Evening journal., 1914-06-25


elected a Troop Scribe in the person |
Of Scout Edmo Newlove, who writes |
that it will be his duty to forward a |
letter every two weeks describing the |
activities of his Troop so that the !
other Scouts of Delaware can keep |
posted on the doings at New Castle. |
This is a very good idea and one that
could be adopted with advantage by
oil Scout Troops in the Scout Mas ,
ters' Association of Delaware. II is
always help and an inspiration to
learn what the other fellow Is doing
and in this way many valuable sugges-
tons may be passed along. Scout
Newlove's first letter follows:
Troop No. 1 of New Castle, Del,
June 16, 1914.
Scout Department. EVENING JOUR-
NAL:
The New Castle Scouts are very ac-
tive in the different degrees Of Scout
craft. There are eight Second Class
Scouts and twenty Tenderfoot Scouts.
The Scouts of New Castle have the
record for hiking" in one evening"
this being ten miles. Scout Master
Rossell, Of the Troop is very active
Troop is going to contend for the
record of linking" In one day. The
Scouts of this city are joining with
the New Century Club in trying to
make this city one Of the foremost
il Delaware. The Scouts motto "Be
Prepared" is taking effect on our own
Scouts. This Troop is always in
state of readiness to do its duty.
Yours truly
EDMO NEWLOVE,
Scribe.
Troop los bake last Saturday
morning at the parish house OF the
Second Baptist Church was most
successful one, substantial sum be-
ing raised for the uniform fund The
boys of this Troop were measured
last Monday evening for their new
outfits and will be fully equipped by
the end of this week. Next Sunday
evening Troop 10 will attend divine
service in a body wearing their new
uniforms. Rev. Thomas p. Holloway,
nastor of the Second Baptist Church
will preach a special sermon TO the
Scouts. This Troop started to or
esnize in the latter part of May, had
delegation at the Field Day En-
campment on May 80, secured Mr..
DubeI as Scout Master during the
first week in June. received its Scout
Masters commission on June l5tn,
and has already raised funds by hard
work for uniforms. This is good
work and with this flying start. Troop
10 should make a good record.
Troop No. II has also received its
napers from the National Headquar-
ters. Mr.. Herbert Z Latter is the
Scout Master of this Troop which is
connected with the Mt. Salem NJ. z.
Church. This section of Wilmington
has been without Boy Scout organi-
cation and the new Troop has been
warmly received by the boys of the
neighborhood. The boys are work
ing hard and showing great interest
They are now making arrangements
for outfitting the Troop in uniforms
and expect to be fully equipped in
the near future.
Troop No. 9 has been taking a mum.
her of night "hikes" recently. In.
, stead of staying indoors on theil
meeting nights. the boys go out anc
spend the evening in outdoor drills
and Scout games. This is very gooC
training as the powers of observation
are brought out by the care required
In working in the dark Scout Bade
of this Troop recently had an oppor
tunity to do his daily good turn b!
stopping a runaway horse, whil'
Scout Cashel went to the relief of ;
companion who had become ex
hausted while swimming These in
stances show the value of the Scou
training and the necessity of a Scou
always living up to his motto "B'
Prepared
The Scouts of Troop No. are nov
undergoing their tests for the Secon'
Class degree and Scout Master Bick
ing expects to be able 20 promot'
. number of his outfit in the course o
the next month.
On last Thursday evening the Bo.
Scouts Of Harrison Street Church en-
tertained the campfire girls and
few invited guests in the JUNO
we're especially honored by the pres
ence of Lewis l.. Wilcox, a veterai
os the Civil War. Mr. Wilcox wa
color bearer in several of Tn
bloodiest battles Of the war and dis
tinguished himself by his bravery.
Assistant Scoutmaster Taylor wa
master of ceremonies and gave ever
one of the hundred present I'm
time. After a while the mess ca
was given and all went into the ad
Joining room where four long table
were covered with plates of ice
cream. cake, apples. oranges, et'
However, in a very short time every
thing had disappeared.
Mr.. Taylor then awarded the prize
won at the Decoration Day Fiel
Meet and in a speech praised th
work of the scout movement. Now
wedding gift was presented by tn
Troop to former assistant scoutma'
ter Sutton who was recently marrieI
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Sutton were agree
ably surprised and expressed the
appreciation of the gift
The remaining part of the evenin
was spent in playing games and the
all departed we'll pleased with Troc
6's first attempt at entertaining.
The Trinity NJ. E. Church Troc
will probably be known as Troop l
Their entertainment of last week VIZ
successful and realized a good su
as a start towards a uniform fund.
On last Tuesday evening Troop
gave an exhibition of drill and 9th
"stunts" of the Scout program for u
benefit of the parents of the mel
bers. The Scout Master explain'
that it was desired TO have the fathe
and mothers of the boys more ful
understand what Scouting means al
TO become acquainted with the OF
GERS of the Troop The rules {
the summers camp were explain
so that it would be seen how {