The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-14
BOY SCOUTS TOBE.
CALLED TO COLORS
Youths Will Be Mustered Into
Federal Service, II Is
Stated At Meeting

called into federal service by the gov.
eminent and be on duty in Uniform day
and night like any military unit Of
! Uncle Sam e forces sent n thrill Of
quick interest through the gathering at
the annual meeting Of the Honolulu
Boy Scouts last night.
! The news that the Boy Scouts are to
be "ealled out in the service of the
nation came az part of n communica.
ton TO Roger n. Burnham, executive
commissioner of the Honolulu organiza.
tion, from. james Wilder, former popu.
lar scout master here, aud now in New
York where he is scout master in
charge of the Seascouts of, America.
| The part of the letter IL aslfoIlows; ..
p" As Mr.. West spoke Of Il himself.
do not mind telling you that the
| United States government Ia about TO
take over the Boy Scouts of America
bodily. They are to be listed for com.
munication service and will be expect.
ell to get into uniform and stay in uni,
form night and day. Moreover, any
boy wearing a uniform that in any way
resembles the scout uniform, marine
uniform, or the sailor : uniform will be
promptly arrested.'
| When the action outlined is 10 be
carried out by the federal government
is not definitely stated, but IL Is be.
lieved here that the order will come
some time early in the new year.
Reports were presented, new officers
elected and number of interesting al,
dresses were given at the meeting and
banquet which was held on the Young
Hotel roof. The new officers named
are: President. Sanford b. Dole; vice
presidents, DIR. J. B, Pratt, A. L. Castle
and George Dennison; executive com.
missioner, r. II. Durham; commission,
err, Harry 3. Hayward; executive com
mittee, John Guild, James A. Rath, w.
+. Dillingham;, William Thompson, p.
NJ. Pond. The Hawaiian Trust company
was chosen to act as treasurer of the
Organization. 70
Addresses were delivered by DIR. J.
A. Pratt, James A. Rath, the retiring
president, Captain W. II. Foster, A. II.
Ford and g. B. Dole, the new president.
/ Many interesting points were brought
out in the address of DIR. Pratt who
L
! TO help conserve food. Statistics, he
said, show that every rat destroys food
worth $1.27 each year. What savings
might be effected through wholesale ex.
1 termination of rodents directed by Boy
Scouts may be guessed when one tries
to figure how many rats are Mt large In
Honolulu, alone The speaker pointed
! out that the draft will materially de-
plete the ranks of workers of the board
Of health and in this connection he said
he expected help from the Scouts. In
including his remarks he offered 800
in prize money to Scouts for improve
ments designed to better sanitary con
ditions.} sita'-
Urges More System
The retiring president in his address
urged more system in the general work
| of the organization and particularly in
soliciting and raising the amounts COW
cred by the annual budget. At the con,
clusion Of his address vote Of thanks
was given him for his work Of the
past year. ..'g .,f.,. a.
OF interest to Scouts generally was
the statement of Captain Foster who
stated that he could get the Ipter-Isl-
and slip as headquarters for Honolulu
Sea Scouts. Captain Foster also exs
pressed his Willingness to supervise the
building of boat the Sea, Scouts win
need. .....- ...
A. II. Ford, of the Pan!Pacific Col
lege. expressed the wish that the older
Scouts of all natiOnalities would come
closer together and learn more of each
other's business methods. He urged
greater unison and better understand
ing between the races. e..
| President Dole of the organization
reviewed briefly the record Of the Boy
Scouts in the Territory. He declared
that he had made part of the routine
of his life the Scout motto, Zone
Good Turn Daily" and he had found it
to be full of value Of the best sort.
All of the notifications of the extern.
sive work of the Scouts in the past
months were given in detail in the re.
port presented by Scout Executive
Burnham. financial statement that
was presented showed that receipts
from April with balance brought
forward amounted to $32S9.37 with dis
bursements for the period $3090.3l,
leaving a balance on ha nd December IL
of $4,000. sr ST. ''r. -
IN audltlOn 10 Jne announcement con-
corning the calling of the Scouts into
federal service as stated in the com.
muuication from Wilder, other interest
ing details of Wilder's letter were
given. g.
| In his letter, which Is dated NOvem.
Der 20, Wilder says that "next week
the Sea Scout program will probably be
launched. He adds that this is to be
"a formal, etiquetted, hard working
side of the Scout movement" He adds,
I"You can 7 be a Sea Seoutmaster with,
(om taking an examination. The first
grade requires that the Seoutmaster.
must be an able seaman, able that Is, to
tack, run free, and pick up moorings,
swim, save life, and so FORTH"
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SpREckEI { lc WITNESS