Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-13

Arrangements have been completed
! for the presentation of medals to the
! Boy Scouts who were on duty along the
line of march of the suffragist parade
March g. The medals are to be pre-
scented at the Cosmos Theater next
Saturday morning. following the ex-
hibition of motion pictures showing
/ frst-aid work by the American Red
Cross Society.
| The presentation speech will be made
by Mrs. William Kent. wife of Repre-
sentative Kent, on behalf of the suf-
fragist organization. Colin H. Living
stone president of the Boy Scouts of
| America, will accept the medals on be-
half of the Boy Scout organizat ton.
The actual presentation of the medals
to each scout who was on duty March
g will then be made by members OF
the committee which had charge of
the raising of the funds with which
Cockrell. who was the first TO suggest
| that the Boy Scouts be rewarded for
their services during the parade. is a
member of this committee.
4 About $50 medals will be presented
| to local scouts. Those to be presented
to the out-of-town scouts who We're
| in Washington the day of the parade
will be taken care of by President
Livingstone, VINO Will see ludt inc! al e
distributed throughout the country to
the scouts who are entitled to them.
| What is said to have been the larg-
| est and most enthusiastic Boy Scout
| meeting Washington has ever wit
| messed was held Wednesday afternoon
at the Jefferson School. Five hundred
boys of the eighth division of public
schools gathered in the assembly hall
| to hear addresses the work of the
Boy Scouts of America. and to see
demonstrations of scout activities.
| The success of the meeting was largely
| due 10 the efforts of Miss Anne Beers,
| supervising principal of the eighth divi-
| sion. who is a strong believer in the
| scout movement. The boys gathered in
| the assembly hall of the school at
| clock in the afternoon and the remain
der of the school day was devoted to the
| meeting.
Assistant Scout Commissioners Frank, c.
| Wood told of the growth of the local
| scout organization and explained the pur-
poses of the Boy Scout movement. Albert
| NJ. Chesley of the boys department of
the Y. NJ. c. A. spoke of activities of the
| Young Mems Christian Association Boy
| Scout Troop. Addresses also We're made
| by j. l. Cosgrove, financial secretary of
| the local scout council. and c. y. Filklns,
| scoutmaster Of Troop No. AZ
! Fred Reed of Troop No. Il. who is the
| champion frelighter of America demon
| strated the art Of making fire without
| matches. Devere Weldon Of Troop NO.
| 30 demonstrated first-aid work. Other
scout activities We're demonstrated by
| members of Troop No. 43.
/ Scout Commissioner E.. s. Martin left
/ for Columbus. Ohio. Monday morning to
| assist Ernest Bicknell. field director of
| the American. Red Cross Society. in the
! organization of Boy Scouts and school
| boys in the flooded districts into sanitary
| squads. Mr.. Martin formerly lived in
| Columbus and is familiar with that and
| other Ohio cities. The sanitary squads
| have been organized for the purpose OF
| reporting to the health authorities any
| nsanitary, conditions which are dscov-
cred
Troop No ~. under the direction of
| Boy Scout activities before the members
of the Bethesda Citizens Association
| Monday night
| The following memorandum has been
! forwarded to all the scoutmasters of the
| local council:
The Boy Scouts of the District have
been called on by the clean city commit
tee to assist in the work of cleanup
week. The following plan has been
adopted and scOutmasters are requested
to instruct their scouts accordingly:
Each scout is to see that the grounds
surrounding his own home are properly
cleaned and the refuse disposed of ac-
cording to the regulations of the health
department.
To report to the clean city committee
any premises in the vicinity of his home
which have not been cleaned.
i Troops may be detailed to distribute
cards asking people in various sections OF
the city to clean up their premises. De-
tails will be announced later.
Scoutmasters are requested to secure
cards from local headquarters for each
scout in his troop the first of this week.
These cards should be returned to head
quarters as soon the scouts have
cleaned up and have returned the
cards to the scoutmaSters.
Troop No. 10. T. r. Pirtle scoutmas ter,
demonstrated Boy Scout activities before
tfG Sunday school of the Benning Chris
tian Church Friday night. 1t is expected
that a troop will be organized among the
boys of this Sunday school in the near
future :
Tenderfoot investure ceremonies were
conducted Friday night at the Methodist
Church in Anacostia under. the direction
OF Assistant Scout Commissioner Frank
{. Wood The meeting was attended by
the parents of the members of the newly
organized troop. William +. Marshall OF
the National Museum has been selected
as scoutmaster for this troop.
Mr.. Wood went to AnacOstia early in
the evening in order to ascertain If the
site of Fort Stanton is suited as rendeZ-
vOuS for the scouts in that neighborhood
No examinations for merit badges were
given during the DaSt week because Of