The Washington herald., 1916-06-11
girl SCOUTS in
RALLY.AI "zOO'
Members of 26 Troops Par
ticipate in Variety of Drills
and Receive Prizes.

That the Girl Scouts of the District
are prepared. not only for the essentials
OF woman's part in military duty, but in
every other form OF preparedness, was
demonstrated yesterday in the semi-an-
nual Girl Scout rally at Geological Park.
More than 800 Girl Scouts OF the Dis
trict participated in the rally. They were
under the direct charge and supervision
of Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, national vice
president of the Girl Scout movement.
They were directed by Capt. Frank E.
Sharplese, Third Infantry, District Ma
tional Guard. Twenty-six troops of
scouts responded to the roll call with
their troop yells.
Reviewing the rally were the District
officers Of the Girl Scouts, including Mrs.
Henry T. Rainey, president of the local
council; Mrs Colin Livingstone. vice presi-
dent; Mrs. James Finch CaIlbreath, sec
retary-treasurer and Mrs. II. A. Cole
man, local commissioner
At the conclusion OF the drill, which
included demonstration of the vari-
Gus courses of the scout curriculum, G.
A. Lyons presented the prizes to the
winners OF the annual competitive essay
and poem contest Mrs. Juliette Gordon
Low awarded the proficiency badges
winners in the essay contest were:
Essay-"Leaves from Girl Scouts
Diary" with poem, Miss Thelma Fought.
Troop p. first prize. hikeometer; second
prize, scout knife, Miss Eleanor Putzki.
"A Call to the Unframed GIRL" third
prize, canteen. Mise Eunlce Haden, Our
Ten Laws" The prizes were donated by
the w. F. Roberts Company.
Badges Are Awarded,
Proficiency badge awards to the vari-
Gus troops were made, following a
demonstration of the particular course
for which they were given-by the men,
oers Of Troop No. l, with the name of
the trooper, and the subject as follows:
Dairy maid, Martina Prettyman: tele-
sraphy' Josephine Childs; swimming,
Dorothy Hackett; laundress, Eleanor Nc
Murchy; seamstress. Hortense warfield.
markesmanship, Winnifred Beaumont;
child nurse, Ruth Coleman; scribe
Evelyn Miller; signal. Penelope Holmes:
housekeeper. Louise Merchant; cook.
Martha Durham; boatswain. Frances
Wynne, Red Cross, Eleanor Putzki;
artist, Helen Williams: music, Evelyn
Healy; bicycle, Elizabeth Calling, and
ambulance corps, Emily Davis Louisa
Williams, 1rma Schofield and Elsie
Chambers.
Troops participating in the rally and
courses demonstrated were:
Troop No. l. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
captain. proficiency badges; Troop No.
G. Mrs. S. A. Mooers. captain, tableaux-
| scout laws; Troop No. ), Miss Treat,
captain; Troop No. Is. Mrs. G. Brooks,
captain; Troop No. %. Mrs. L. Arnold,
captain; Troop No. IS, Mrs. J. B. Kelly.
captain. first aid and other drills; Troop
No. 5, Mrs. J. D. Eggleston, captain
Troop No. II. Miss Breuninger. captain,
and Troop No. a. Miss Jarboe, captain,
folk dances; Troop No. 10. Mrs. F. P.
Wilcos. captain, games and Morse code;
Troop No. II, Mrs. n. Jones, captain,
semaphore: Troop No. 13 Mrs. A. II.
Haffy, captain, knot tying; Troop No. Is,
Miss r. Browns, knot tying; Troop No.
is. Miss Gardner. captain. dumb bell
drill. and Troop No. I, Mrs. c. J. Pyles,
captain. flag drill.
Music for the drill was furnished by the
band of the National Training School for
Boys.