Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-21

Interest in Boy Scout circles centers
| in plans for the annual tag day,
April 3. Division leaders and teams
are busy with preparations for this
event, which it is hoped will enrich the
| Golfers of the organization by S',ooo
Announcement is made from headquar
tiers that division chiefs will hold meet
| ings for the scoutmasters in their di-
visions as follows:
Division B-Monday, March %. pm
1884 kalorama road.
Division C-Tuesday, March %, pm.
! room ,. District building.
| Division D-Monday. March -, pm
1911 Connecticut avenue.
Division E-Thursday, March %. 5
| o. M, 1919 Park road.
| Division F-Thursday. March -. 80
pm, Noel House, 18th and Kramer
streets northeast
New Troops Being Formed
NAV is named as the date when
| fully fifty troops. it is believed. will
| have registered in the District of Co
| lumhia and taken up active work
! Plans are under way for organization
in the near future of troops IS, 10. -,
| Is. 20, 81, 81 ana 80. " III these '"
lions, every vacant number assigned 70
a troop that has ceased to exist Will
have been filed The new troops are
the following
Troop 10.
Troop No. Is has been organized at
St Agnes Mission, Florida avenue and
LIST street northwest under the leader
ship of Scoutmaster c. f. Mullen. Re-
Gently Field Executive and Deputy H.
n. Grogan examined eleven boys. all
of whom passed, and nine who were OF
required age were sworn in. This troop
promises to have full quota in a
short time. as the Emery School mao
troop about three years ago and mum :
Der Of old members are seeking ad-
mission in this troop.
Troop 10.
Troop No. 10 is being organized at
Emmanuel Baptist Church. corner OF
10th street and Columbia road, with
William L. Ormerod as scoutmaster.
Meetings have been held for the past
three weeks and Eagle Scout Fred
Reed of troop l., assisted by three
scouts from troop No. 81. is preparing
the boys for their tenderfoot examlna /
tons. which will be given next FRIDAY
Troop 81.
This troop was organized about two
wears ago. its sole activity beng a
thirty day trip to Gettysburg ana re-
turn, the entire journey being done on
foot by the boys. Scoutmaster j. u
Graham, who has now accepted COM
mission for the troop being organized
at Friendship House. was scoutmaster
at that time. J. c. Fisk has accepted
the appointment as scoutmaster for
this troop, which will have headauar-
ters on street, having at its disposal
a scout room and headquarters iof
equipment, and a room twenty-five by
sixty feet. which is to he fixed up for
a gymnasium and drill hall
Troop 20.
Friendship House has been DESTROYS
of having a troop of Boy Scouts for
some time A meeting was called last
week to talk the matter over with a
number of boys. J. G. Graham related
his experience with the boys of No. p
on the Gettysburg trip. "A meeting was
held Friday, when the boys received
instruction in tenderfoot requirements
in preparation for examinations.
as scoutmaster for this troop, and al
ready there is the beginning of three
patrols Some members of the Imperial
Club, who are the older boys connected
with Friendship House. will assist as
leaders. Scout Edward Davis, lately OF
Troop No s, will assist Mr.. Graham as
senior patrol leader. and will go in
training for assistant scoutmaster
when the training school is in session.
Troop 90.
This Is an overflow troop which will
be started from the boys seeking ad
mission to Troop No. 80, which at this
time has it's full quota. J. H. Ruck-
man is to be the scoutmaster. Scout
master Bailey of Troop No. 80 and his
boys are interested in the develop
ment of this troop, and will foster it,
giving instruction to the boys and as
sistance to the scoutmaster
Troop "a.
Troop No. "a is being organized in
the neighborhood of 18th and ] streets
southeast L. B. Miller. who has as
sisted Deputy Executive J. L. Kidwel
in the organization of Troop "a, and