Evening journal., 1914-07-30
NEWS OF THE BOY SCOUTS


The Scout Masters Association has |
been asked by the committee In
charge to participate in the Old Home
Week celebration which is now being
planned for, so the Scouts of this city
can count on being in evidence at
that time. This will give a mighty
good opportunity for the Scouts to
put into practice a number of things
they have been learning II is a
chance to show the community the
value Of the Scout training so every
Scout should get busy, so that he may
"be prepared" The Scouts who were
on duty In Washington at the last
Presidential inauguration did splen
did service and received much praise
Let us show that the Wilmington
Scouts arc equally as efficient.
The rifle practice was necessarily
/ discontinued last week owing to the
absence OF Mr.. Samworth but will be
resumed this week as usual Increas-
ed attendance should be the rule from
now on. Mr.. Samworth has several
very interesting projects up his
sleeve" A meeting of the Scout
Masters Association will be called at
on early date to go over these with
Mr.. Samworth as we'll as TO discuss
plans for the Scouts taking part in
Old Home Week.
Troop 13 is making splendid pro-
gress under Scout Master Williams.
Almost forty boys are enrolled Mr..
! Wfi1faraa hoe rorafssod ,,,tI,rfftr fr,,,,
! National Headquarters to take in
more than the regulation thirty-two.
! This troop is now completing its
plans for obtaining uniforms and ex-
4 poets to be fully equipped within the
next week. Mr.. Williams is TO be con-
graduated on the good results he has
achieved In the short time he has been
connected with the movement.
Troop 10 attended service last Sun
day evening in uniform at the Second
Baptist Church. They carried their
new national colors Just presented to
them by the Diamond Council, Jr. o.
L. A. NJ. This troop hopes to go for
another camping trip over Labor Day.
It is hoped to arrange for some sort
of Field Day in the fall which will
give the troops of the Scout Masters
Association Of Delaware a chance to
get together and compare notes. Il
may be possible TO arrange this for
some day in Old Home Week. This
would be a good thing for the new
troops which have been organized
since Memorial Day and would be an
evidence Of the growth OF the Scout
movement here
Troop ? is now completing the
second week of its encampment at
Deep Water Point. n. ]. It has been
by far the most successful outing the
Troop has ever had, both in the num-
her of boys and the appearance of the
camp and the quality OF rne "grub. A"
AT inspection last Sunday morning,
the Scout Master who visited the
camp for the weekend. pronounced
it the neatest and best appearing
camp he had ever seen. The differ
ent tents were marvels of spick and
span tidiness and il was almost i'm
possible to pick out the best appear
ing quarters. All waste is carefully
strained into a covered pit and til,
l solid refuse incinerated. The discip
line has been good with only on,
slight case of illness. Evening par
ade last Sunday was witnessed by
number of visitors. There wer,
a thirty in line and the ceremony wa,
] very well done The field music o.
r the outfit under Chief Musician VII
: lard Schafer added considerably Il
r the attractiveness Of the parade Las
} Friday Hospital Steward Warren
. Cooper saved the life of a younf
y woman who had attempted to swim
, down from the pier and had become
/ exhausted. Cooper was in the hos.
pital tent when he heard the cries fol
help and without waiting to take OF
any clothing 'or his shoes, ran out
plunged into the water ana succeeded
in reaching the young woman ant
S bringing her safely to shore. II,
, Will be awarded the red and blu,
. ribbon given for saving life. TIL,
two hospital stewards of the TrooI
have been kept quite busy during
,, their stay administering first aiC
< treatment to visitors at Fentoni
! Beach and have given an object lessor
. in the value of this training fol
I scouts. The wireless station in charg,
o. OF Scout Franklin Rash still con
!. tinues to attract attention TIL,
!. camp time-pieces are set at moor
a by wireless. Scout Phillips of TrooI
n Z Joined the camp for the secon,
Z weeks stay, while Patrol Leaders
?. Schultz and Bogart and First Class
;. Scout Pickup of Troop ? reported fol
T. DUTY. The camp has been rather
r. "shy" on patrol leaders so that III,
addition of these two "non-coms
should be of considerable assistanc,
to Assistant Scout Master Hickman
! who is in command this week Afte
the evening parade on Sunday tn
| Troop gave the Old Swedes' yell 70
their new X. o. Saturday Afternoon
number Of the bows passed thei
fifty yard swim. twenty-five yard
against the tide and twenty-five will
1t. In the evening the game %
"Raiding the Flag" was played fol
lowed by a talk on stars by tn
Scout Master with the idea of pre-
pairing the scouts to pass the as
Economical test for the first class de
gree. The cook Joe" Christy ha
proved most capable and on all on
cial occasions is resplendent in
white uniform from tip to toe.
religious service has been held eacI
Sunday morning under the charge @
the Scout Master Scout Kenton wa
awarded a prize for the most i'm
provement in scoutcraft during tn
II first week in camD This fvvefv