The Washington times., 1913-12-28
BOY SCOUTS SPREAD
CHRISTMAS CHEER
Collect Gifts and Distribute
Them Personally to Poor,
Persons.

The true Chris.nas spirit was exhibit
ed by Boy Scouts Of the District during
the rast week in numerous instances
and the reports from Scoutmasters TO
officials at Scout headquarters show
that scores of needy families in WASH
ington and the vicinity have been aided
" the efforts OF members OF different
t:oops.
4 typical report received by Scout
Commissioner Martin the day after
christmas is as follows:
Headquarters Troop No. L, Soy;
Scouts of America
Langdon. Md. Dec. IS.
Dear Mr.. Martin: Boys of our troop
gsthered from 4 local grocer and other
perrle about here the following arti-
cles: One four-pound shoulder OF lamb,
me peck potatoes, three-ouarters OF
peck of turnips. one bunch Of celery,
one pound of nuts, one pound of coffee,
three pounds of sugar, one can OF milk,
cno can of corn one can OF baked beans;
nne homemade pie, one glass OF jelly,
tvo leaves of bread and small amount
Of apples
These things were all distributed to
A. E. FLETCHER,
Assistant Scoutmaster.
Find Poor Families.
1t appears that the boys hunted up
The poor families themselves, and
charity work ers in the locality were sur
prised to find the boys so yisiiant and
active.
This was only one case Of dozens re-
ported In connection with the Asso-
ciated Charities, Boy Scouts visited
nearly 100 homes where people were in
and erlnnlied them with 2O0I
things to eat, toys for the children, and
in several instances clothing: These
things were arranged in bundles ana
given to the Boy Scouts at different
branches of the association.
In addition to the packages. the boys
In several cases went to considerable
trouble to provide pleasant surprises
for the poor people; Members of Troop
No. 80, Vernon Bailey. scoutmaster,
took pains to provide a large number of
handsome Christmas trees. These were
set up and carried into different homes,
where they were decorated and FUR
nished with remembrances OF the holi-
day season.
Scoutmaster /. G. Priest. of Troop S.
and a patrol Of boys. did efficient work
during most of the day before Christ
mas in distributing bundles Of toys and
good things for families designated by
The Associated Charities George
Hastings. Bayard Cunningham, James
Rice. John Wood. James Latta. Ray
mond Peake. Frank Swindells. and FL
wood Hansmann were among the boys
assisting in this work from Troop No: 8.
Lord Eustace Percy, of the British
embassy. Scoutmaster OF Troop No. -
also had a number Of boys engaged
in this distribution of packages for the
Associated Charities. Steward Smith.
Charles Corridor, Chark Cross, and
Raymond Cattler. were among these
boys. 4
Members of Troop No. 10. T. r. Pirtle.
Scoutnaster, reported at the head Of
fee of the Associated Charities early
Wednesday morning and were sent to
different branch offices to assist in
this work.
At the Capitol.
Nearly 20 Boy Scouts took part IN
the exercises at the community Christ
mas tree in front of the Capitol. These
were under the charge of Scout Com
missioner Edgar S. Martin, who was
assisted by Scoutmaster Harries as
chief aid, and the following Scoutmas-
ters:
Stephen S Ball. of Troop No. 20: w.
p. Marshall, of Troop No. IS: Lord Eus-
tace Percy. of Troop No. 2: c. y. FIJI
kins. of Troop IS; f L. Msschmeyer,
Of Troop No. 81: II. l. Taylor. OF Troop
No. e., and Vernon Bailey. OF Troop
No. g. Assistant Scoutmaster George
Manley, of Troop &c, also assisted In
organizing the bows az the exercises.
The boys did excellent work in keeping
back the crowd in front OF the singers
and bandsmen.