Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-26
Roy SGOlHStF AMERICA
WIN HIGH PRAISE FOR WORK
AT WILSON'S INAUGURATION

The women, generally, including
suffragettes and antisnffragettes were
exceedingly grateful to the SCOUTS.
OF eight women. intending |
both the suffrage and anti.suHrage
parties. expressed their gratitude in
The following letter to Mr.. West:
I'VE wish to thank the officers and
men OF the Boy Scouts Of America
for the heroic attempt they made to
keen open the line of march for the
suffrage pageant on Pennsylvania
avenue,
AS the policemen under Major Syl-I
vester Openly fraternized with the hos
tile populace, the noble example and
manly exertions Of the little scouts,
together with the fine spirit Of the
women they protected, were all that
saved the city from shame and disas-
ter before the cavalry from Fort Myer
arrived.
Considering the odds under which
they labored, the work the boys did
was most remarkable. It was fine
example of the power of 2 trained, IN
telligent will, oven mere brute force. s
School Teachers Thank Scouts.
The teachers Of the Western High
School in Washington who marched
in the suffragette parade praised the
boy scouts in these terms
while the men who lined the way
jeered and the policemen detailed for
preservation OF order stood indifer-
emit or hostile, the boys In khaki were.
in every case struggling to protect
the line of women and girls from acs
tuaI contact with the rabble on either
side.
sOne of us saw two scouts straihing
to hold behind their sticks q drunken
man who was bent on breakingl
through their guard; another saw =
scout attempting to urge back the
crowd, only to be thrown aside by g
policeman. Instances Of this kind
could be many times multiplied. All
along the line they were alert and &C
tive in the performance Of their duty
III all our boys couN become what
your scouts have proved themselves
Ito be, repetition Of the scenes which
disgraceds washington on Monday
would be impossible.
|. Mrs. Elizabeth, Penn Of Washington
wrote In gratitude to the boy SCOUTS
who helped her when she became III
She said:
II was near the same streets view
ling the parade. when ] became sick,
and had to be taken out from the
crowd. Your boys were right at hand
to help me. They brought water tor
me-. To- drink. and oHeA9f them bathed
nv face with water. Two more were
rubbing my hands, helping me to feel
better. II am very proud to say they
proved to be great help to the SICK
and to the we'll
What the Baltimore. Scouts Did.
III. L. Eddy scout commissioner 81
Baltimore, tells of the work which the
Baltimore scouts did in Washington
as follows.
| There were two cases Of epileptic
| fits. which. our boys handled very
nicely. the. doctor and the ambu lance
lsbeing delayed. One boy alone had
sixteen cases of fainting. I hope to
lbe able to give you a detailed report
of the many things done by our scouts
along the line of parade. ! believe
| that the relief work was as great Is
l the, definite first aid. My scouts, sup
lplied with canteens and water BOTTLES
/ were continually on the lookout as
ithey patroled their given beat, foi
women and children who needed aid
and they were the means Of relief fci
hundreds that would have been sem
i To the hospitals or taken from tht
streets.
The Spirit of the Boy Scouts.
In praise of the scouts, the New
/ York Morning Telegraph EDITORIAL,
4 said:
Ever since Mondays suffrage
/ parade right thinking men and Womer
/ have been so busy yiIifying the Wash
i ington police that they have almOs
4 forgotten to praise the Boy Scouts
lwho, in conjunction with the cavalry
4 from Fort Myer, proved their main
stay against the surging sea OF ruf
fianism.
4 sWhile the uniformed policemei
4 fortified by the authority to arres
miscreants, were making an ineffect
ual show at swinging their clubs, thi
4 hoy SCOUTS, lUItfFt6us Wy uOlttAAA5 StAss
. / manly courage and sense OF de
eency, were making stout barricad'
against the crowds out of their lon
| stats. While the officers Of the law
receiving five dollars a day. to sprotec
American citizens from insult an.
abuses were adding their own jeers t
those of the crowd, the boy scouts, re
Il warded only by virtue itself, wer
! driving back drunken offenders an
conducting women out of their reach
While the. paid policemen were dem
onstrating their inefficiency at clear
ing the sidewalks for passage an
J hindering the activity of suffrage d
rectors and reporters by refusing t
honor the police permits signed b,
J their own chief, the boy scouts wer
; on unpaid guide duty from 10 a. m
! to 10 p. M, and cheerfuiiy conducts
: suffragists over the long distance
: separating lodgings and headquarters
bearing banners and bags with coul
tesy and good will.
q The contrast is pleasing. 1t is