The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-06

three to four miles of the city and
have been required to do some duty,
such as locating hidden companion
or finding a certain specie of tree or
shrub or reporting on the location Of
some point or landmark.
= These trips are made under sealed"
orders. Envelopes bearing the ad-
dress of their destination and sealed
are given to each patrol leader at the
central headquarters, before the start.
They are not to be opened until the
address on the back is reached. Then
the instructions are read and COM
piled with. This system. as itcan be
readily seen, lends room for the work.
ing of the youthful imagination and at
the same time teaches obdience, in
the strict sense of the word.
Yesterday 100 or more youngsters
comprising the various scout patrols
were assembled at the central Y. NJ.
c. A. building at 2 o'clock. Sealed Or
ders were given them and each patrol,
proceeding in a different direction,
performed some feat and learned
some lesson thereby
History Of Movement Here.
The scout movement in Pensacola
dates only back to a little more than
one month. 1t was organized at a
mass meeting of prominent men oe
the city, including practically all Of
the municipal officials. J. Bradford,
boys secretary of tholocal Y. M. T..
A-anet all expert authority on Adde'S
cent boyhood, who has studied the
scout movement in America almost
since its inception, was one of the
leading spirits. Ministers of various
denominations, Sunday school super
intendents and teachers, public school
authorities, bankers, business and
professional men, government, state,
county and municipal officials were all
represented in the organization meet
ing
1t was launched with enthusiasm
and from the start the movement was
assured success. The organization
was made along the lines set out by
the national body and as followed by
all OF the cities and communities rep
resented in the movement which prac-
tically covers the entire United States.
Scout Council.
First the scout council was organ.
lied, as being the official head of the
movement and acting in a supervisory
relation to the movement in the city.
This council is comprised of the fol,
lowing:
Executive committee-Presiden J.
S. McGaughey; secretary, F. W.
Hayes; w. K. Hyer, Jr., Dr. G. E.
Hutchinson, c. F. Geek, Frank San.
ders, j. H. Sheriff..
Churches-Rev. J. H. Brown, Rev
E. B. Pendleton, Rabbi Schwartz.
Public schools-Prof w. S. Cav.
thon, Pensacola Classical School;
Prof. Donald Roberts
Courts-Judge Sheppard, Scott NJ
Loftin.
Physicians-Dr. Hutchinson, d.,
Swing.
Associated Charities-Dr. C. P. Hall
Y. NJ. c. A.--Mr J. H. Sheriff..
Lawyers-Judge Maxwell, r. Pope
Reese, John P. Stokes.
Police department-Chief Sanders.
Fire department-Chief Bicker.
City-Mayor Reilly.
L. S. government-CoI. Allen, Lieut.
E. w. Davis.
Business mem. S. McGaughey
Sol Calm. John Oliver. G. II. Mont
gomery, r. NJ. Cary, W. X. liver. Jr.
j. E. D. Yonge. J. Ed Williams, D. j
Hayes, ThoS. w. Brent, Alba H. War
rem, F. W. Hayes, E. l.. Reese, w. B
Ferris.
The press-F. l.. Mayes.
1t will be seen that all walks of life
are represented in the foregoing.
Acting in a more direct relation to
the movement. under the supervision
of the council is a sub-organization
the scout master instructors. They
are: w. P. Cunningham. Lieut.. E. "
Davis of the revenue cutter Penrose
{. I. Yates, J. Bradford, H. f. Hop
pen. W. E. Moore. DR.. J. H. Pierpon.
DR.. Clarence Hutchinson. DR.. Brink and
|. \, Eldridge, supervisor of the Chloe
tawhatchee and Ocala national forests
The foregoing, all experts in some line
OF research to be impaired TO the
youngsters. act as instructors to tbs
scout masters and they in turn in
struct the scouts themselves Thus
1t Will be seen that practically ever,
held is thoroughly covered.
The instruction to be impaired is O,
an elementary nature, of course. Bu1
even a smattering of all of the things
represented is more than the average