New Britain herald., 1918-01-25
BOY SCOUT
 NEWS

Plans are under way to organize a
 putmasters' reserve corps in the New Britain council. This and several other matters of importance will be discussed at a meeting of the scout masters and their assistants, to be held at the scout headquarters, Sun day, February 8, at p. m. The in- door baseball is proving a big suc- cess and some very interesting games have been played The following games will be played at the armory Saturday afternoon: Troops Mo- 14 and No. 4, and troops No. ii and No. 8, At the present time troop No. 12 and troop No. l of Newington are tied for first place in the American league, troop No. IA and troop No. 1 of Der lin are tied for first placo in the Ma tional league. The reports on gov ernment dispatch service are coming in very satisfactory and show that a great many people are being reached by the scouts of the New Britain coun- cil. Troop No. ' of the Boys club is going to be registered this week under the leadership of Deputy Scout Commissioner William Hickey. A new troop of scouts is being organ ized at the Boys home in Newington and will be the second troop in New ington to come under the supervision of the New Britain council. Plans are under way for house to house campaign for the sale of war saving stamps. The Boy Scout in each state who makes the best record in promot- ing the sale of war savings stamps will receive a personal letter of apprecia- tion from the president of the United States. The medals to be awarded for mertorious service in the war sav- ings stamp campaign will have a torch in the center, the letters "W. S. S." at the bottom, and the words Boy Scouts of America, Ace" Palms for the ribbon will be added for extra results beyond those required for the medal. The idea of the Acc and "Palms'' came from the French prac- tice of making similar awards to av- iators for putting enemy machines out of action.
 Troop No. 14--Troop No. IA held it's regular meeting at the Trinity Meth odist church Wednesday evening, January 23, 1918. Scout Executive Dwight Skinner and Assistant Scout master Wells Williams were present. All members of the indoor baseball team will report at the State armory in New Britain to play troop No. 1. The troop is getting up Q Larkin order to raise money for the troop treasury. Several members of the troop are knit ting for the soldiers: some class
 Troop No. 11-At our last meeting three of us took the Scout Oath, the other members of the troop having taken it a Weeio ago. We also prom ised to stand by our country and troop in everything. We have reorganzed completely and switched our patrols around. Scout Henry Firnhaber is senior patrol leader; Scout Frank Glaeser and Scout Charles Rudolph are patrol leader and assistant patrol leader respectively. Our leader for the Buffalo patrol is Scout Scribe Henry Wetzel, who was absent from the last meeting on account of sick ness. We all hope it is not the humps, as he is a real necessity to the troop in his capacity, for he knocks out some lively troop reports. He's even on the job Saturdays for we all ways hear an account of Saturdays activities. We are going to give an entertainment some time in the near future for the purpose of a recruiting drive. Plans are being made and prac- ticed so we can put it through in grand shape. Our first aid corps met last Wednesday, for the second time and will soon be efficient in handling the first aid kit recently installed in the church. They are putting into practice what MT. Longfellow showed Us a few weeks ago. Our buglers are making fine progress and when they are proficient the armory will never have resounded with calls as will our scout cave. Troops. attention, we have a William S. Hart in our midst. You ought to see his eyes when he draws them closed Chinese fashion; why, he has so much hart he practices with the lasso. Before we know it he will be toting guns. None of us doubt his ability to place the real w. s. in the shade. Our scoutmaster is still at Camp Devens. He IS getting along nicely. He is in direct contact with the troops and will be right along. We had a visitor last meeting. second class scout from stamford.