Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-03
BOY SCOUTS AID
LOAN CAMPA|
Have Opportunity in This Df1Vc
to Eclipse All Former
Sales.

troops Is EDinH ahead f1p'uy I""
the direction Of Executive Greenna"k
and very active program mas neen
mapped out for this branch OF scouting
tA;. f.Ji ard winter Scouts will DC Sc
kcted on their merits. Sea Scouting
is for the older scout, and all must DC
frat class scouts with several merit
badges. O.
letters from all parts of the Govern
mont. for which the scouts have been
rendering services, have been received,
commenting upon the able manner
in which the scouts have stuck TO ana
finished the work assigned To them
in various duties. The WORK asked OF
the scouts NAV seem small, but 1t Is
The Kind of work that Uncle Sam cX-
meets of us. and these letters 90 TO show
that our efforts are appreciated by the
Government departments.
During the first three Liberty Loan
campaigns. the scouts were little
vexed at the thought of being held
back until the last week of the drive.
Now that the Chairman of the local
Committee has seen fit to ask YOU IN
at the start, tet's show him how much
we appreciate IT, by piling up big
amount of subscriptions. Application
blanks msy be had at the office for
in for yours7 If not. come At once, and
get started AVER the big fellows. One
scout has already sold over the amount
required by National Headquarters for
his medal.
The office secretary has been sick
for the past few days, and the office
feels its loss. Some scouts could do
good turn, by acting as orderly and
messenger at the office. at times that
other duties may permit him.
Twenty-Five scouts rendered services,
and assisted at the funeral of our cs-
,eencd friend and Council member,
Mr.. Scott Townsend. last Tuesday.
Please make il plain to the scouts
of your troop that the Wilmington
scouts arc working under tho plan NO
:, which provides for releasing scouts,
prior to the last seven working days
of the local campaign. Then the awards
will be based upon the securing OF -
sutscrIpt IONS. instead Of ID subscriptions.
In all other respects. however. the same
rules and regulations rs prevailed IN
the previous campaigns, as set forth
will govern
Under the slogan. Every Scout 70
Scout for War Material. the scouts
were asked to locate. measure and re-
port black walnut trees for the Govern
ment. Thus far, Wilmington has not
sent in a report on this valuable work
BLACK walnut Is used in the making
OF gun stocks and propellers for sir
craft. Ii seems that this wood Is the
most serviceahle. and the exact amount
available. should &c known rs soon
FTb,, esot,tv N, rllrpfrxr
have located and reported enough 10
fill over 5000 freight cars at this time.
As all the black walnut trees are on
the property Of some owners, It Will
he necessary first. 20 got their per
mission before making any observations.
After permission has heen granted,
the scout Is TO measure the tree. hNe
feet from the ground, for circumference.
as trees less than l. inches arc not
suitable and would only nc waste.
and high enough TO get AT least an eight
foot log from the trunk. Should YOU
be asked the prices paid for this t'nl-
her the Government, there Is scale
In the latest issue of Scouting maya
zine which YOUR scoutmaster has and
will show YOU. As soon as possible, and
ss soon as material MAY he had, an
intensive campaign will he devoted
Ia tagging and mapping these trees
BY the scouts here.
TROOP
Troop held its regular meeting
TUESDAY night Before the troop meet
ine. VIC played the game of go get
them. after which VIC returned 10 the
troop headquarters Mr., Greenhawk and
Scout Wm Donaldson, Of New York,
were with us Mr. Greenhawk gave
us very interesting talk on the Liberty
Loan drive and other things. After the
meeting. games and stunts were IN
order. and several good ones were shown
our visitors We have dandy new
game for next Tuesday night and the
fellow who misses 1t will be sorry.
TROOP IL
Troop 10 held It's regular meeting
on Friday night. at the Trinity parish
house. with good attendance, 4 candl-
dates name was proposed and voted
upon Mir Quinn explained the Liberty
Loan work, and asked for 100 per cent
participation Two OF the fellows brought
buzzer outfits, and messages were given
in the Morse code and International
Service code by Mir Quinn Every scout
is expectec told learn this code work
during the winter.