Evening star., 1916-10-15
ACTIVITIES OF THE BOY SCOUTS.

The second Of a series Of dual meets
between troops Is to be held Friday
evening at the clubhouse of Troop 80,
one Of the contestants. They will meet
Troop At. of which Walter e. Marsh
| Is scoutmaster. Deputy Scout Commits
! sioner Patton is to award the head
quarters banner to the winning troop.
First practice on new instruments by
the Washington Boy Scout Brass Band
evening in the G. A. R. Hall. Prac-
| tice is held every Monday evening. 1t
Is expected that the band will be able
| to participate in the inaugural parade.
A scout bicycle patrol is to be
formed by Deputy Commissioner Tay--
lor. 1t is planned to have drill and
trip every two weeks. Al scouts scouts, who Who
| urged to communicate with Mr.. Tay--
lor. Troop 45 already has formed
such q patrol.
for Scout Francis Anderson. who is
suffering from infantile paralysis.
Headquarters Is extremely disappoint-
ed in the showing made by the local
| scouts.
Troop 80. under scoutmaster Harry
huse9osel atoe and TsrsR TTr1oR A. K.nt Hnasf asf
to Randie Highlands. where a camp
nre was held. A treasure trail con.
test was won BY Perry anderson OF
pared BY scoutmaster Lugenbeel and
Each scout contributed toward the
& ai ssDDss snd MI:
accompanied the scouts. The hike
| Joyed.
| 6ooutmastsr b. q. Matthes Of Troop
has placed an exhibition Of shark
teeth at tho local scout headaarters.
They are arranged in tho form OF e
are M needed to complete the design:
Scouts who wish to do 30 are urged
to send in any samples they may have.
| The case in which the exhibit is IN,
Of Troop 80.
Rev. DR.. c. Everest Granger. pastor
Of the Gunton-Temple Memorial Pres
Troop 81 Of that church Friday even
ing. to celebrate the winning OF the
drst intertroop contest
Rev. Charles c. Tevis has become
scoutrnaster Of Troop 4, filing the place
held by Il. B. Angus. Mr.: Tevis comes
from Williamsport, Pa. where he had
large troop.
The newly organized Troop Of Ball
ston, Va. of which Frank M. Sherwood
| is scoutmaster, is hourishing. Scout
master Sherwood says he owes much or
Washington headquarters.
Troop 80: with Scout stuart Johnson
4sss'niieksi 9sy nipst heaa feature was % sonias In
| struction by H. C. Robb. Demonstra-
tion work, talks on subjects connected
with scouting, vocal selections. the tell
| ing Of short stories and short debates
clubhouse now is in excellent shape Tor
| meetings. although number of pieces
| Of furniture still are needed
A "rejuvenation meeting" Of Troop 50
| was held at the homo of Alfred Gage,
| 8s05 Legation street northwest Friday
night. Eleven new boys were admitted
to membership They were ,. wiiliam rlhsr
| Delbert Wells. Rodney Gale. George
| Hough, Frank Hough. Douglas Gle
phane, Arthur Nichols. Lee Parks and
+! Robert McNally. Newman 9. Lee 10 the
McCammon and Alfred Gage are on the
troop committee.
Troop 50, Vernon Bailey. scoutmaster,
day night. Mr.. Bailey recently returned
from a tour of western states.
| Troop as, John L White, scribe:
| Under the leadership of George
Becker, scoutmaster from Albany.
| who is attending school here, our troop
took hike to Wildwood. where we
explored the old Wildwood Hotel. Sew
eral of the boys passed scond-class ex-
aminations
| Troop AZ held a demonstration Friday
night at Trinity Church. 5th street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. under
the direction of J: Leonard KidweH,
| scoutmaster. The feature was an il
lustrated lecture on general scout work
by J. Woodbridge Patton, deputy scout
commissioner. William I. Simpson.
scoutmaster Of Troop IT, also made an
address. Other events on the program
were first aid and signaling drill,
tower building, knot tying, tho intro
| duction of the troop committee, Isaac
Cans. Frederick Rogerson and Edward
and a number of talks and demonstra-
tions on the various examinations and
tho scout law.
season Saturday, October Z, in the home
OF E. H. Mertz, its former scoutmaster,
and arranged a snappy program for the
year. The troop officers were elected
and a hike was Planned Tor yesterday
to Falls Church. Va. The boys prac-
ticed cooking. trailing. drilling and
woodcraft.
The troop, which has been more or
less at standstill for some little time.
has renewed its work, and the boys
have set January 1. 1917. and June ].
1917, as the time limits when two
grades of advance must be made by
every scout. 1t will. therefore, be but a
comparatively short time before first
class scouts will be the only kind in
Troop s. The next meeting of the troop
is to be held Saturday evening, at a
place to be decided later.