Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

Plans have been completed for the an
nual Boy Scout Tag day next Saturday
/ Copies of orders and Instructions prepared
by the headquarters staff for the sale OF
| the tags have been forwarded to the va
| rious scoutmasters.
! In order to facilitate the selling of the
tags the city has been divided into six
| divisions each to be in charge of a scout
| master The divisions will be fol-
| lows
| Division A-Division chief c. \. Filkins
| Troop 43, 60 boys. Assistants. Fred l..
| Harries, Troop u, % boys; James l.. Kid
! we'll, Troop "a, 10 boys; kensington
! Troop No. /, Is boys Headquarters, Saks
& Co.. eth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue..
| Division B-Dvision chief II. l.. Taylor,
Troop II, 30 boys. Assistants. E. L.
Maschmeyer, Troop 81, ~ boys: 5; 3
| Ball, Troop 40 5 boys: Arthur Fischer.
| Troop 80, 10 boys. Headquarters, 3l6 New
| York avenue northwest
| Division C-Division chief, Vernon Bal
| ley. Troop 30, 30 boys. Assistants, Irwin
! G. Priest, Troop S. 10 boys: II. l. Bowles,
| Troop ), - boys: J. II. Dellinger, Troop
81, boys Headquarters, 1914 F street
! northwest.
Division D-Division chief. George II.
| Ashley. Troop l. 10 boys. Assistants,
William l.. Brown, Troop II. boys: Kari
| w. Woodward, Troop -. Is boys: J. II.
| Hixson. Troop 80, boys. Headquarters.
Y. NJ. c. A. boys department.
| Division E-Division chief. W. |. Simp-
| son. Troop II, 10 boys. Assistants, Earl
N. Locke. Troop b. 10 boys; Charles w.
| Ripley, Troop 81, boys; Eustace 5. {.
| Percy. Troop ~. 20 boys. Automobile
Headquarters. Dupont Circle.
| Division F'-Division chief. H. G. Lugen-
hanl rSCfo ,,fS a
Malnka. Troop IT, IA boys; T. Il. Pirtle.
| Troop 10. & boys: William b. Marshall,
! Troop 49, 10 boys: E. j. Garmhausen.
! Troop 6, I; boys. Headquarters. Ieatmans
| drug store. eth and H streets northeast.
Instructions issued by headquarters in
| part are:
Scouts will report for duty in their
respective divisions Special details will
| be made by the division chief
| Selling cards will be sent to scout
| masters not later than Thursday of next
I week so that the same may be made
| out and given out to the boys Friday
! night.
Division chiefs may facilitate the work
! of Tag day and make it easier by calling
a joint meeting of all boys who are to
! sell tags in their division for Friday
evening. April 3.
| "A prize of one day in camp will be
given any boy who sells IS worth of
tags. or week will be given to any
| boy selling $50 worth of tags.
1t was decided at the meeting of
| division chiefs that a notice should be
sent to every boy who has been a scout
| during the last year. asking him to re-
port to his old troop, and if without a
uniform he will be allowed to sell tags
| by wearing the arm band.
The prospectus of Camp Archibald Butt
is now on the press and copy will be
sent to every scout in the District some
time next week. The prospectus is a
| twenty-page booklet with cover. 1t is
printed on heavy paper and Illustrated
| with half-tones. 1t is said to be the best
camp prospectus ever issued by a scout
organization
Charles w. Rippey, teacher of the
Mckinley Manual Training School, has
been appointed scoutmaster of Troop No
81. with headquarters at Friendship
| Heights, Nd.
The sixth regular meeting of the Scout
masters Club will be held Monday a,
o:13 pm The meeting will be in the
form of a hike" and the outing will
| be in charge of Frederick V Coville
chief botanist of the Department OF
Agriculture The hike will be taker
through Rock Creek Park and Mr.. Coville
Will deliver short talk on How to In
terest Boys in Plants If the weather
is unfavorable for the hike the meet
ing will be held in the red parlor of the
| A new scoW. twenty by forty feet. has
Just been added to the camp equipment
1t will be anchored off the camp site
IN Chesapeake bay and will be used fol
boat landing and swimming float. Diving
platforms will be erected on it as vel
as sprlnging boards.
Arthur c. Moses will give a luncheon
to the scoutmasters and assistant scout.
I a tho 1a;o
Hotel. Different phases of the scou
work will be discussed and Josephus
Daniels. Secretary of the Navy, will de
liver short address.
Karl w. Woodward of the forest serv
ice. Scout Commissioner K. s. Martin
and Malcolm P. Junkin of the scout or
ganization will visit the camp site or
chesapeake bay today to complete ar
rangements for the cutting OF the timber
on the tract
During the past week the following
merit badges have been awarded to tn,
hrst, class scouts who have completed tn,
Troop II and J. d. Eggleston of Troop .
are the first two scouts in the District tt
obtain the merit badges in aviat ton
badges have been awarded as follows:
Norris Gaddess, Troop SO, plumbing
, w. c. Allard Troop u, handicraft
craftsmanship, first aid,
H. r. Greenfield. Troop 81. carpentry
craftsmanship. first aid.
, Edward Shiery, Troop 81, craftsmanship
. pathfinding.
: Walter Earnshaw Troop IS, craftsman
ship.
| Philip McKenney. Troop q. firemanship
Thomas Nikirk, Troop 10. swimming
r. l.. Harries Troop 81 pa thfinding
| c. n. Filkins, Troop 49, first aid. life
saving, firemanship
John Stockard Troop A. first aid, black
, smithing.
) L. Prentice, Troop 40. first aid, marks
manship.
Lloyd Harrison, Troop 81, carpentry
@ craftsmanship.
Edward Pardoe Troop 81, carpentry
, craftsmanship, handicraft.
J. n. Simpson, Troop SO, first aid
Raymond Scaggs. Troop 4s. pathfinding.
c. W. Davis, Troop l, first aid.
4 Il. A. Biggs. Troop 81. first aid
4. S. Rippey. Troop 81. first aid.
c. S. Thurtel, Troop 49, first aid.
A. L. Blakeslee, Troop 80. first aid.
J. D. Eggleston Troop u. aviation.
Fred Reed Troop II aviation.
Mark Shoemaker, Troop 81, pathfindine
4 Scoutmaster II. L. Taylor and a mum
$ Der of his scouts gave an exhibition Ia S
evening at the chapel located at Half ant
NJ streets southeast. new troop is be
ing organized there with headquarter
- that will equal any in the city The build
ing is equipped with large drill hal
and n number of smaller rooms whcl