Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-22
NEWS OF THE BOY SCOUTS

No doubt when Old Home Week waI
over, every Scout Master and Scout
in this city gave one long sigh Of re-
lief and settled down for a good rest
It was week of hard work. but well
worth It. The Scouts were given the
opportunity to show what they could
do, and TO make good their claim to
BE Prepared" And they lived up
to il in a way that surprised every one
but the Scout Masters. They of course
knew the capabilities of the boys, and
had every confidence that they would
do their work efficiently. Some of the
Stunts however, surprised even the
Scout Masters. The most gratifying
feature of the week was the initiative
displayed by the Scouts They went
ahead and did the things that had to
be done, and did not require to be told.
While the first aid cases were not
many, those that did happen along
we're taken care of in a quiet, effec-
tive way. One of the best instances Of
the week in the way of Scout work
was the clearing of the street for the
colored section of the Fraternal Or
ders' parade on Wednesday evening.
This division had become separated
from the rest OF the procession by a
gap of several squares, and the police,
naturally, thinking that the parade
was over, had dropped the ropes. This
resulted in the crowds overlooking
into the street and practically filling
the space from curb to curb. Assist
ant Scout Master Yetter. OF Troop 8,
saw the belated division coming and
ran up the street blowing his whis-
tie. The Scouts Immediately caught
on" and promptly started clearing the
crowd back TO the curb. Some ran
ahead to warn the Scouts farther up
Market street. In a very few min
utes the street was cleared and the
paraders had an unobstructed passage
past the reviewing stand.
The Scouts of the different Troops
of the city acted well together. show
ing the advantage of having a common
system of training. At several street
intersections boys from three or four
Troops might have been seen working
tremendously under the direction Of
patrol leader or Scout Master from
still another Troop. This is a mark
of good discipline.
The large Scout poster at Tenth and
Market streets was a splendid bit of
publicity for the movement here. The
public could get the ideals of the
Scout organization from the poster
and then see the effective working of
the plan along Market street. The
combination was mighty effective
The placing of the poster was due to
the zeal and interest of Scout Master
Dillon, of Troop z.
A lot Of credit is deserved by As
sistant Scout Master Yetter, of Troop
9, who gave practically his entire
week to looking after the details
along Market street With the ex-
ception of Thursday afternoon, when
he had TO turn out with the militia,
he was on duty with the Scouts at
every parade. His good work Is
much appreciated by the officers of
the Scout Masters Association.
IL certainly was a pleasure TO have
with us the members OF the Wood
bury Troop. Their band is a splendid
one, and was the hit of-the parade.
Scout Master Etter and Director Duff
field have every reason to be proud
Of their organization, both as Scouts
and as musicians. This Troop has
its own headquarters, nicely furnish
ed, with its own piano. all paid for
by the boys themselves, most Of the
money having been earned by the
band. The Woodbury. Scouts en-
joyed themselves hugely and said in
parting that they would always be
ready to give three cheers for Will
mington." An extremely pleasant
feature of Scouting is this getting
together" with good Scouts from other
places. New Castle, Newport, and
Elsmere Troops all made splendid
showings and we appreciated their
coming Henry Clay Troop had some
representatives who were combined
with the Newport Troop. Hospital
Steward McClain. of New Castle. was
on the first aid float and gave a fine
exhibition of bandaging.
All three floats were attractive and
interesting They We're relied on TO
show TO the public some of the many
departments of Scoutcraft and to give
some idea of the training of the boys.
The exhibitions Of wireless. the diff
ferent kinds of signaling, and first
aid work were all well done.
The resignation Of Scout Master
! Delaplaine. of Troop -, is regretfully
announced. Although Mr. Delaplaine Is
much interested in the scout movement
and viii continue to give such aid as he
can, his time is too much taken up