Evening journal., 1917-04-26

is your nina more dleIL since yOu
became a Scout?
If you can face these questions
squarely. and answer them YOU know
they should be nswered-YOU'RE A
SCOUT. Badges and uniforms do not
make the Scout, it takes CHARAC'
TER.
Second set of exercises for setting
ip drill
1. (al Raise right shoulder
Oh Raise left shoulder.
(c) Raise left and right alter
nate.
Cdl Raise both together.
q Ca) Hold arms in front horizon
tai position. raise shoulders.
(b) Hold arm at side horizontal
position, raise shoulders.
3. (a) Shoulder circles, arms down
at sides.
(b) Move shoulders back and
down.
(c) Arms held at side horizon
tai: small circle. describe
circle with hands, reverse
At the Council meeting held last
Monday it was decided that every
Boy Scout will act as guardian of the
community gardens throughout the
city and help in matters OF main
tanning discipline at these gardens. Do
your "bit" in this way. Applications
for workers in the Boy Scout Garden
are open and you are urged to attend
and make this city wide, interesting
affair. The garden will be laid out in
the old Court House grounds and will
be taken care of entirely by the
for This work
Five scol+s each morning or after
noon will be needed.
The years camp circulars will be
delivered to all scouts next Monday.
If your Scoutmaster does not give you
one call at the Scout Office for yours.
This camp is TO be the greatest
ever known to the Wilmington scouts
as everyone will have a chance to stay
all the season il he wishes. The far
mers near camp will make it possible
by giving scouts work on the farms
with pay sufficient to meet all expen
ses. To enable the Office to render
this service to the farmers. scouts
are asked TO bring permission from
their parents, to the Executive, SO
that a record Of available scouts may
be had In this way you will he help
ing your country to produce and con
serve the food supply
r. when the time comes, Whining
ton Scouts are called to mobilize, and
this mobilization is to be efficient ant
thorough we MUST have complete
data on each troops mobilization plan
Ten Wilmington troops have given nj
theirs-the rest have not. Are yoi
classed with the live troops-thos'
ready to do their part?
All scout officials are urged to at
tend the Southern ScOutmasters' an'
officials Conference to be held II
Richmond the 4th. 5th and 9th OF May
Some valuable information will b'
given to the leaders at this meeting
and should be attended by all worker
in the scout movement
Troop No. /, of Msrshalton, hell
their weekly meeting at the home o
Scoutmaster Morris last Thursda,
evening. Plans for the coming sum
mer's camping trip were talked owe
and our Scoutmaster has not yet az
pointed chief cook for the occasion
There will be some stiff race betwee
Gregg and Kennedy for the job a
they both certainly can cook, espec
ally eggs and beans.
Scout White is saving up his win
as he has been appointed bugler. TIL
signal corps are doing very good wor
on the semaphore signaling. Boys
wasn't that ice cream and cake tina
we had after the meeting dandy? A
on time Thursday evening.
Scribe. Frank Swartz.
Troop. No. held its weekly NEE
ing last Friday evening in charge Z
Scoutmaster Bicking. The bugle cor
sounded ito the colors" then the nj
and drum corps played the Star Spal
gled Banner" as the color besre