Evening journal., 1914-05-14

ters' Association of Delaware. met
with the Senior Scout Master in the
chair. Captain Clarence NJ Dillon,
Scout Master Of Troop z, was elected
treasurer. The question Of the Field
Day was discussed and a program ar
ranged. The camp will be in Bran
dywine Park, permission having kind
ly been given by the Park Board.
All the Wilmington Troops will be
represented and in addition, several
from out of town, including Newport,
New Castle, and Newark. The pro-
gram includes contests in all the
principal branches of scoutcraft It
is hoped to have a number of dis
tinguished guests present. The faith
ers of the boys and the general pub
lie are most cordially invited to be
present. The contests will take place
in the morning of Memorial Day, and
in the afternoon, all Troops will take
part in the parade at the request Of
the committee of the G. a. r.
On Saturday, May 23rd, there will
be a flag presented at Hope Farm,
and all Wilmington Troops and New
port and New Castle Troops will be
present to render honors. A drill Of
the combined Troops will be held af
forwards, and an exhibition of Scout
stunts given. Mr.. Charles Ingham
is the committee in charge and is
most active and enthusiastic in ar
ranging the program. 1t was through
him that the invitation to the Scouts
was extended. 1t is trusted that the
local organizations will show their
appreciation of MIR 1ngham's inter-
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out on the 23rd. The program will be
announced later, but win probably
include exhibitions in wig wag, sema-
phore and heliograph signalling, as
we'll as First Aid drills There will
also be Antelope and Firemans Lift
races Next weeks Scout Column
will give the program and the hour at
which Troops are to leave the city
for Hope Farm.
On Tuesday evening, Troop 8, re-
Gently organized at the Union Nj E.
church, visited Troop ., under charge
Of Scout Master William L. Bicking.
The Old Swedes boys gave an ex-
hibition drill and showed the cere-
monies Of Escort to the Color" end
Evening Parade" at which latter,
Melvin Mcbride was promoted to the
degree of Second Glass Scout he
having just completed one months
service as a Tenderfoot The Blue
Hen patrol was announced as
making the most points for April and
had the honor of escorting the
national color At the close Of the
drill, number of signalling and first
aid stunts" were shown, in which
the visitors were much interested
Last week was "Clean-Up" week in
Milford as well as in Wilmington and
the members Of the two Milford
Troops did their part nobly, Impress
ing upon the citizens Of the town
the serious nature of the Scout move
ment. The recent play given by
these Scouts proved very successful,
both financially and in giving the
people Of Milford a more compre-
hensive idea Of the meaning and
scope Of scouting The play illus
trated a number of features Of Scout
life, the scenes being laid IN the
Scouts meeting room and at camp.
A most attractive and interesting
program was gotten up by Scout
Master Anderson, who was in direct
charge Of the undertaking. The
Milford Scouts certainly deserve
credit for the earnest and effective
way they have gotten into the
game"
The fourth requirement for the
Second Class degree is tracking. the
first three being one months service
as a Tenderfoot, first aid and sig
Mailing, which we have discussed in
the recent lessons. This test requires
Scout to track half a mile in twen-
ty-five minutes or if in town, to de-
scribe satisfactorily the contents OF
one store window out of four OBJ
served for one minute each. This
test is of course intended to develop
the Scouts power of observation
Without a doubt the actual tracking
test is to be preferred to the shor
window test If it can be possibly ar
ranged. A trail should be laid out by
The Scout Master and the candidate
required to follow it through all its
windings, making the distance of one
half mile inside of twenty-five min.
utes. Unfortunately, it is usually
pretty difficult for city Troops to take
the test in this way and the shop win
dow test is frequently substituted al
allowed by the Scout manual. This
is fully described on page 300 of til,
Scout Handbook "Kim's Game" car
also be used. This consists in placing
number of articles in a tray allow
ing a Scout to look at it for one min
ute, and then requiring him to writ,
out a list Of what was on it. 1t il
described on page 81 Of the Scou
manual. Even where these latte
tests are used, however, the Scou
should be able to identify such track
as those made By man both watkins
and running. He should be able t
tell from the hoof prints whether
horse was walking galloping, trot
ting or cantering Remember tina
the imprints OF horses hind feet ar
smaller than those of his front feet
A horse walking makes tracks ap
proximately two feet and half be
tween the toe of the one fore foot an
the heel of the other fore foot, an
the prints are all separate, TIL
prints left by q trotting horse touc
each other, the distance between tn
fore feet being about four and a hal
feet. A galloping horse makes muc
deeper Impressions, and of cours
they are considerably farther apar
averaging about ten feet in distanc
between the fore feet. A Scout shoul
be able to draw the prints made b
dog, a cat, rabbit and bird eithe
Of a kind that walks on the groun
habitually or that flies. Scout
should be constantly on the alert fo
opportunities to study tracks and
make observations of this kind TT
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