Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02
SCOUT REGIMENT
FOR CORN SHOW
1000 Georgia Boys Will Be
Organized for Exhibition by
Chamber of Commerce.

Organization of 1000 Georgia boys
into regiment of boy scouts, to be
known as the First Regiment Corn
Club Scouts of Georgia" has been ar
ranged as a feature of the second an
nual Georgia Corn show to be held in
the state capitol under the auspices Of
the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, De-
cember 3, 4. and 6.
Captain Wade H. Leahy, of ths Fifth
regiment, Georgia National Guard, has
gone into especial training as a scout
master for the purpose of taking hold
Of this mass Of youthful and virile hu-
manity during that period, and incul-
eating in them the basic principles Of
the boy scout movement
These boys, the representatives Of
10000 members of the Georgia Boys
Corn clubs. who will come here as ex-
hibitors and as spectators, will be COM
fortably housed free of cost in the reg-
mental armory, where cots and blan
kets will be provided for them and
where they will be under the protect
ing but generous wing of the officers
anu men OF the F11tN.
Extend Scout Movement
Captain Leahy will undertake to give
them as much elementary training
along boy scout lines as is possible in
the limited time he will have while the
corn show lasts and it is believed it
will be possible at least to make a good
beginning, which may lead to the estab-
lishment of active boy scout companies
In many of the rural communities Of
Georgia. where they may become
strong factor in safeguarding peace and
good order
This brief military training will Gull
inmate in a parade through the streets
Of Atlanta, headed by Governor Brown,
and with the Fifth regiment infantry
acting as an escort.
1t will be such parade as was held
last year, only two or three times the
size, growing in proportion as have the
corn clubs and their efforts. There
were approximately only 5000 members
Of the Boys Corn clubs in Georgia last
year, while this year the number has
been doubled. Pictures of the 1911 corn
parade went all over the world and
were widely commented upon as unique
and interesting evidence of agricultural!
development along new and succussful
lines.
Loans Influenced by Show.
Leading officials of a big Northern
insurance company are said to have
been largely influenced by witnessing
moving pictures of the Georgia Corn
show parade of 1911, in reaching q de-
cision to make farm loans in Georgia. a
step which they had. until few months
ago, persistently refused to take. But
the picture of all of this youthful vigor
back of agricultural Georgia proved a
convincing argument, and within a few
months the company has placed thou
sands of dollars in loans upon farm
lands In Georgia--money that has gone
into the further agricultural develop
ment of the state,
AS special feature of this years
corn show the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce will tender the visiting corn
club boys complimentary dinner on
December 4. at which it is expected
fully 1000 boys will be seated and
among the speakers of the occasion will
be Governor Brown, Hon. NJ l.. Brit
tain, state superintendent of schools;
DR. A. NJ Soule, president of the State
College of Agriculture; 0. B. Martin, Of
the United States department of agri-
culture, and J. Phil Campbell, state
agent of the Boys Corn Clubs of Geor-
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