Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-08

| owen chief police surgeon. in room $50,
| City Hall, Tuesday night. Nine doctors
| volunteered their services as instructors
In response to Doctor OWENS call.
| The pupils, all of whom are first-class
| scouts, will learn how to give relief in
| emergencies to persons needing medical
attention. They will be shown how to
! set fractured limbs and bandage wounds,
| how to treat frost bite, hemorrhages and
| coma, and what to do If called upon to
| counteract the effects of various posons.
| They will receive instruction in the treat
ment of shocks, asphyxia from smoke and
illuminating gas, foreign bodies in the
eye, ear, throat or air passages, con-
vulsions, burns and scalds electric
shocks, sunstroke and lightning stroke,
and sprains and dislocatlons. A lecture
on camp sanitation will conclude the
course.
To obtain individual instruction the
pupils were divided into classes of about
ten, and a doctor was assigned to each
group. The classes, which were formed
as far as possible in neghborhood
groups, will report to their teachers once
a week for lecture and demonstration
in tirst-aid methods, The course of study
will cover ten weeks. The students who
successfully complete the course will be
presented with certificates by the Red
Cross Society in Washington, and will
be eligible to take the Boy Scout test for
the first-aid merit badge.
Five police surgeons are included in
the corps of instructors, so that the Boy
Scouts will learn many of the methods
employed by the police In dealing with
emergency cases. Doctor Owen, who
himself lectures occasionally to scout
masters, has outlined the course for the
scouts. The doctors who have assumed
charge of the classes are DIR. Clinton G.
De Foney, police surgeon of the 9Th dis
trict; Dr. Henry A. Weyant, of the 10th
district; DIR. William Ellis, of the 2Sth
district; DR. Frank Hancock, of the 29th
district; Dr. ]. Paul Frantz. of the 31st
district: DIR. w. M. Hinkle. 1923 North
18th street; DIR. Nathaniel Ginsburg sur
geon in the Jewish Hospital. and Doctors
Bernstein and Krause, residents in the
Philadelphia Hospital.
The Boy Scout movement has spread
over the whole world. Even in the
North Sea, now dangerously strewn with
deadly mines, hearts are beating for the
Boy Scouts.
DR.. Charles d. Hart, chairman of the
Executive Scout Council. has received a
letter from Lieutenant Henry Howard, of |
II. M. 8. Nottingham British North Sea |
feet, dated December 20, in which the
Boy Scouts are praised by the naval Of
ficer. The Nottingham is one of the ships |
patrolling the North Sea. In part the |
letter reads:
Il am sure myself that some day Baden |
Powell will have very fine bronze |
statue put up to him. He certainly has |
done more for the manhood of England |
and incidentally, all English-speaklng |
people, than any one else / don't Won
der that you are interested In scouting"
General Baden Powell is the founder of
the Boy Scout movement, and Is more
noted for that feat than for the high
position no attained in the British army.
A record for economic and yet sub
stantial menus was established by the
first patrol OF Troop Is, 52d street and
Cedar avenue. In three days stay at
the Wayne Log Cabin, Delaware County,
last week Twelve Boy Scouts spent a
little less than five cents per meal for
eight meals eaten at the camp-and
wholesome meals they were, except per-
haps the next 10 last one. which is de-
scribed as being rather meager." But
none of the campers lost weight and
they assailed the hunters stew with
true campers appetites on the night they
broke camp.
The eight meals were calculated care
fully by Scoutmaster Hubert l. Ruther-
ford. who divided the provisions into IL
equal packages to be carried by the
scouts He also officiated as cook. Be
ginning with Thursday AT noon the
menus in detail were
Lunch-Salmon, stewed corn, peas,
bread, butter, cocoa.
supper-FIied ham, baked beans, bread,
butter, cocoa, coffee. cake, oranges.
Observation-Disclosures maple syrup,
fried mush. bread. butter, milk
Iunch-Baked beans, stewed corn, peas,
bread, butter. cocoa. oranges
Supper-Salmon. peas, frted mush,
bread, butter, cocoa, coffee, marshmal-
lows.
syrup. bread, butter, milk. cocoa
Luneh-Baked beans bread butter
snpper- Hunters stew. fried mush.
bread, butter, cocoa.
This record has been commended at
Bov Scout headquarters as model one
~ economy and wholesomeness. The ap-
pearance of coffee on the bill OF fare
was due to the appearances or Deputy
scout Commissioner Patton who, IS
guest WAS privileged 10 drink that pey-
craze ana who. incidentally made soiid
attack on the limited store Of provisions.
Besides the So cents for food. each boy
v,as Assessed IS cents earfare, making
tofal expense Of Is cents each Tor the
three days camp.
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