The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-04-30
THE BOY HEROES
OF THE WORLD.
A New Body Organized by Cap
tain Jack Crawford, the Poet
Scout; is Growing Rapidly
General Orders Number One.

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Captain Jack Crawford, the Poet
Scout is meeting with great success
with his new organization, The Boy
Heroes of the World" according to
recent issue Of the New York
Herald. Camps are being organ
lied all over the country, and the
youngsters are enthused to the high
est degree by the old scouts promise
to visit all the organizations and
give talk on his experiences on
the plans.
The object and aims of the Boy
Heroes are worthy of emulation by
their grown up brothers and sisters,
and cannot help but be beneficial to
the youngsters and to the nation.
They are embodied in Captain Jacks
General orders No. 1, recently is
sued. which are as follows:-
General Orders No. 1.
To every Man, Woman, Boy and
Girl in the United States and Great
MISUNDERSTANDING
We do not appeal to the churches
or any affiliated organization for our
Boy Heroes of the World" We
belong to no denominational creed
or party, but all churches, creeds
and parties belong to us. We are
the greatest organization for unive-
sal good government, good citizen
ship, sterling manhood and Chris
tianity ever formulated, and we
know that all good people, fathers
and mothers. sisters and sweethearts,
will give us their unqualified APP
prevail and support when they real,
ize that the boy of today is the man
of tomorrow that they have a
hand in the making. We know:
The world is ours, the buds and flowers,
The towering pines, the mountains
grand,
And parts of all we love to call
Gods mighty Hand.
And SO are we, Gods youngsters free,
With freedoms flag of love unfurled.
Each creed and race will find place,
With Gods Boy Heroes of the World.
What of the power of the Boy
Heroes? If nearly all of the five
hundred boys raised their hands af-
ter listening to my simple story at
the Railway, N. j., Reformatory,
and promised to forever abstain
from intoxicants, cigarettes, and bad
literature. and if four hundred of
these five hundred boys wrote me
letters saying that they would keep
the pledge, what does it mean?
And, when on the organization of
the first camp of Boy Heroes, nearly
every one of the nine hundred and
seventy boys raised their hands and
made the same promise, does it not
indicate the finger of God in the
movement?
No one has ever disputed the
claim of the undersigned as the
Original Boy Scout" and the prin-
ciples which l formulated years ago,
long before the Boy Scouts became
a reality, are the basic principles of
the Boy Heroes. have boosted the
Boy Scouts and aided in many of
their organizations, and am happy
to know they are falling into line
and helping to make their new broth
er movement success. | want to
see both prosper, and shall continue
to lend my cooperation, and | sin
cerely trust that no man who is as
sociatd with the Boy Scouts, from
the Big Chief to the humblest Scout
Master, may ever throw cold water
on my Boy Heroes of the World.
Now, every man, woman, boy and
girl in America and England, and
all their possessions, are hereby ap-
pointed special aid-de-c camp on my
personal staff, empowered to do
their duty in securing recruits to
sign the Boy Hero pledge, copies of
which will be forwarded on applica-
ton, and all who are unwilling to
serve on my staff will please notify
me, so that | may appoint some good
fellow in their stead.
Five boys is sufficient to organize
a camp, and as this work is purely
with no axes to grind, and
no salaried officers, / hereby declare
that | will never accept one penny
In salary for my services, nor will
anyone else, unless it be office work
ers who devote their whole time to
the cause.
My heart goes out in gratitude to
those who have pledged support, and