Evening star., 1915-03-07
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Boy Scout applicants every Wednesday
afternoon at the National Guard
| armory range.
News From the Troops.
Communications have been received
| from troop scribes as follows:
Troop 81.
| Troop, No. 81, had its weekly meet
ing Friday evening at 7:45 o'clock at
the Mount Pleasant Congregational
| Church. After the regular order of
business. our scoutmast ster. Mr. Masch-
| meyer. produced some small manila
envelopes. On each was written the
name of scout When {. scouts name
was called he came forward opened
the envelope and read from the card
inside what he must do. 1t was some
requirement which he had met in one
OF his examinations The test was an
entire success. because it was wholly
made good average, and that is en-
couraging."
Troop II.
"All of our boys, except one, had a
fine time on hike to Little Falls, Va,
last week. There was no need for the
ambulance corps, for. barring burned
fingers and few slips over the rocks,
we were minus mishaps of any kind
Our meals were cooked by Scout
Dietz. who, we believe, must be train
ing for army cook. Beans were not our
principal ration, for the cook is the
man who put diet in Dietz.
we passed a number of our second
class tests.
Our meeting this week will be a So
cial affair. as we expect to meet at the
nome of one of our scouts Two new
applicants presented themselves at the
last weeks meeting. We have the
scout handshake ready for all scouts
Who visit us"
Troop 80.
"At the meeting Friday night plans
were discussed for the May encamp-
ment. Application for reregistration in
the troop was fled by Allen r. Whit
tngton. Our sGoutmaster is going to
take the troop on a hike next Saturday
March 13
I'VE are all looking forward to the
next meeting at which the cups the
relay team. consisting of Robert Groes-
beck, Graham Smallwood, Edmund
Hemphill and Edward C. Chaplin, won
at the Georgetown track meet Satur-
day night, February 27, will be pre-
Sented.''
Troop S.
"At the meeting last Saturday Dr.
Murray gave US a lecture on first aid.
He told of the best and simplest way
in which to give the f1rst-aid treat
ment which one would be apt to use
in everyday work. After his lecture
he demonstrated some uses of the tri-
angular and roller bandages. Every one
was very much interested, and DIR.
Murray's talk was appreciated by all
the boys.
"a system of having certain scouts
in charge of certain branches of work
is being tried. Scouts Kenneth Miller
and Hugh Johnston are instructing in
signaling, while Scouts Philip Will
liams, Hugh Turner and Sam Hardy
are instructing In first aid. Instruct
ors in out-of-doors work have not
been appointed.
In the past month we have admitted
four new members. Harvey Mitchell
and Walter Mcdowell passed their ten
derfoot examination last night. The
others are under instruction.
IF the weather permits several
scouts will take a forteen-mile hike
for their first-class examinations. The
remainder of the troop will go to Ran
die Highlands and spend the day
Scouts Miller, Williams and Turner
are building shacks and bridges for
their merit-badge work"
Troop AZ.
"The past three weeks have been busy
ones for Troop Al in many ways. The
troop scribe has been on the sick list,
which accounts for the omission of the
usual weekly letters during the past two
weeks.
"At the big rally at Convention Hall
February II there was not one of the
twentyfour members of the troop absent
At the field day, February %, at Rock
Creek Park we turned out twenty out Of
twenty -four at the inspection, though we
only got credit for eighteen. The troop
had a fine day and every one voted it
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