Evening star., 1914-02-15

MOTIFS bduUeSS oil Troop NO 5s- -uV
INST Toy Scout of this city to be made
Eagle Scout. has been invited to be
present at the annual rally of the Boy
scouts of Philadelphia February IS.
when il is expected about 5000 scouts
Wil assemble for = big ''poa-Wow.
The invitation to be present at the
rally was extended by members of the
Boy Scout council of rhiladelphia. who
were present At the annual meeting of
the national council held Thursday in
The Raleigh Hotel. All Of his expenses
viii be paid 10y the council.
The PhiladeIplIia scout officials are
fnNious To have Norris present at the
rally to demonstrate to the younger
scouts of that city that il is poSs iblo
for Il scout less than fourteen years of
aSe To- win an Eagle Scout badge.
There are several Eagle Scouts in
Philadelphia. but the Youngest is more
than seventeen years old. Norris Cad
dess viii not be fourteen for several
months Yet.
Norris Gaddess and Fred Reed Of
Troop No -. Graeme r Smallwood of
Troop No -. j. Denslow EggIeston of
troop No II and Cleon ThroCknorto
Of Troop No. - received their Eagle
scout badges at the White House
Thursday afternoon The badges we're
rev w 1lsou. President Wilson who
WaS To hav" made the presentation,
Was prevented from doing 50 because
Of illness
Fha steady aud substantial growth
"f BOY Scout organizations throughout
the nit"d states WAS Indicated by the
f'nort ot the chief scout executive,
James l.. West forncrly of Washing
ton which was submitted 1T the an
nual meeting Of tn" national council
He said that commissions wcr. grant
ed IN 1915 to %,"N9 ScoutIuasters, LOIS
assistant ~coutin;tSters and 80 scout
commissioners. and charters were
granted I" local scout councils in .3ai
cities and towns making total "f
~" commissions. as compared with
t-ht1 for the previous year and 1850
for the year 1911.
y more graphic Illustration of the
progress Of III" boys themselves in tho
program Of scout activities was con-
tanned in statement Of th.. number
OF badges awarded, each badge being
sign OF recognition of distinct
achievements by the boys The mum
Der OF t"Hdcrfoot badges issued in 1915
waS tools, S'.cord-class badges 1921;
nrst-class badges. 4,247. and merit
badges. l.93.. The merit badges are
Insignia Of studies pursued. work done
aud examinations passed after the
scout has completed the entire scout
program and reached the rank of 1lrst
class: scout.
book WAS shown by the report that dur
in= the year i2..2-d' copies We're printed
and distributed making total of :61..Jo
hjelI means that this book. full of In
formation aud instruction, still continues
TO b, In, hest seller among Juveniles
\ g,Ie4 for more scoutmasters was mad"
bt chief Scout Ernest Thompson S.tot
nj the annual meeting in the following
manner:
"ot'ser organizations have been swat
ting mosquitoes 10 tight tn" plague The
Boy Scouts drain the marshes
w. get what money need. w.
c,a =et the hoys-s'sH.'sn boys in the
country are clauorinr 10 got in: but We
cannot ct men enough as seoutmasters
to lead them
We do not come TO displace church,
Sunday school. Y. NJ g. y. synasoguc o.
benevolent organization. but 10 give
them a new weapon Of infinite possibil
itics-
National Scout Commissioner Daniel
Carter Beard. who is to be director of
Camp Archibald Butt next summer. re-
lated stories of scoutcraft and recollec-
tion> of the early days in the west be-
fore large audience of graded school
and high school boys in the assembly
hall uf Mckinley Manual Training School
F-ridav afternoon Chief Scout Ernest
Thompson Seton also addressed the boys
Friday night Mr. Beard spoke before a
large gathering of schoolooys in Balt:
more.
The new manual Tor scoutnasters will
b. published next week, according to an
announcement made by the national
headquarters officials.
Tomorrow Il number of scouts who do
not attend school 10 assist in the
exercises To b., heid Arlington under
The auspices Of the Maine Memorial As
sociatioII.
Scoltmaster Fred Harries of Troop No
y has announced that the regular les
sons in scouting are TO be held at
the Naval Battalion arnory every Nom
daN night and that all scouts are in
yited To attend. Troop No. u mas the
only sea scouts in Washington. They are
Howard Derrick. Kenneth HarTies and
Denslow Essleston.
The F:oy Scout Editor has received the
following communications from troop
scriitsS-
Troop No. So.
OF tAe Chevy chase Fir. PROTECTIVE. tsso-
ciatiof Wednesday night and the use OF
The different devices WAS fully txpi.ineti.
Last sunday several members of the rroor
attended services al Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church i'll company win
members Of troops Nos. IL and T. Troor
No .. now has three patrol leaders
They are Ross Anderson. Lion Patrol:
Raymond Henderson. Owl Patrol and
Bob StrVup.
HARRY WILKINSON. Scribe.
Troop No. 2l.
Last Sunday morning every nembe., of
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