The Detroit times., 1911-11-28
BOY SCOUTS GET MEDALS
OF HONOR FOR DEEDS OF
HEROISM THEY PERFORM
National Court of Honor Makes
Awards After Investigat-
ing Acts of Valor.
MANY LIVES ARE SAVED.
Executive Secretary West Sends
Out Emblems To Local Coun-
ellis of Various Cities.

the national court OF honor OF the Boy
Scouts OF America who have saved
lives. Those medals were shipped by
James Il. West, executive secretary
10 the local councils of the various
cities or towns where the boy scout
heroes live. and will be presented
with fitting ceremonies TO the boys
this week.
The Boy Scout heroes live in diff
ferent parts of the United States.
Here is the honor list: Charles
Scruggs, Cuero, Texas; Ben Barnes,
Ridgewood, n. j.; Walter w. Waller,
Brooklyn, ~ Y; Willie Hoyt, East
Bridgewater, Mass; Virgil Chambers,
barboursville, w. w.. John Clauser,
Catasauqua, Pa; Charles Starr,
Woodbury., N. j.; William Burns.
lone Wash; Harold Wood. Oak
Park. H.; @. Alden Daniels. Buffalo.
~ Y; Earl Cummins, Baltimore,
Md; II. Ensor, b. Dushane, and B.
Ensor Baltimore, Nd; Gordon Gum
mer. Baltimore. Md
The medals were awarded TO these
boys after an Investigation OF each
incident was made by the Scout Mas
ters In charge of the boys. the Local
Council and other persons and all
these statements submitted in affiada-
Wits TO the national court of honor.
One OF the most remarkable in
S. - heroism was performed by
Fred Roming. member OF Troop No.
Z. who rescued Frank Lacher. a Grip
pied Boy Scout from drowning in
the Magothe River. Lacher has
been cripple from birth, but
succeeded in qualifying as Scout.
While the members OF the troop on
April 10 last were playing "taggers"
Frank. who cannot swim and who
was in the water. got out beyond his
depth and was being carried out by
swift current. He yelled for help.
Roming dashed from the bank into
the water and made his way e. where
Frank was struggling In the water He
realized he was not strong enough TO
tow boy ashore so he sank 20 the
bottom and grabbed Frank by the legs
ard managed to get him on his
shoulders so that Franks head was
above water. Fred Justify continued
his call for help and II. Laurence Ed
dy. scout commissioner OF Baltimore,
finally ran up and swan to his -escue.
Earl Cummins of Troop No. OF
Baltimore saved the life OF Randolph
Hevwood Haywood was wading In
water MOI being able TO swim. He
got beyond his depth and sank into a
suck-hole. He went down three
times. Cummings who was some dis
lance away, went 10 his aid and grab
bling him pulled rim ashore,
Bosleyn Ensor. 3. Dushane and
Ensor, Boy Scouts OF Baltimore.
saved the life of Arthur y. Hooper
from drowning In pool not far from
their home. p. Ensor dived into the
water and held the boy ZIP while
Dushane and II. Ensor pushed out a
large log to which Hooper chung until
he was pulled ashore. Gordon Gum
mer. OF Baltimore, rescued Paul
White, scout. from drowning In the
Wallbrook Flats, Baltimore on jan
nary II last White was SKATING
when the ice broke. GUNNER swan TO
White and held him up while other
hovs made chain TO reach the two
bows In the water
Charles Scruggs. member OF the
FIks Patrol, Cuero Troop NO. l.,
Texas. saved Burns Hardy. a fellow
scout from drowning In the Guada-
lupe river on May 25 last Hardy
saws ne WOuIO uhNc uOHh hiO"h
had not Scruggs gone to his aid
BENJAMIN Barnes. a plucky boy Of
Rideewood. n. j., saved the life Of
n little girl at Asbury Park this sum
mer. He had taken his toy sail boat
10 Wesley Lake to sail Il. He watch
cd II speed across the water, driven
by a stiff breeze, Presently, II slid
close to a floating object. Benjamin
thought he saw hand. Without an
. other thought, he dashed into the
water and swan towards the object
which proved TO be the body Of girl.
He towed II TO shore and instead OF
running for aid, he revived the girl
according TO the first aid principles
which he had learned from his Scout
Master.
The alertness of Walter VIM. Wal
Ter. a boy scout of Brooklyn in saw
ing a boy and a dog from drowning,
was reported by NJ G.. Kelley, Scout
Master of Brooklyn Troop No. rs. The
incident was investigated by w. z.
Holcombe, Executive Secretary of the
Brooklyn Organization, and by sew
eral other persons who are thorough
~ satisfied with the testimony OF the
eye witnesses.
Willie Hoyt, a scout OF Elmwood,
Mass, saved a young chap named
Hall Henry w. Robinson, Scout
Master OF Elmwood, writes that the
two boys went trapping on the banks
of the river Willie discovered his
friend struggling in water over his
head. He went into water up to his
aeck. with his clothes and heavy rub
ber. boots on, with only some small
wigs TO which he could cling for sup
port. and pulled his companion out.
Virgil Chambers, OF Barboursvipe,
w. va. saved Dudley O'Bryan from
drowning on July last. John Claus.
err. a boy scout OF Catasaqua, Penn,
rescued Frank Dieter from drowning
In the Lehigh Canal.
The rescue of Stanley Sutton, %
years old by Chas. Starr, a Tender.
foot OF Is years. Of Woodbury., N. j.,
was unusual The two were swim
ming across a lake In Clayton, n. j.,
when Sutton suddenly Sank. Starr
swan TO his rescue and In his strug-
gle was pulled under the water twice
He chung TO the man, however, and
finally d. p Mitchell, who was SOC
feet away swan out and got hold OF
Sutton. BY the time Starr got ashore
he was 80 weak after swallowing so
much water that he could not stand
up.
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