The Washington herald., 1912-02-04

Mitchell hines, counselor OF the British
Embassy; Count Franz Won Luetzow, OF
Zampach, Bohemia. and Countess von
Philip Moore, OF the National Federation
Of Women's Clubs. Gen. Baden-PoweIl
discussed the aims and purposes OF the
scout movement at some length with his
visitors. He declared that the scout
movement was not intended to make sol
diers out of the boys. but had as ITS
primary object the development Of good
citizens by three principal methods-to
deveIop Individual character, to make
the boy a handy craftsman. and to IN
still into him the duty OF performing
public service. He said there are now
10000 scouts in the United States and
10000 in England, besides thousands in
other countries.
At British Embassy.
shortly before noon Gen. Baden
Powell visited the British Embassy,
where he was received by Ambassador
Bryce At o'clock he was entertained
at luncheon by.Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond. About 100 guests were present.
After leaving the Hammond resi-
dence. Gen. Baden-Powell went to the
White House, where, at s;45 O'Clock.
he was presented to President Taft.
The President expressed a lively inter-
est in the scout movement and held
long conversation with Gen. Baden
Powell. At 3 O'Clock seven divisions of
evolutions were gone through at the
north portico OF the White House by
District Boy Scouts, President Taft, Gen.
Baden Powell, and Ambassador Bryce
watching the demonstration with in
terest. Mrs. Taft also took a lively in
tsrest in the demonstration. and when
Julian R. Hovey showed the way to
make a fire without the aid of matches.
the mistress of the White House be-
the performance be repeated for her
benefit.
The first division consisted ef setting
up exercises executed by they. NJ. c.
A. Troop, led by Charles H. r. Fadley.
Troop No. IA, under the leadership OF
Robert Jenkins, demonstrated the re-
suscitation of an apparently drowned
boy and the making and carrying of
stretcher. Troop No. II. led by W.
]. Simpson, gave a demonstration of
the bandaging OF broken arms and the
Troop No. 10. led by T. R. Pirtle, went
through a similar exercise.
Signals and wireless.
The fifth division consisted of signaling
between troops OF scouts, using the i'm
proved semaphore methods, performed
by Troop No. 6. led by E. ]. Garmhau-
sen. A wireless demonstration was given
by the wireless patrol Of the Y. NJ. c.
A. troop. led by Stewart Heitmuller, and
]. r. Hovey, ]. Howard Fellows, and
Carl Porter showed how to make a fire
without the aid OF matches. The demon
strations were directed by Scout Com
missioner Edgar S. Martin and Assist
ant CNnmf TOrnOa{eeiOnaF Tnhn A -unh
At SIS o'clock Gen. Baden-PowelI dined
with Ambassador Bryce at the British
officers of the National Council Of the |
Boy Scouts are as fellows:
Honorary president. the Hon. William |
II. Taft; honorary vice president, Col. |
Theodore Roosevelt: president, Colin H !
vice president B. L. Dulaney, Bristol, |
Tenn; second vice president, Milton A. |
McRae, Detroit, Mich: third vice presi- |
dent. David Starr Jordan, Stanford, Cal: !
chief scout, Ernest Thompson Seton, Cos |
Cob, Conn: national scout commissioners. |
Daniel Carter, Beard, Flushing, L. l., n. |
Y; Adj. Gen. William Verbeck, Albany, |
n. Y; Col. Peter S. Bonus. New York |
City; treasurer, George D. Pratt. Brook |
lyn, n. Y: field secretary, Preston @. |
Orwig; executive secretary, James z
West
The executive board is composed Of |
Colin H. Livingstone. chairman, Daniel I
Carter Beard. Col Peter s.. Bonus, b. |
L. Dulaney, Lee F. Hammer, George w.
Hinckley., Milton A McRae. William ID. |
George D. Pratt, Frank Pres
orey, Edgar NJ. Robinson, Mortimer L.
Schiff, Ernest Thompson Seton, Seth
Sprague Terry, Adj. Gen. William Yer
beck. ..f
The music for the demonstration was
Urnished by the band of the National
Training School for Boysy