Evening journal., 1914-06-18
NEWS OF The BOY SCOUTS

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The first OF the new Troops In
Wilmington to secure its charter
from the National Headquarters is
the one recently organized at the
Second Baptist Church, Ninth and
Franklin streets. It will be known
as Troop 10, the commissions for
Scout Master A. Rae Dubell and AS
sistant Scout Master j. II. Sherwood
Runner arriving on Saturday last.
Under the energetic and capable
leadership OF these gentlemen Troop
10 IS making very good progress.
Their meeting night is on Friday, but
they have been having several extra
meetings and hikes" through tie
week, as they are very anxious to
make rapid advancement They have
been given a foundation OF drill SO
as to establish the discipline OF tho
Troop on a good basis and Scout Mas
ter Dubeli expects to hold the ex-
aminatlons very shortly for the Ten
derfoot degree. Next Saturday morn
ing the outfit will hold a bake" in
the parish house Of the church and
have been working hard for its sue
cess, They have advertised the sale
to quite an extent among the resi-
dents of the neighborhood and hope to
realize a substantial sum. This will
be applied to the purchase OF uni
forms and equipment, and Troop 10
expects TO be fully Quilted before
the end OF the month
The first meeting Of the Troop to
be organized under Mr. Roy Della
plaine as Scout Master was held last
Saturday afternoon at the residence
Of Miss Emily r. Blssel, 1404 Frank
lin street Mr.. Delapaine was un-
able to be present but there was
gathering OF seventeen interested
hoys, who were given a talk by the I
Senior Scout Master on the ideals /
and purposes OF Scouting RI is hoped I
that this outfit will send in its regis
tration application to New York +
Headquarters in the near future so
that 1t can be assigned a Troop NUM-
Der and start work In a serious man
ner.
Troop 6 will spend d week IN camp
under the care OF Scout Master j. +.
Porter Fentons Beach, N. D., has
been selected as the site of the en-
and the Troop expects to
leave on the 18th Of July, remaining
to July 49, The boys are looking for
ward to this outing, which will be
the first camp of the whole Troop.
Troop . will hold "bake" next
Saturday morning on French street,
between Seventh and Eighth The
proceeds will go towards the eX-
penses of the annual summer camp,
which will be held at Fenton's Beach,
N. j., on the same site as last years
Careful preparations
are being made including a com
pletely planned out menu for the en-
tire two weeks of the camp, with a
view to having we'll balanced meals,
and insuring a successful camp. The
boys will leave on Saturday after
noon, July is. An advance detail
will leave In the morning to do the
clearing off work neces-
sary to laying out the camp. The
Scout Master will have charge OF
the camp over Sundays and the chap
lain through the week.
Scout Master H. L. Williams, OF
the Trinity Nj. e. Church Troop, and
his boys we're the guests Of Troop at
Old Swedes parish house on Tuesday
evening. The home Troop gave an
exhibition Of Scout activities and
The Escort to the Col
lr" was given, the Blue Hen Patrol
having the honor, due to its having
made the best record for the month
If May. Semaphore and Morse sig
railing were shown and the Hospital
Corps gave the litter drill and show
ID some bandaging. Single stick bouts
made quite hit with the visitors.
The Trinity NJ +. Troop will give
IN entertainment this evening at the
1hurch, Twenty-second and Vandever
lvenue for the purpose Of raising
money TO purchase uniforms The
irst patrol of the Troop has charge
If the affair
Last Sunday being Flag Dav, Troop ,
attended evening service at Old Swedes
n a body in uniform. The service was
conducted by the Vicar Of the church,
Rev. r. I. Wolven, who is chaplain OF
he troop. The sermon was on the
Of the flag and the marks Of
espect paid to il and showed how close
Il interviewer was the religious feeling
With the patriotic feeling. At the close
II the sermon. Patrol Leader Moriord
,ore the new flag Of the troop TO the al
FAR rail, escorted by Assistant Scout
Masters Quinn and Schafer and First
Class Scouts Schafer, Dickerson. Nc
Iclvey and Pickup. where il was receiv
u by the Vicar, who laid it on the al
.ar and offered a prayer that II might
,ver inspire the members Of the troop 20
the truest patriotism. When the colors
were handed back to the bearer Chief
Schafer sounded "To the
7olor" on the bugle, all Scouts standing
it Attention" and saluting at the last
note. The ceremony was beautiful
md impressive one.
Next Tuesday evening Troop . will
the parents Of its members,
giving an exhibition for their benefit in
order that they may more thoroughly
understand what the Scout movement
stands for and more able To cooperate
with the Scout Master in securing the
best results.
The requirements for the Merit Badge
in Bird Study are given below. The
requirements for the remaining Merit
Badges, which were to be given this
week. have not arrived from national
headquarters but win appear next week.
The Bird Study Badge is very impor