath fos-
tiers patriotism and the Scouts Motto,
"Semper Paratus, Always Prepared
teaches them to think, for it means
that the American Boy Scout should
be prepared for any emergency by
having thought out beforehand just
what b. would do in the circum-
stances presented.
| The scout oath" taken upon the
Scouts honor, follows:
THE SCOUT OATH.
I do, on my honor, promise {" do
my best: 4, 40 .
1. To do my duty to God and my
country. .
2. To help other people at all
times.
: 8. To obey the Scout Law.
The Scout Law follows:
1. A Scouts Honor Is to Be Trust
If a Scout says ION my honor it is
So" that means that it is so, just as