Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-03
ALL IN READINESS
FOR TAG DAY SALE
Boy Scout Headquarters Pre-
sents Busy Scene Preparing
for Tomorrow.
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK
is FIRST PLACE TAGGED
Secretaries Bryan, Lane, Garrison,
Daniels and McAdoo Contribute
Ahead of Official Date.

Boy Scout headquarters today was
about the busiest place imaginable In
addition to the regular force, Scout Com
missioner e. 8. Martin had pressed into
service a number of scoutmasters and as
sistants to assist in attending to the
thousand and one details in connection
with Boy Scout Tag day. to be held to-
morrow.
Everybody was working at high speed
to have everything in readiness for the
phone messages were received from resi-
dents throughout the city asking that
a Boy Scout call at their homes bright
and early tomorrow morning with tags.
Scout Commissioner Martin was kept
busy giving final instructions to scout
masters concerning the selling of the
tags and the establishing Of the six d.
vision headquarters where the scouts will
report their sales.
Arthur c. Moses. president of the local
council, also was kept busy answering in
quiries concerning Tag day from Boy
Scout boosters who called and phoned to
his Office.
Bank First to Be Tagged.
The first place of business to be tagged
for the Boy Scouts was the American
National Bank on street between 18th
and 14th streets northwest. Colin H.
Livingstone. vice president of the bank,
who Is president of the Boy Scouts of
America, purchased 500 worth of the
ffty-cent automobile tags this morning
and had them displayed on the front of
the bank building.
The tags were arranged in such way
as to spell Tag Day-B. S. A." The tags
attracted much attention. Other business
establishments have promised to make
similar displays.
At $50 o'clock this afternoon a squad
Of scouts from Troop No. s, in charge Of
Scoutmaster Bowles. is to tag Secretary
McAdoo of the Treasury.
Four members of President Wilson g
cabinet were tagged yesterday after
noon for the Boy Scout organization of
WASHINGTON, A party Of scouts of Troop
Bowles, tagged Secretary Lane Of the
Department of the Interior.
Scouts from Troop No. Al. in charge
of Scoutmaster H. L. Taylor, tagged"
ment and Secretary Daniels Of the Navy
Department Secretary Bryan of the
State Department was tagged" by scouts
of Troop No. IS. in charge Of Scout
master G. N. Fllk1nS.
All Secretaries to Be Tagged.
All Of the members of the cabinet are
to be tagged by the Boy Scouts. Sew
eral of the department heads notified the
Boy Scout Office that other engagements
would prevent them from being in a
position to receive the scouts Saturday,
and for that reason the three tagging
parties were sent out yesterday after
noon.
All Of the secretaries declared they
were firm believers In the Boy Scout
movement. Secretary Lane. after being
tagged" entertained the party of nine
scouts who visited his Office with some
stories of the lives OF army scouts, who
saw service in the west during the In
dian campaigns. He paid high compli-
ment to the Boy Scout organization. and
expressed the hope that Tag day Satur-
day would be a success in every way.
Mr.. Lane shook hands with the boys
and asked them about their scout activi-
ties. Those who were in the tagging
party were Scoutmaster Bowles and
Scouts John Drawbaugh, Hugh Turner,
Hugh Johnston, Milton T1ller. Edward
King, John Johannes. Baldwin Hardy.
Miner Stout and Henry Scott