The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-04

wise resting. and to follow this by
practical demonstration.
The general gives an instance OF how
this>should-be DONE taking his example
from the subject Of observation. First.
at The campfire over night the boys are
told some interesting Instance OF the
value OF being able to track. Second.
next morning the boys are taught TO
read tracks by making footmarks at diff
ferent places, and shown how TO read
them and TO deduce their meaning. In
the afternoon this is followed by game
such as Devastating, in which one OF
the boys goes off as the deer with half a
dozen tennis balls in his bag Twenty
minutes afterward four boys start after
him, following his tracts, and each OF
them armed with a single tennis ball.
The deer. after travelling a mile or two,
hides and endeavors 20 ambush his hunt
ers and get them within range Of his
tennis balls. Each hunter struck by the
deer's tennis balls is counted gored TO
death, II. on the other hand. the deer
is struck by three OF the hunters tennis
balls. he is killed
But OF all the precepts inculcated in
the Boy Scouts the greatest is that
section OF scout law which says that
every lad shall strive to do a good turn
10 some one every day-and without ac-
eeptance Of remuneration. This does not
mean that on every one OF the S65 days
Of the year the Boy Scout must try TO
save life. or that he shall take upon
himself great personal risk; IT does mean
that he Is bound once in twenty-four
hours TO perform some great service for
his fellow-men. It's real meaning is that
he shall be courteous. generous, ready 20
serve. II the scout can aid a stranger
in his town to find the address he seeks
he is satisfied that he has fulfilled the
law. If he gives up his seat in a crowded
car he has done his duty: II he runs an
errand for a neighbor next door It counts
as a good turn. But-and mark this
well-he must accept no pay fer what
he does or the act does not go TO his
credit. He must regard simple thanks
and the knowledge that he has done the
the thing he ought to do as his ample
remuneration. II the Boy Scouts did
nothing save teach this one thing the
organization would be one OF the greatest
influences for good In the present cen
fury.
This movement has not confined itself
to England or Great Britain, but has
spread to several Of the continental coun-
tries notably Russia. where the imperial
government has given the Boy Scouts
its countenanee. and has done much in
the hope OF making it popular and profit
able.
In the United States the Boy Scouts
movement has already taken shape. A
national organization has been formed
in New York. chartered by the govern
ment TO organize the American Boy
Scouts This organization is empowered
10 grant charters TO companies OF Boy
Scouts throughout the United States in
cities, villages. and districts. The Ameri-
can Y. NJ. c. A. has become interested
in this movement to the extent Of giving
it not only II UOuntenance. but its sup
port. and has been instrumental in form
ing a considerable number OF companies
Of Boy Scouts which will operate largely
under the auspices OF the Y. NJ. G. A
organization. At the present time the
matter has not become so well developed
or so widespread as 10 permit Of any
predictions concerning its ultimate sue
cess. There is no doubt this movement
could be made both valuable and desir-
able Il the proper means were made use
Of its development and propagation. It
takes only a reading Of the laws OF the
British organization TO see the great
good that it would do to the mass Of
American boys II they could be made 10
interest themselves in it in the way that
their English brothers have interested
themselves