New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-03
HEADQUARTERS NOTICES.

n,. ~ accordance with General order No. IA
detail nsT of sI N last Thursdays Tribune. a
and Adria.ie ON arrival at their pieSs " anG
vV,,operated with the Mayors relief COM
h na.s In giving assistance to those on
duty ana Aoout htty boys reported for this
Council They Included 'r rseq..sSy., , ,Ss
isS ia ss''Rs ISL 81 y; iISS 100. l22,
us New York City and 2S Brooklyn. The
Soss were under the command OF Deputy
S SSou; commissioners Charles and Newman.
more Smith and Robert RrooEs' II WA.
eno general verdict OF those who had an
95pporlSnity OF observing the services rem
shsv uu ny the scouts that they had acquitted
great practical assistance to the passengers.
Inc Executive Deputy Scout Comml ssioner
r rem Te absent from headquarters during tho
remainder OF the week.
Unless an unusual number Of applications
are hied within the next two days, Camp
Mitchell viii DO closed Immediately after
Labor Day.
With tho opening OF the Fall season. many
REQUESTS are coming to Headquarters for in
Iorlnsuon as to the proper method Of or
S o,irSig scout troop, and also the re-
IuIeInents Tor obtaining II scoutmaster's
commission. The National Headquarters re
qulrements are, OF course, very simple
namely that scoutmaster must be over
twenty one years Of age and must possess
q genuine interest In the boys. After Sep
tember S0th tho National Headquarters has
,lsue provision that new troop must CON
commission can be issued to the scout
master.
The New York City Council further re-
CURES that all scoutmasters shall have
framed At least eight boys to the satisfac-
tlon OF the Deputy in charge before the
Scout Commissioner will authorize the issu-
c e,US OK commission This means that the
the tenderfoot requirements but the add
uonal knowledge necessary to enable the boy
10 become second and first class scout. It
Is also expected that candidates for q COM
mission will attend the scoutmasters' school
which will henceforth be regular feature
OF the headquarters work. In order to Sc
cure permanency for troop. the application
blanks Tor scoutmasters provide for the or
Gahization OF troop committee. which
should consist OF three or four representative
men interested in the work or In the develop
ment OF the troop. The scoutmaster should
consult with these men at intervals, and Il
Is expected that II he Is obliged to resign
they will take up the work temporarily until
a new scoutmaster can DO secured.
Local headquarters VIII always ne glad to
give further information concerning the or
ganization OF troops, together With tie neces-
ssry application forms and literature reat-
ing TO the Scout movement.
Applicants for a commission should be
careful TO conduct all their correspondence
with local headquarters. 90 Madison av.'
tiers, as ali official matter must be attended
to through the local council.
ORDERS NO. 6.-Attention is called to the
fact that since the outbreak Of the terrible
war in Europe, the value OF the Boy Scouts
to the countries engaged In the war has
been clearly demonstrated. The founder OF
the organization, General Baden Powell, who
up TO this time has been opposed to any
military training OF Boy Scouts. has admitted
in an address to the Boy Scouts OF Great
Britain that they should engage In war when
their country is asssied. thus approving OF
the military training which our organl-
zation, the United States Boy Scout has al
ways stood for. Let the organizations com
posing the First Brigade be animated by this
situation to secure recruits and be diligent
In attending drills and improving the dis
cipline and esprit de corps OF the organiza-
tion BY command of Brig. Gen. Andrew
G. Zabriskie.
Adjutsnt General.