New Britain herald., 1918-02-06
MEN WANTED TO
 LEAD BOY SCOUTS
Reserve Corps of 100000 and
 S2OO,OOO a Year Are Goal

To carry on the war work of the Bow Scouts of America, as urged by President Wilson, a campaign for men to lead the Boy Scouts and for money to carry on the work has been inaugurated
 President Wilson says that all men in the country who are not able to 20 to the front should take up this patriotic work.
 The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America has decided to make this call. and the days of Feb ruary Sth to 18th will see under way a vigorous nationwide campaign for $2O0,OOO a year for three years and a Scoutleaders Reserve Corps of 100000 men,
 At no time in all the worlds his- tory have boys-just boys-had such an opportunity as they now have for helping their country. Never before were boys asked by their government to do such big things for it as have the Boy Scouts of America
 Never before have men-real men who want to be at the. front but can't-had the chance for service that is now presented to meet their duty as leaders to this tremendous army of boys ready to play the part that Uncle Sam has put upon them.
 Scouts Largest Body in World.
 Do these men know that the Boy Scouts of America is the greatest single volunteer organization in the world? It was the largest organiza- ton taking part in the two cam paigns for the Liberty Loan. There are millions of Scouts all over the world, in every country.
 Since America went to war to save our liberties and preserve the civili- zation for which our forefathers fought and died, the things that have happened to the Boy Scouts of Amer ica and the part that Boy Scouts all over the globe have been called upon to play in pressing forward the activ- ities that will win this war have made an epoch in the boy life of this land and of the world.
 War conditions demand an increase in numbers and efficiency. There should be two million Boy Scouts of America in the country. There would be that number if men who may not
 
 home this work of practical pa triotism. The boys are ready; it is the Scoutmasters that are needed The boys who are not yet Scouts are just as anxious to serve the nation as the Boy Scouts who are.
 The President of the United States has given Scouting definite place in the national affairs. The admin istration has much for the Scouts to do. The secretary of the treasury and the secretary of agriculture and the food administrator and the com mittee on public information have great plans that the Scouts are best fitted to carry out
 More Scouts are needed The num- bers of those applying for member ship can be increased only through the securing of more men as leaders and more money for expenses.
 The Boy Scouts have proven their own worth and the wisdom of their ten-year-old slogan of Be Prepared'' and of their Scout oath and law. They have won the hearts of the people. The Boy Scout movement has demonstrated it's value. Not a city and scarcely town in the United States has failed to receive the bene- fit of the Boy Scout idea. Under war conditions, the need for troops of Scouts is enormously in creased. The boy can no longer be left to play without a purpose. He is as greatly needed for the real tasks which he can perform as is the soldier on the firing line or the work man in the munitions factory No boy should be left without a real task to perform for the govern ment. His energy if not utilized will be worse than wasted.