Evening star., 1916-01-02
News From the Troops.
Troop 10.

Communications have been received
from troop scribes las follows:
Troop 10.
our troop is now fully organized.
having the maximum number of scouts
permitted under the rules-thirty-two
boys. At the last meeting there was
a report Of the Christmas baskets which
our troops made up for the poor Thes.e
baskets We're delivered Friday.
Friday night We had a special night
and it was mostly stunts and good
time. as it was New Year night, and
the boys did not feel much like work
or settling down to anything. Next
, night the program is Woodcraft.'
There has been considerable material
gathered for decorating the scout room.
and we believe it will be as fne as
any in the city when completed. Drop
in and see it,
II would like to ask a few questions
of the scouts to be answered in this
column:
HAS any scout found an echo near
the city that is really worthy OF the
name
What is the name of the large even
ing star visible in the southwest lately?
wv here is the tallest tree within five
miles of tine city?
What scout knows the location of
the largest tree near the city,"
Troop 4e.
we have recently elected new Of
| ficers. as follows: Louis Weadon. patrol
! lea ader: Augustus BodweI, assistant pa
! troll leader; Seymour Thomas, patrol
| leader, and Douglas Parker. assistant.
! Henry Aschenback was elected scribe
| for the troop TIE troop has been in
existence since March and is getting
| along nicely with Mr.. France as scout
master. We are planning to get nag
and drum and bugle. We went on
| hike Saturday and We enjoyed our
| selves very much, leaving at ! pm,
taking our suppers with happy pros
| poets. We arrived home at pm,
| being quite tired
Troop so.
| "Our first meeting was called Nover1-
Der ), but only one boy responded, so
another was called for November IL,
and eight boys showed up. A meeting
| has been held every Friday since. We
now have thirteen registered scouts and
| four on probation. II. @. Lugenbeel.
former scoutmaster of Troop 36. Ber-
1yn. Md. is our scnutmaster, and j. T.
| Crawford, our former scoutrnaster, is
assis stant. We also have second and
| third assistant. namely. Herbert Lugen-
| beei and Raymond Scaggs.
Two community hikes, to which the
| boys of our community were invited.
! has helped to swell the number of boys
in our troop. only two original boys
| of this troop have reregistered. so we
have practically new troop-'tendcr-
! foot
I'VE have held treasure hunts nearly
every week. with Indian head watch
! fobs for the treasure. and we are get
| ting to keep our eyes open on the
trailing question. We open our meet
ings with volunteer Scripture reading
| and prayer, salute and pledge to the
| flag. Different boys read papers on the
| last hike. and one boy volunteer pa
per on one of the scout laws
I'VE had special hike TO Fort Stan
ton last Monday. with twelve boys
present We spent the time doing first
aid. signaling and other scout activi-
! ties, and cooked our supper in scout
| regulation, building our fire and pre-
pairing things as we will have to do for
| field work
Troop SO.
| Five new members were admitted to
the troop. Paul Murphy. Emroy Byron,
August Lindner, Irwin Wright and
Vance Krutlos. We are trying to Sc
cure the music hall by the Chevy
| Chase lodge for our meeting place
which is a good sized place. Thursday.
| December 23, the boys gave an enter
tainment for their parents, and Mr..
Bangs. our scoutmaster. spoke In
January We hope to get DR. May, u. s.
". to give US an illustrated lecture on
one of his trips. The treasury is COM
ing up in great jumps. and We soon
hope to have good sum for our neces-
| stiles. The troop expects to organize
a basket ball team in the near future.
The troop desires to extend to every
| scout in the District of Columbia the
wish for very prosperous New Year"
| Troop 43.
| Troop 43 held it's regular meeting
| at Scout David Felstein's home, 36 d
| street southeast. The meeting was full
of fun and instruction. Philip Bailey
passed his tenderfoot examination. It
was decided that an American Red
Cross first-aid pouch should be bought