Evening journal., 1914-05-21
News of the Boy Scouts


cident to the flag raising at Hope |
Farm, Delaware, Saturday, May 23rd, !
will proceed to that point by trolley |
arriving not later than p. m. Troops |
may be allowed to fall out by their |
Scout Masters but the Scouts must
remain in the immediate vicinity
AT First Call" sounded by
Headquarters bugler, the Field Music
of all Troops will report at once to
the Adiutant, Assistant Scout Master
Frank Anderson, and all Scouts VIII
hold themselves in readiness. At
Assembly all Troops will fall IN
under their Scout Masters. At "Ad-
iutant's Call" the battalion Will be
formed in line. in the order OF
seniority as follows z, New
Castle 1, 8, Newark /, z Newport !,
8, g.
3.-No bugle or drum calls or sig
nails will be sounded except by Head
quarters bugler or Field Music united
at the direction of the Adjutant
AT the conclusion Of the cere-
monies there will be a battalion drill,
followed by exhibitions as follows
Semaphore signaling; Antelope
Race; Morse signaling by flags
First Aid Exhibition; Heliograph
signaling, Dressing Race.
5.-At the end Of the exhibition the
battalion will form in line at AS
sembly' and will then be dismissed,
each Scout Master conducting his
own Troop to its headquarters as de-
sired.
6.-"oficers Call" will be the sig
nal for Scout Masters to place their
Troops in charge of Patrol Leaders
and report at once with their Assis-
tant Scout Masters to the Senior
Scout Master for consultation. Troop
? will hold it's meeting this evening
this week. it having been postponed
from Tuesday If there were nothing
in the Scout Movement but the in
struction and training in First Aid,
that alone should be sufficient to in
sure for it the interest and support
of every citizen in the community.
Anyone who has seen a crowd stand
helpless. unable to aid a suffering or
injured man will realize the COM
munity value of having a number OF
boys who have been taught what to
do and how to do it in cases OF ac-
cidents and above all have had the
training and discipline so that they
are able to keep their heads and not
J forget what they know when con-
fronted by crisis. The Scout Mas.
ters in this city could give many in.
J stances where this First Aid Train.
ing of their Scouts has shown its
Y worth. An example of this was showT
[ last Monday when a man fell oyel
!. a cellar door in the territory of Trool
n z Three of Captain Dillon's Scouts
t Wakeman Carper, Norman Robert
Z son and Eugene Barkis were in tn
o vicinity and rushed to assist him
e He wore glasses and in falling thes
y were broken so that he was badl
e cut about the face and mouth TIL
d boys at once bandaged the cuts tenn
a porarily stopping the bleeding an
then sent for the patrol wagon il
which the unfortunate victim was re
moved to the hospital for treatment.
Today we begin the lessons on tn
{ requirements for the First Class dc
Z gree. The first test is that the can
! didate be required to swim fift
= yards. A First Class Scout is sur
! posed to be prepared TO meet emel
~ gencies and this IS the reason fC
= this requirement. A Scout VIII
= could not swim would be of no us
whatever in a drowning acciden
?, Numberless occasions can be imagine
= in which a knowledge Of swimmin
:. would be absolutely essential II th
- - Scout were to live up to what is e.
= pected of a First Classer. Certai
things are expected of a boy wearin
.s that pin and certainly a knowledg
= = of swimming is one of the most in
y Dortant Scouts who can not swii
should lose no time in getting il
:, struction in and practicing this ar
" Test number two requires that I'll
Scout earn and deposit at least tN
u dollars in a public bank. In tt
lessons on the Second Glass tes
/, we have spoken on the subject
= thrift. This First Glass test is sin
n. ply a continuation of the same r
a have in the bank the dollar that
es earned and deposited to meet Il
n Second Class test and he now sin
Il ply has to earn and add another
A that OF course, he should not stC
er at this point. The habit of savin
r. once formed, should by all means
continued and the bank account mat
10 to mount up to substantial amour
The third test requires the abili
II to send and receive a message
1 either Semaphore or Information
Morse at the rate of sixteen lette
HI per minute Of course this Is not
III very high rate of speed and CT
| easily be acquired by practice. II
IL receiving of course is the more dii
cult In the Second Glass lessor
signaling was taken up We
!! thoroughly and those who have sav
Hi those lessons and will simply practi
Systematically will soon be able
pass this test The message for t
test should be of some length al
the time taken The average spe
| should be at the required rate.
counting letters, Interval" in I
| Semaphore and front" in the Int
national Morse should each
| counted as a letter in reckoning I
number per minute.
Test number four reads as follow
/ Make a round trip alone Tor VI
another Scout to point at lei
seven miles away, going on foot
rowing a boat, and write a satisfi
tory account of the trip and thin
observed" This test is designed
course to bring out the Scou
powers of observation and descr
tion. 1t is not simply taking a fol
teen mile walk There is no il
of making speed and any attempt
make il in quick time should be f
bidden The idea is to carefully
serve everything over that space
country and then write a satisfactC
account of 1t. The times of starti
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