Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-26

stration of scouting activities in
Washington during the festivities at
tending the Inauguration of President
Wilson are planning to present bronze
medals to the boy scouts. They wish
to give them some token Of their aps
probation OF the splendid work which
the boy scouts did in giving first aid
to ill persons, doing good turns to
strangers, and above all in protecting
the suffragettes from roughness and
insults when the police were unable
to keep hack the thrOng.
More than 1.500 scouts were on.
duty in Washington on March 3 and
4. They represented scout organizal
lions in District of Columbia, Virs
ginia, Georgia, PENNSYLVANIA, Ken.
lucky, New Jersey and. Maryland
The troops of boys were on duty in
the Union station on both the day
hefnre and the day of the. inaugural.
Other boys we're stationed at various
points along PENNSYLVANIA Avenue
dusing the suffragette parade ind also
during the inaugural parade. They
called ambulances, attended fainting
and Ill persons and were or great help.
to the persons in charge of the fes-'
tiyitieS.
Work Not Staged.
The splendid service which the.
scouts gave was in no ways staged,
but was spontaneous, the result of the
principles which have been guiding
the scouts in their work for years.
The point Is emphasized in letter
which Chief Scout Executive West
wrote to Major General Wood, say
| ing: I'VE could not have staged the
scene at Washington had we tried.
Things just naturally develop because
Of what has gone before. The boys
proved that through their training
they were certainly prepared to meet
the emergencies as they developed
James E.. West, Chief Scout Execu-
tive of the Boy Scouts of America,
New York City, and E. S. Martin,
Scout COMMISSIONS of Washington
who had direct supervision Of the boy
scouts in Washington have received
letters praising the scouts Those
letters coming from such men as
Major General Leonard Wood, Rear
Admiral R;ebartl. Nainright Mai,r
/ if,harlas lynch II CHARGE If the first
| aid danartment If tlaa Rad eC.rnss.
1 Iaaac cans member nf the ,inaag,Iral
co7,,r,;ttoe. .nd Artb,,y 7 Iroy ~
syasbinrtan show that ,fbe how
scouts have nresved themselves 4 m.
i tinnal factor In civic worl The HOY
scouts as never before moved. first.
tbat bovs orea ,,,33.ad IL 9rr,oF.. ,5,,,sssr
i the su,,ervisiof { 81 admits scan he 81
Tremendous service to the public. and
i secondly. that those Activities tend Il
4 train characters and make the bows
i more worthy and more helnful oiti
i zens.
Major General WOODS letter.
One of the most interesting letters
came from Major General Leonard
4 Wood, chief of staff, of the war de
partment, who was grand marshal Of
the inaugural parade. He wrote: g
i want to commend the excellent worl
of the boy scouts in the inaugura
i ceremonies.
From my personal observation aIlC
from the numerous reports that hav,
come in, the service OF these lad
was OF great value Their energy ant
enthusiasm were amazing. Not onl.
ola they serve as policemen IN keep
ing oack the crowd, Dut B very e.
Il llclent administrators OF first AID
Long alter dark these sturdy llttl'
IeloWs stayed Dy lneI auty. II wa
great pleasure 20 see them ana
Ereaser pleasure 20 command comma lhen
olIlcialiy.
I@.sien. !, 80 Irs. ,e'o service.
MaJvI lssncn ]" e. aiso en- ~.
AloW' nS Wlo.q, . .lfl you vii lisa
many snae,l o'l,iiols e1pfssssu S
ene spi ~ porh s1ich .ns p9
Scouts ulu IA Waslllnsto on on slie occa
slo $40, y ens lllauss ulatlol OF f,resluen
II Wllsoh.3 Fernaps,s however, no on
n was Inuch ,DeleeI 5s.euSted 70 ioi - n s
coIrecl lusslneh. " tnelr WorK tpal
! was, 90 nau Guar &c ~ Inc Tea .cros
arrange,nehls on cue lrlro ana Iourt
81 March. IN DOM .aays I was mats
riaHy assisted Dy the Doy SCOUTS WI