Evening star., 1915-03-07

One-tenth of all the merit badges
awarded to Boy Scouts In this coun
try are held by scouts OF Washington
according to the report of Flelt
Executive S. S. Aplin for the month O.
February. Washington scouts posses:
1901 merit badges.
The report shows that the local or
ganization has 4oS tenderfoot scouts
1876 scouts Of the second class and l2'
irst-class scouts, making total o.
73o Since November the membership
of the local organization has increas'
ed from SOL scouts to $50.
Eight new troops are in the process
of formation, and by field day, May 80
it is expected that totai OF III
troops will be enrolled. Field day IS &c
be the next big event on the Boy
Scout calendar. Already Mr Aplln Is
comforting with other scout olncerS
concerning the activities OF the day
Standing of Divisions.
The first series of inspections of the
recently organized divisions show the
following standings:
Division No. 3. 7s.1 per cent.
Division No. 2. IS per cent
Division No. 9, 70S per cent.
The inspection of Division NO was
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spected before the new drill regula-
tions were adopted.
More Scoutmasters Needed.
Concerning the formation of new
troops Mr.. Aplin in his monthly re-
port states:
."The work of obtaining scoutmasters
still is big problem. Lack OF theih
is holding up the ors anizatlon oi ne"
troops and it has taken nine ne"
scoutmasters to othce4 old troops.
ITO meet this situation IL is essehtAai
that a course OF training pe ouli1iieu =
to enable us to assist these ne" Iilei
in their work; also to tram assis tah, q ~
scoutmasters for their duties. Inc
eagle scouts and members Oh the
training troops should be members
of such an sanizatlon, ana eooi pc
should be outlined to cover spli :
term ana one Tor tne soiiiiei "
Camp ArchiDald Butt
Pass Second-Class Tests.
The following scouts passed their
second-class examination Friday nlsht'
division No George German,
Troop 4: Frederick Bailey. Troop 2e'
Beverly Moody, Troop 20; John Conner
Troon 81. and Sidney Johnson, Troop
AZ.
D,vision No. BERNARD Bayes, Troop
Division No. 3-Roy Perry, Troop "A;
J. P. Prather, Troop ~ e,a}atnn Bah}a1,A
Troop "a; Wilson Hoart, Troop ~, -;
Aaoipnus Smoot. Troop "a; Ira Mu-
shake, Troop "a. Wilson Hoag. Troop
"a. and Martin Macdonald, Troop "a.
Wants Instruments Uniform.
n;d-an of division
No. 8, director of the Boy Scout Drum
and Bugle Corps, is of the opinion that
the best type of drum for use by scouts
is one between sixteen and eighteen
inches in diameter and about six
inches deep. He believes that G bugles
should be used and that they should
be fitted with F slides. Mr.. kidweu is
anxious that all the bugles used by
scouts be uniform SO that the drum
can be united into one big corps at
rallies and other similar gatherings.
To Organize Division Club.
Scoutmasters and assistants of D1vI-
sion No. 1 are to meet at the home OF
Scoutmaster Vernon Bailey OF Troop ~
next Tuesday evening to discuss the
organization Of a scoutmasters' CLUB In
the division.
To Discuss Tag Day.
All of the scoutmasters of the city
are to meet at a dinner the evening Of
March Is to discuss plans for tag day.
The place where the dinner is to be
held has not yet been decided, but it
is understood it will be in one of the
downtown hotels
Twenty-Five Troops Report.
At a meeting of the Scoutmasters'
Club Monday night amendments to the
constitution were adopted. Reports
were received from the representatives
Of twenty-five troops.
Concerning Monthly Reports.
Troops which do not have their
monthly reports at headquarters by
the 5th of each month will not be con-
s:dered in good standing. according to
an announcement which has been made
by Field Executive Aplin.
Merit Badges Awarded.
The following merit badges have
been awarded:
Fred H. Livermore, Troop No. Al,
life and star scout.
Fred Bassett, Troop No. SO. crafts
manship.
Norris Gaddess. Troop No. 80. chem
istry.
Fred H Livermore, Troop No Al.
cooking. life saving.
Kenneth Livingston. Troop No. 80,
chemistry. fremanship. handicraft.
Orville Walsh, Troop No. 80. cooking.
p T. Williams. Troop No. 8, painting,
life saving.
Donald o. woolf. Troop No. 1, ma
chinery. craftsmanship.
Dorion Etienne, Troop No. 80. bugi-
Nelson Marshall Troop No 81. cook
ing. craftsmanship.
Amand Donnell, Troop No. 81, pfo-
neering.
3. B. Wilson. jr- Troop No Al. cook
ing.
r N. Young. Troop No. 81. cooking.
Three Qualify as Marksmen.
Three scouts took the craftsmanship
test at the National Guard gallery
range Wednesday afternoon under the
supervision of the local examiner, Al
bert S. Jones, secretary, National
Rifle Association of America. and all
qualified with the following score:
F. II. Livernore. Troop Al, standing,
3s; prone. 43.
P. A Nikirk, Troop IL. standing. 80;
prone. AZ
H, Il. Turner, Troop 8. standing. 80;
prone. 43.
The craftsmanship test will be given
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