The Washington times., 1915-03-21
SCOUTS TO HAVE 81
TROOPS BY MAY |
With Eight Being Formed by
Washington Council, the
Number win Be Complete.

Fffty-two registered troops of Boy
Scouts in the District of Columbia BY
Nav |, each with its complement of
officers and patrol organizations is the
aim of Field Executive S. s Apln.
and when the eight troops now being
formed arc admitted to the Washing
ton council it will complete that num-
ber.
Troop So was organized last year. but
between that and Troop l are several
numbers of troops that have been dis
continued, and it is the object of scout
officials TO fill these gaps.
Mr.. Aplin and Deputy Field EXecu,,
eleven boys who will form the nucleus
of Troop Is. with headquarters at st:
Agnes Mission, Florida avenue ana
First street northwest. The troop PROB
ably will have its full quota in q short
time. and. many members of the old
Emery school troop, now disbanded, are
seeking admission. G. f. Mullen is the
scoutmaster.
Troop 19 Formed.
One of two new troops to receive Of
ficial papers this week will be Troop
19, at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Six
teenth street and Columbia road. of
which Leonard Ormerod will be scout
master Meetings have been held in the
Sunday school room of the church for
the last three weeks. Eagle Scout Fred
&. Reed, of Troop II. and three scouts
from Troop 81 are preparing the boys
for their tenderfoot examinations, which
will be given Friday night.
- Troop 21, which came into existence
two years ago and then became dor
mant, is being reorganized. with l. {.
Fisk as scoutmaster. Commodious head
quarters have been secured. large
enough to be used as a gymnasium and
drill hall. Some of the boys are scouts
who made the trip to and from Get
tysburg on. foot two years ago. They
are graduates in campcraft
Scoutmaster j. G.. Graham, who took
the boys of old Troop Y to Gettysburg,
has accepted the commission of Troop
e. which is to be organized at Friend
ship House. The first meeting for ten
dorfoot instruction was held last Fri
day night. Scout Edward Davis, for
merly of Troop 6, will be senior patrol
leader.
To Organize Overflow Troop.
An .'overfiow troop" from Troop Sc
will be organized shortly, with ]. IL
Ruckman as scoutmaster. and it will
be Troop 20. Troop headquarters have
not yet been found Scoutmaster Yer
non Bailey, of Troop SO, is actively in
terested in organizing the new unit.
L. r. Miller, who assisted Deputy
Executive James l.. Kidwell in the or
ganfzatton of Troop ~, ana VINO mas
given valuable aid as an instructor II
sea scouting. is to be scoutmaster OF
Troop 81. Its headquarters Will be II
the neighborhood of Eleventh and
streets northeast. Two meetings har,
been held in preparation for the ten
derfoot eXanlina tions.
Troop 81 will be commissioned mex
Tuesday evening. with l.. p. Morris as
scoutmaster The boys all live in the
vicinity oe Georgia avenue and Colum'
bia road. No headquarters has been
found and in the meantime the boys
are meeting at the homes Of the troor
members
Boys Of Brooliland. who have seer
demonstrations of scout work by Trool
q. of which +. l.. Harries Is scout
master. have become anxious for
troop of their own. and this new troop
when organized will be No. 50. Som'
of the scouts of Troop y live in tina
suburb, and will join the new troop.