Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-02-15

gency, the FIRST civil organization TO
offer its services would be the Boy
Scouts. The scouts would precede every
other agency because they are at this
moment ready and in an emergency
can be assembled in an hour or 50.
The Boy Scouts are not a military or
ganization; they are non-military, but
not anti military. They will not. of
course. participate directly in any mill
tary anticipation OF handle firearms, but
the services they can perform are emu
merable II we were faced by a sudden
emergency the Boy Scouts would make
themselves useful IN many ways. III
should not he inferred over this, how
ever. that tho scouts are in any sense
military organization They are ALSO
mtely not military. The ultimate aim
of their activities is to develop good citi-
zenship, and Of course a good citizen
would always respond 10 the call of his
/ flag. What can the scouts do an time
Of war? Here are some of the things
they have been doing in Europe: Dis
| tributing notices and performing other
duties, patroling bridges, culverts and
telegraph lines. acting as guides and or
derlies. transporting beds and hospital
! furniture; making straw mattresses for
rough field hospitals; opening letters
and doing other Office work; acting as
temporary nurses; and last. but not
least performing always the daily
| good turn"
Don't forget the first aid examination r
for the hospital corp that is TO be held
$50. 80 '''' W ''''''''''
Members Of Troop G. note that the
/ troop meets at its new headquarters, St.
Paurs NJ. f. Church, for tho first time
tomorrow night.
Troop "a expects its meeting tonight
to be one of the biggest and one Of the
most enthusiastic yet. Scout Executive
Quincy will be present to install a new
scout master, man whom every mem /
Der OF the troop knows and likes.
Troop No. 2 held it's weekly meeting
Tuesday night. The winner Of the in /
ner patrol contest for tho month OF
January is Russell Macklin. Sergeant
! Franklin L. Rash. Of the Delaware
Militia. also assistant scoutmaster OF
Troop paid us visit. After our rou-
tine we played an interesting game Of
basketball. in which Warner showed
what he could do.
WILLIAM MORFORD, Scribe.
Troop No. held its weekly meeting
last Friday evening. in charge OF
Scoutmaster Bicking. The boys know
the new form of our meeting fine. and
they think il is the best form we
have yet had. Several boys received
100 per cent. duty pins for the month
OF January. Many business matters
y were acted on On Sunday we at
= tended Central Church in a body, with
. the other troops OF the city Scout
{ Earl White showed his loyalty on
: Sunday by coming 10 church with a
e broken leg.
, WALLACE BUTCHER. Scribe.
T Troop No. Q. helds its meeting on
Thursday, February s. Mr.. Jackson
gave us a short address. Talks on
different subjects interesting to the
scouts will be given by members Of
the troops at each meeting. AT the
next meeting, Thursday, February 10.
there will be election of officers. All
fellows are requested by Mr.. Long to
bring their ropes After the regular
business meeting, a short drill was
held During the drill three scouts
, disappeared. This vanishment was
made clear upon returning TO the
church. Here the scouts found a
spread Of Hot Dogs"
,, NELSON FRITZ, Scribe.
,, Troop No. is, made all arrange
ment last Friday night, to start to-
ward making this the biggest year
they have had. They decided TO make
the meeting this Friday evening the
get-to-gether meeting and every fell
low Is expected to be present. These
are the rules: For being absent from
meeting, without an excuse from the
scoutmaster, fine of FIVE cents Will
be imposed For coming in late a fine
II OF one cent This includes every boy
J. in the troop. Every boy present was
d presented with a 1917 Scout Diary 10
Il make him more efficient scout. Seven
r fellows, with the scoutmaster, took
y part in the hike Saturday. and we had
some time. Well, we won't say what
= we did. but the fellows who were not
= there, missed IT, We are also going
to start something new next week.
Every fellow who misses more than
one meeting a month will be classed
as a. "dead-head." A list Of these fell
lows will be published on the troop
record, and read out the first meeting
\ night in each month. If a scout still
u remains on the list he VIII be fined
or dismissed from the troop. On Sun
r day evening, twelve scouts, with the
4 scoutmaster. attended Central Pres
r byterian Church, and enjoyed a good
s. service. Let's have a big meeting clis
% week; every fellow out
n WILBUR CLEMENTS, Scribe.
Troop No. q, helds its weekly meet
L ing on Friday evening, with all but
IT four members present Scoutmaster
~ Bennett laid plans for the building OF
y a good strong troop, and informed us
n that he intended to allow those scouts
70 who attended regularly to remain on
the rolls. Seven members OF the trooT
Joined the hike last Saturday, and
some Of them took their FIRE making
tests.
WILLIAM KISSEL, Scribe.
Troop No. %, held its weekly meet
ing on Monday night instead of Tues
DAY, at which a reception of parents
and members of the church was held
The troop, under the direction Of
Scoutmaster Williams, gave an exhl'
bition of scout work and drills. Ad'
dresses we're made by the Rev. Dr
Cunningham, and Scout Executive
rr,b. ,rr,uf,r~ was considered