The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-13
PUT BOY SCOUT
MOVEMENT ON
WORKING BASIS
ORGANIZATION
or eoYs SPREADS TO PENSA.
COLA AND the BOY SCOUT
MOVEMENT OFFICIALLY or
CANNED HERE - OFFICIALS
AND COMMITTEES NAMED.

/, be put On a working basis In Pen
acola- The officers Of the organiza-
:on and the various boards and COM
ittees have been named. Scout mas
rs and patrol leaders will next be
-ppointed and they will have direct
large Of the organization. A mum
yer Of men slated for these positions
ere IN training and by Christmas 1t is
.pected that the movement will be
N full swing in Pensacola and that
detachment Of scouts in parade will
be one of the features Of the Mardi
Gras parade.
The last meeting Of the leaders OF
the movement was held Thursday
night in the Chamber Of Commerce
rooms. Omcers for the local council
were elected and the local council or
ganized. The next appointments viii.
be that of the scout masters and
scout patrols. These are in charge OF
the sub-organfzations.
Representing the entire loca! coun-
Gil is a scout council for the city. 1t
Is aflliated with the state council and
1t in turn with the national council, of
which President Taft Is the nominal
head
Called meetings OF the local coun'
Gil will be held at regular intervals.
Local Council.
The local council has been ap'
pointed as follows:
Executive committee-President, J.
s. McGaughey; secretary, F. w
Hayes; W. K. Hyer. Jr, Dr.. c. E.
Hutchinson, G. F. Geek, Frank San
ders, j. H. Sheriff..
Churches-Rev J. II. Brown, Rev.
e. B. Pendleton, Rabbi Schwartz.
Public schoo!s-Prof. W. S. Cav.
then. Pensec cola Classical School;
Prot. Donald Roberts.
CcuIts-Judge Sheppard, Scott M
loitin.
Physicians-M. Hutchinson. DR..
Swing.
Associated Charities-Dr c. P. Hall.
Y. NJ. G. AFR. J. Fl. Sheriff..
Lawyera-Judge Maxwell. r Pope
Reese. John P. Stokes.
Police deparnent-Chief Sanders.
Fire d~psrtnlent-Chief Becker.
Cit---Meyor Reilly.
u. s Gcvernment-Co!. Allen, Lieut.
E. ". Davis.
Business mem. s. McGaughey,
Sol Calm. John Oliver, c. Il. Mont
gonery, r. NJ. Cary, W. K. Hyer. Jr.,
y f. D. vcnge, J. Ed. Williams, D. ].
KY i IS5- w DiSuts AlUo II. w al
rem, F. ". Hayes, E. L. Reese, w. B.
Ferris.
The press-F. l.. Mayes.
The following Information concern
ing the bog scout movement has been
issued by the local headqu arters:
Method % Organization.
Scout councils are organized in
each state and each large city and are
composed # leading men interested
in boys. These gentlemen. together
with a scout commissioner appointed
by the chief scout president Taft
and counc:! as honorary secretary oil
the said council, are responsible fol
tie movement in their area.
Scout masters, who deal more d.
rectlv with tie boys. are appointed
by this council and in this city ap
plications for scout master certificates
F., have been received from Lieut.. f. w
Davis. j. H. Sheriff., DR.. c. P. Hail.
c. H. Montgomery. Adrian Laneford
w. p. Cunningham and c. T. Yates.
Under the scout masters are patrol
leaders, each Of whom, with six to
eight boys, form q patrol. Thus one
/; scout master can have from three to
ten patrols under his direction. The
larger body composed Of three OF
ulCTO patrols Is CdllCQ fT'CCu
Scout registration stations viii sooa
be established at various points where
boys may register and assignments
will be made to patrols.
It Is expected that detachment o1
the scouts will be in readiness 10
take part in the parade at Mardi Gras
| this season
A number OF scout masters and pa.
troll leaders have been In training fol
some time and each scout master will
organize his own patrols and troop.
The uniforms for those who care to
get them will be carried by one c!
| the leading stores and q sample viii
be on exhibition within a few days.
Each Sunday, articles Of interest To
scouts will appear In The Journal and
further information for scouts, par
ents. Sunday school aud day school
/ teachers can be lad from the secre
tary of the local council
Aln0ll1n TIT