Evening star., 1915-09-12

The fall season OF Boy Scout ACTIVITIES
has begun. Most of the troops conclud-
ed their summer recess periods and held
their first fall meeting during the
past week.
Boy Scouts were called out for spe-
cial duty on two occasions during the
past week. Monday they assisted at
the Labor day auto races at the Ben
ming track and Thursday demonstra-
ton of scout activities was given on
the Ellipse in order that DR. T. Inaba,
a Japanese educator, might see Ameri-
can Boy Scouts at work.
Monday a hurry-up call for fifty or
more scouts to serve as helpers in keep
ing the race track clear at the Ben
ming auto races was received at head
quarters and it was most gratifying to
Taylor, who had charge of the various
troops, to see how loyalty they re-
sponded. At the roll call seventy-eight
scouts reported in full uniform The
provided a special car for the boys
and when the boy Scout special linn
tied" pulled out promptly at II o'clock,
there was a happy lot of boys and
81, 81, Al and so were represented
There were only two minor accidents
to report by the first aid detail-one
man getting his cheek torn by nail
fell, the second was similar one,
young woman having her lip cut by
falling over some boards The scouts
worked all during the races and were
on duty from l pm. till 6 pm, when
the races closed.
1t was not until ! o'clock wednesday
afternoon that orders were received at
headquarters regarding the demonstra-
morning for the benefit of DR.: Inaba.
At IL o'clock Thursday morning. the
following troops reported for duty:
Troops 2, II, 16, As, As, Al and 81. Each
and the following are some of the
activities which were demonstrated:
Tent-pitching, Troop 16
First -Bandaging-Spiral re-
special carries and lifts, fireman's.
chair and single; breaking grips in
water, resuscitation, Troop As; stretch
er making with poles and coats, Troop
At.
Bicycle Patrol-Erected "a line of
telegraph, using bicycles as poles, and
a complete working line was ready in
side of five minutes. This was done by
Troop 16.
Fred c. Reed of Troop Al gave fine
demonstration of making fire without
matches and had his fire going in thlr-
ty-one seconds. or
Signaling-Scout Sherry of Troop 81
and S.cHarris of Troop sent and
recei02a message written by Dr.
Inaba in international Morse code
At the beginning of the exercises
there was a short drill, and the scouts
passed in review before DIR. Inaba. The
day was extremely hot and the first AID
squad was ready for any emergencies,
but their services were not in demand.
instructions to Scribes.
The following notice has been sent to
the troops by headquarters:
Scout scribes, attention-Please send
in your records of any troop activities
and troop meetings which are of IN
terest to the deputy field executive
every week and don't forget to nave
the items in not later than FRIDAY
morning Get busy now. and let me
have a whole lot of news Tor next
week. Every scout scrlpe IN llie MY
two troops owes it to his own troop 70
see that some item of interest Shoulo
be contributed. Send in your com
munication written in ink and on only
one side of the paper
No Boy Scouts Fighting.
Under the heading mo Boy Scouts |
Are on the Firing Line in Europe
Scouting the official organ OF the Ma
tional Boy Scout headquarters, pup
fishes an article from the New YORK
Sun, which is in part as follows:
Careful inquiry develops the lacI
that whatever part the Boy Scouts OF |
Europe are playing in the present war !
their duties are not IN the Ieiu -
operations. Gen. Baden-poWeH, ere
ator of the Boy Scout movement, IN |
his visits TO the scene of war found no |
scouts there; Richard Harding DaVls
likewise declares that through all o.
the war zone he inspected the zone OF
actual fighting, not Boy Scout did ne
see: and the ambassador OF france, IN |
Washington, has Information OF the
same purport. All OF which prlhSs
to the surface an interesting sit-
uation-the question as to the at
titude of that multitude of American
lads who are enrolled as Boy Scouts of
America.
For several months great many per.
sons in the United States have been
asking to what extent, If any, military
doctrines were being lncuicated among
the Boy Scouts of America. Belore Ions
this curiosity grew to apprehension.
and the Headquarters of the national
organization at 200 5th avenue began
to receive inquiries, then protests.
At first little was thought OF the mat.
ter though sincere regret was felt that
apparently good many wen tneaililS Pas,
folk wholly misunderstood the Boy
Scout ideals. In as many instances as
possible such inquiries We're answered
with statements that instead OF teach-
ing militarism the Boy Scouts OF amer
ica do everything in their power 10 m
still ideas of Self-reStralnt, OF calthHess
under proyocation, of the principles of
brotherhood literally world wide.
On the other hand, there are not
few patriotic men and women holding
the very opposite idea, and these re-
gard the Boy Scouts as being taught the
doctrine that even resistance under
grave provocation should be avoided:
AS matter of fact. the extremists OF
neither type are right, according TO
official information which was obtained
from national headquarters in order
hot Car Of Gum dgV
be intelligently informed on the subject
and subject it is of no little I'M.
portance when one remembers that
there are nearly 100000 boys regularly
regiSte erred acfiua ScnlItS of Amer