The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
GOVERNOR CHEERED
BY 5000 BOY SCOUTS
Boys show What They Can Dc
rs Whitman Looks On
in ArmOry.
CALLED PRICED "ARMY"

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mainly political. but he got a greeting
yesterday afternoon that set n record in
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'e way .P'o"'' '"a'
was when he marched between the fac
Ing lines Of more than 1000 Boy Scouts
America in IN, Ara, p.~,.
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meh' "'""'s u" JUS u" many "r'sht
eyed. lusty Iunsed youths oetwee IL
And iG said hawdy do. some In a shrill
treble that made the old building culver
and spectators try to stop UP their ears.
I, wasn't n rehearsed yell or a pre-
arranged yell. 1t was a spontaneous
yell. fun OF the JOY OF living.
The boys marched In early. some led
by their fife and drum corps and others
simply by their scout masters. BY the
time Gov. Whitman appeared Scout
Commissioner Lorillard Spencer. Scout
Executive Lorne W. Barclay. Deputy
Scout commissioners A Chalmers
chares, ~. T. Newman. Frederick II.
Wilson. jules blerck, Harry Lee King
and charles IL, follard a al the
youngsters wanting on the north ana
eou'n s'deS OF tne armory. Ihen when
the Governor was ready TO come forward
WITH MT spencer tne poys marched fof-
WARD 'oa vhalk me which le1t a lane.
down "hlch s,rooe me Governor and
ms pu,l'o" $500 y" vi srus' ~ was
men IVA, ne nrs. .neer went up ana
II sounueu tne he!no'e'
Scon al.et III Sovei"or reacnea .he
cat,orm al tme emu :, 'ne a1mory ~nat
nhsh' We '"'cu zen rIhs snow waA
IN Hrostess' on every part OF the ar
mory 400 mere was some Troop doins
k0flt III HE KOI IN I'M
tercs'ed INA, ne ueserted ms siiued aids
IN the stand n walked down to the
moor TO get a close view.
ABOUT ten details OF Senaliers ID
denll appeared. using nags, semiphores,
fashlights ana their hands. Some stood
on the moor. some on the backs OF their
friends. Several pyramids made Of
boys formed signal stations. A WIRE
Tess outfit appeared by magic. q camp
sp-ang ~. and finally three long poles
were placed one on the other and an
agile youth climbed TO the top. where
he signalled to the other end Of the
building. A companion followed him,
n unable to get down he dropped into a
net. One boy tumped into a net from
ne upper balcony. landing safely.
But when II came 10 Hrst ala ths
s,,uts were nj their hest rhs nav
they handled the supposed injured
h-n,,yb, al, Govt. ~ aha..n- rhn,
took nm tho injured. ,hsm
splin.ered them. nulmotored them ing~ad
them around in. stretchers in traL y,oSor
anbuIances and In r,otor cvcIs ar'f,,'
ia-ces and 1, wa. oil Jors a.. 70 ~.
hovs were doing re,, u,orr - r.u.,
,r,er tho hots haI eli 80. .a.
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