Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-19
SCOUTING MEANS
SERVICE TO CITY
Edward c. Bacon, Field Commissioner
Explains Activities Of Boys and
What They Have Done.
PUBLIC has 40 C0NCEPTIoN
Welfare Work IN Every Community is
Fartherod by Organization
Heroic Deeds Are Many.

Edward c Bacon, national field
scout commissioner. directing q cam .
palgu here to raise @ taree-year bud +
get Of $4,000 to put scouting on a +
strictly efficiency basis, has this 10 say
on the movement
The people Of Rock Island have
really no conception OF what true IN
tensided scouting means. This is not
a reflection At all on the boys who are
interested ia scouting here al present.
bat / means almost as UuCn differ
euce al darkness It's To daylight for
with a scout executive OBJ the job back
ed by over forty Of the prominent
business men Of this city and with
program outlined practically year
ahead. il Is going 10 take the boys ~
Rock Island and keep them interested
in doing the things that they Ike 20
DO which leads step bv step on mp
wards to ala that makes a good ef'l-
zen
with al least a thousand boys who
are doing their good turn daily not
only In their homes but their commun-
ify good turns Everyone VIII be as-
tonished ard pleased over this CAM
paiFn investment for it surely is an in
vestmeut and lot an expense.
Here are a few Of the more sigDih-
cant good turns and community good
turns that will give you all an ides of
what this intensified scouting means.
THE scouts in Buffalo. New York.
assisted ID big cleanup campaign,
acting as inspectors and distributing
thousands of circulars TO the house
wives
THE Boy Scouts Of Memphis. Tenn.
carried flowers go hospitals and maya
zines aud papers TO asyiums and 10 the
poor. besides furnishing supplies to
many needy families.
Elmer TICe. a scout og GFeenvIle.
Ill. discovered a broken rail and in-
formed the agent at the depot thereby
saving many lives and carrying out the
idea or safety first always
In nearly every city Of first class
(Which Rock Island will be-. every
troop OF scouts viii assist the G. q. r.
and confederate veterans to observe
Memorial day. participating in the
parades. besides helping the first aid
and other duties Of love This same
viii be true also OF the Fourth of July
and Labor Day You see It is q matter
of service throughout the entire
scouts program.
AT Brooklyn. n. r.. the scouts as
sisted the Red Cross society ia secuT-
ing several hundred now mem bers.
ing baudaEes and making surgical
dressings.
One scout All Manltouac. Wis. saved
five persons from drowning during
1915, Two of them being national
guardsmen The scouts all over the
United States are always glad 10 rem
der services to the poor on Christmas
and Thanksgiving day.
AT Los Angeles. Cal. the scouts
served as a special guard Of honor for
the Liberty bell
Here is what one Of the Kansas
City papers said on commenting on
services of their scouts during the If
tieth annual eucaupment of the G.
"A. r.
Along the human wall that
hemmed in the line of march rushed
the little figures in khaki They car
ried cauteens. not guns. They were
armed with means of comfort not i'm
plements Of destruction. The new
idea Of service came into its own at
each step. q youth who was on guard
10 save or succ0r, watching carefully
as the veterans marched. They were
on guard just as these men who we're
called to sterneT service were watch
ed half century or more ago
Here are q few reports from the
1EOops at Grand Rapids Mich. which
will give YOU a good idea Of what the
scouts can DO for their home city.
H. They acted as pages and guides
during Western Drawing Teachers
convention, meeting visitors. at trains.
directing them to hotels. etc. Received
especial mention from the Drawing
Teachers association and from the As
ISOLATION OF Commerce.
. They killed 2.S40 flies in anti
tuberculosis society swat the ly' cam
paign. This campaign was carried on
from Nav i to June I. when flies were
very scarce
g. They delivered 5000 booklets
10 all parts OF the city for the anti
tuberculosis society,
q They assisted visiting nurses
with their tag day
. They aided the anti-tUborcuiosis
society i'm the sale of Red Cross seals.