Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
The Boy Scouts
in Richmond and Virei7ia

To-day is the big day OF the year
for the Richmond Boy Scouts. Every
face Is turned toward the Fair Grounds.
The big review. field meet and camp
fire is the program for the day.
Five thousand invitations have been
distributed to the subscribers. Scout
officials and the Scouts Each invi-
tation carries with II privilege of a
group SO that the Scouts expect large
crowd. The troops have been prepar
ing for a long time for the big event
and the competition should be keen
y beautiful loving cup, two pennan,s
and ribbons VIII be awarded the win
ring Scout and troops
The city OF Richmond is divided n
10 FIVE districts The northern dis
trict at the present time holds the
city championship flag. which is won
by the district receiving the greatest
number Of points at any meet This
tag VIII again be awarded 30 the
winning district today.
The events Will start promptly at .
o'clock. with 4 grand review headed
by the BuGle, Fife and Drum Corps.
following which will come the follow :
ing events: First aid stretcher max
ing, signaling. take off and put on.
modifying, fire making. water hoil-
ing. pyramid building, wall scaling,
crab race. and ten pitching.
The boys viii then be given an OPP
portuni:y 10 prepare their supper in
the big ring at the Fair Grounds. af-
ter which they viii assemble for bG
campfire. The principal speech will
be made by DR. Douglas S. Freeman
The Judges for the events are as
follows: First aid and stretcher max
ins. Or. G. Ruckcr, r. w. HOWE. b
/. era WORD and Z. c. Fravel: knot-ty-
ing. Quartermaster ". e. Clarke. and
/ J.. Feigclnan: signaling. Cuartermas =
ter W. &. Clarke: Are making by fric-
ton. Branch B. Morgan. Hugh Stock
dell and = NJ. Harrison: water boiling
and pyramid building, Stafford H
| Parker and Waller Holiday; Nall
scaling. crab race and take off and
put on, William Todd and e 3
. Thomson. and ten pitching. by Major
, j. Fulmer Bright.
Merit badges In Camp.
! scouts VII! be given an opportunity
to pass merit-badge work and receive
credit for same in camp in the fol-
lowing subjects: camping. pioneering
| swimming, life-saving, forestry. con.
/ servation. angling. cooking and path
! finding.
Beg!!nnipg next week the Scout exeeu.
Scout camp unit! the camping season
| Is over The Scout ot7ce will be oper
during the summer. and the office sec.
! rotary present 10 carry on the detail.
+ OF the work. The executive Will be tr
I the Office on Tuesdays and Saturday.
: between - and o'clock. when he car
! be seen on matters pertaining TO Scout,
| ing.
| Letter From "OId scout"
Well. Scouts. as long as you have
not had real good. long lecture fol
some time. and being that camp open:
| next week. I want 10 tell you about &
Scout law that you will not find II
your handbook.
Several Sundays ago I heard a min
lister preach on the basis of the Ter
! Commandments, and it set me to think
! ing just what was the basis OF the
Scout laws. Well, after quite a while
II occurred to me that in order to keeI
the Scout oath and laws, "a Scout mus,
be careful How about that?
He must he careful that he does no
break the oath nor any of the laws
he must be careful TO see that he does
nothing 10 bring dshonor on the trool
or the Scout organization; he must bt
careful to assist his officers, to hell
them in any way he can: he must b.
careful and cause them as little trouble
or worry as possible; must be careful
to do a good turn daily and to he pre-
pared. and-gee Whit could keep oil
naming various things he must be ca re