Evening journal., 1915-02-18
NEWS OF THE BOY SCOUTS

Saturdays hike was certainly
success Il was undoubtedly the most
enjoyable as we'll as instructive stunt
that the Scout Masters Association
has so far held. The discipline Of
the troops was good and the appear
ancc of the long line as II marched
down Market street was most impress
sive. There were twenty-four troops
and four hundred and fourteen Scouts
with twcnty-nine officers in the turn
out, a number that would have been
considerably increased had the ap-
pcarancc of the weather not been SO
threatening. AS Il was the troops
! from Hillcrest and Richardson Park
/ deserve credit for coming in and dis
/ regarding the weather. The New
Castle troop not only "hiked" over
| 10 the stopping point but accompanied
the Wilmington troops back to the
point of dismissal II was certainly
a happy bunch Of Scouts on the re-
turn "trip. al hands singing Before
another such event IL Is hoped to have
all the field music OF the different
troops assembled for practice This
would add greatly to the effective
ness. There is a certain little drum
mer from Troop l3 who made a hit
on the march back TO town. He IS
not much bigger than his drum, but
he handled il mighty well. The even
ing parade was well done and looked
very pretty indeed Troop 3, with 40
boys in line, had the largest turnout,
while Troop z with 30 was second on
the list Troop had the largest num-
/ her in proportion to enrolment. New
Castle Troop was Of course the troop
coming from the greatest distance.
Troop % has now been added to the
/ list of Wilmington troops. II will be
connected with the Westminster Pres
/ byterian Church and the Scout Master
is Mr. Joseph N. Knox The troop
| viii meet on Monday evenings and al
ready has an enrolment Of twenty
/ two boys Assistant Scout Master
Woodman. a student at Delaware
College. will have charge of the drill
ing Of the boys.
New troops are also in the process
of formation at Zion Lutheran Church
and the Epworth Methodist Church.
! On next Saturday, Scout Master Ros-
sell of New Castle will visit Delaware
] City for the purpose of organizing a
troop there. which will he under the
direction of Chaplain Walter Marvine,
u. S. A., stationed at the army post
, there.
The special service held in Christ
Church. Milford, on February Z for
the Boy Scouts, was attended by
! ffF.. . 4 1..s tF
the relatives and friends of the mem
bers. The boys assembled at their
headquarters at 545 y. m, and under
the leadership of Assistant Scout Mas
ter II. b. Thaw. marched to the
church where they occupied the seats
reserved for them. The service was
terminated by an address delivered by
Scout Master =. II. J. Andrews on
the Purposes and Results OF the
Scout Movement" in which he dwelt
particularly upon the benefits de-
rived from consciontiously observing
the teachings of the Scout nrganiza-
ton.
Monday. February s. Anniversary
Day. was observed at a meeting held
at Scout headquarters The boys as
somblod at 7.30 and as a preliminary
warming up exercise INDUCED in 4
game of mg-of-war. AT s o'clock a
message OF greeting from the chief
Scout was read and al SIS every
Scout stood with his hand az salute
and repeated the Scout oath. Follow
ing this the boys were put through
tho staff drill and while they stood
at attention were addressed by Mes
srs. II. II. Pierce and ]. Pierce. mem
bors of the local troop committee.
The remainder OF the evening was de-
voted 10 refreshments, consisting OF
ice cream and cake, and visit 10 the
Palace Theatre
The members Of Troop are desir-
Gus Of becoming thoroughly familiar
with Scout work and in pursuance OF
this idea are TO be congratulated IN
having secured valuable expert assis-
lance. Captain Cannon, Of Co. B has
. promised to devote the necessary
time. one evening a month, to drill.
ing the boys in the marching manual
and has offered the use Of the Ar.
mory for this purpose In addition
A., Major William Marshall. surgeon o
! the First Delaware Infantry, has ex
j, pressed his willingness to deliver ;
monthly lecture on the subject Of frs
aid and bandaging and to give thl
q Scouts practical demonstrations. Thi
i is especially appreciated by the boy
since they realize that DR.. Marshal
- is probably the foremost authority il
i the state on this subject and that
v involves considerable sacrifice O
/ time from his clinic in Electrothera
e peutics.
Troop held its usual meeting las
: Friday evening. February II. In. con
ncction with the meeting, there wa
TO have been social for the parent
Of the boys, but as there was a meet
ing in the sunday school room.
I was postponed until next week. Scot
/, Master Bicking was home from Ne
- York last week and attended on
meeting. He hopes to be home
h stay in a short time. Assistant Scot
M Master Williams was in charge {
INC troop last Saturday on the join
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