New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
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SCOUTS IN GREAT RALLY
list Regiment Armory Alive
with Young America and
Wonderful Stunts.
BLIND Boz SQUAD A HIT
Miss HuD's Lighthouse Brigade
Loudly Cheered as They
March in Perfect
Alignment.

Think Of il. The three thousand Boy
Scouts who rallied at the list Regiment
Armory Yesterday afternoon represented
l,05.O' kind deeds i'm the course of a
year. for every scout is sworn to do at
least one Kind act each day.
1t may be 10 man or it may he to
beast-for really-truly Boy Scouts know
that they must not forget the rights Of
horses dogs and cats-but il must he 10
some living creature
More than one aging man and woman
found it inspiring TO stand outside the
armory ard watch the boys pouring IN.
troop after troop.
From all over greater New York they
came. and from points far outside the
city. For two hours you couldn't see any
thing around there but long lines Of BOYS
in brown. marching up from the various
railway stations with q delightfully."- mill
tary air. though the Boy Scouts isn't a
military organization-far from II The
last thing Bishop Greer. who address d
the three thousand. said To them was
this:
&c fighters against fighting And
they cheored that-yes. they really did.
Before the speaking came programme
of stunts by the boys. and before tho
stunts. which began at O'Clock. they
Camped around the edges Of the armory,
under the leadership of scores of scout
inasters-who i'm private life arc clergy
men and settlement workers and all kinds
Of men. in short with a common love for
boys
hut 80 clio ar
there from Rutherford. y. j.. the Rev.
r. L. Locke, who has organized the en-
tile boy population of his town into
troop. and has taken them country
tiamping Till they known every bird and
tree and flower in the region.
There were troops there from the tough
est sections of New York-troops which
year or two ago were lawlcss street
gangs. Some man would get hold of
gang bring II over bodily into the Boy
S, outs. have the gang leader elected
troop leader-and the young rascals were
provided with decent outlets for their
energy.
Some of those outlets, fcats they
learned on the weekly hikes they have
into the country. made the programme
yesterday. Il was as exciting as a three
ringed circus. for at least dozen things
were going on all the time at once. and
LOrillard Spencer, who was chairman. In
beautiful. brand now khaki uniform.
and Dan" Beard. who helped him, in a
lovely embroidered Indian shirt and
leegings. were nearly off their heads in
the effort 10 keep the various groups Of
int
other
While Troop Il was doing wig-wag sig
Mailing Troop = was building patrol
tents with astonishing speed. Next door
10 them Troop IS would be erecting a
sky-high signal tower out Of a Devil
dcring mixture OF poles and boys and
beyond them Troop T. with one eye on
the reviewing stand. would ne lassoong
one another like mad.
Some boys distinguished themselves by
special fcats. George Heyen. of Troop 81,
Brooklyn. showed how to light fire
when you are in the woods and haven't
any matches Just by using a stick,
board with hole in it and bit of frayed
rope.
The antelope races-long lines Of boys
holding To each others jackets. sprinting,
sliding. tumblng over the slippery floor
were great fun.
2 But of all the troops the one that got
the most applause was the Lighthouse
Troop. little blind boys from Miss Wini-
fred Hollis association, and very well they
marched for all their sghtless eyes.
When the stunts were over the boys
broke ranks and dashed, the three thou
sand Of them. TO the reviewing stand. be-
low which they sQuatted and listened to
Speeches from Mr.. Spencer. Park Com
missioner Stover. who promised them log
cabins in the city's outlying parks TO
camp in this summer; Colin II. Living
ston. president of the Boy Scouts of Amer
tea: DR.. Mcmillan. of the Board OF Health
who asked the scouts 10 help clean up
New York; Bishop Greer and several
others.
Last of all. they sang America" to the
music OF their own bands