Evening star., 1915-12-26

Boy Scouts of Washington are looking
forward with great interest to the big
hunt and roundup which has been
planned for New Year day. Considerable
mystery surrounds the arrangements for
the day and the curiosity of all the
scouts has been aroused.
1t has been announced that the hunt
and roundup is to start from the end of
the electric line at Takoma Park a
trail is to be laid in advance and the
scouts will start over this at promptly
3 o'clock in the morning Just where
the trail viii end is being kept secret
When the end of the trail is reached a
man hunt is to he held. =. huge camp,
fire will he lighted and the scouts WIZ
prepare lunch. Each scout Is expected
to bring his frying pan and the hah-
ings'' for the MONDAY meal.
When the capture is made IN the
man hunt the scouts will search Tor a
letter which will be hidden in the CLOTH
ter will contain is also being kept
secret
At the campfire Immediately following
the roundup reports Will be called Ioi
asking for the meaning of the dlnerehe
signs along the trail; what has hap
pened. so far as can be seen at the dif-
ferent points; how the man was found
and captured; what the letter SAID ana
anything the boys observe along the
way. The object of the hunt is to teach
observation and the aoiiirS 10 repol. u,
clearly on what is seen. There VIII pe
no hurry The winner probably VIII he
the boy taking most time to observe the
trail The boy making the best report
on what he sees will be the winner Of
the hunt
Still Chief Scout.
,r, <,,.;.,. o.o,u,t of tho deci-
sion of King George of England to per-
init Gen. Baden-Powell, founder Oh the
Bow Scout movement to continue as
chief scout of the Boy Scouts OF Eng
land. although the country is at war,
should be of interest to every scout:
.At the outbreak of the war In Eu-
rope" SAYS an announcement from 10
cal headquarters. Lieut.. Gen baaen
Powell asked the King OF Ehsianu
the service of the army. The KING re-
piled that it was his wish for Cen
Baden-Powell to again take the neid.
Gen Baden-Powell then reminded
100000 boys in the United Kingdom
who would be without leadership OF the
Chief Scout and that during ms time
as leader he had spent every eHort 10
secure proper successor wt"ou' SUI
cess.
king George then replied. 1t is more
important that the boys of England
have their chief scouts services than
that he should go into the army as l
at first wished And SO Gen. Baden
Powell is still chief scout of the BOY
Scouts of England"
News From the Troops.
The following communications have
been received from troop scribes:
Troops l and 10.
AT the invitation of Troop /, Troop
1s joined it in jolly Christmas meet
ing at the scoutroom of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Thursday, December %. Scoutmaster
Matthes of Troop / made a brief ad-
dress Of welcome to Troop 10. in which
he paid tribute to the loyalty and de-
termination shown by that troop dur
ing recent adversities. Repeated cheers
were given for Troop 10. Response
was made by Assistant Scoutmaster
Prentice of Troop 10. and few words
were added by Mr.. Warren. the scout
master-to-be.
Three new tenderfoot scouts. Dodge
Libby Edward Lawton and Justave
May, were sworn into Troop /. Scout
master Matthes then gave a talk on his
experiences in the Yosemite National
Park, illustrated with lantern slides.
were made for the dis
tribution by Troop ] of Christmas bas-
kets for needy families. The meet
ing ended with light refreshments and
the yells of the two troops. Among
those present were Scoutmaster Marsh
of Troop 46 and Assistant Scoutmasters
Shaw and Leech of Troopl.