Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-31
BOY SCOUTS IN
SERVICE AGAIN
Prove Their Worth When They Are
Summoned ON Short Notice
for Duty Today.
QUICK ACTION AT ALL TINES
Executive W. F. Bacon States En-
tire Body Can be Modified
in 40 Minutes.

Inc BOY SCOuIS OF noCh iSldhu
again today proved their worth in
public service when a group Of
them were modified at the Cham
Der Of Commerce headquarters for
work in connection with the Pa
triots' fund
Scout Executive ". F. Bacon re-
ceived notice during the morning
that the services of the boys was
desired. In short time he had
modified the required number and
they were on the job ready for the
service ahead of them.
Mr.. Bacon said today that the en-
tire scout body of the city can be
mobilized in 40 minutes. Trained
not unlike a soldier, the scout
stands subject to call OF his chief
at any moment.
Tomorrow night 30 Boy Scouts
are 10 render another public ser
vice. They are going to gather cleo
ton returns for the local newspa-
pers Inasmuch as public interest
in the wet and dry contest is at a
high pitch and the people look to
the newspapers for frst-hand in
formation concerning the vote. the
work Of the boys will be public in
nature. So thoroughly dependable
have they proven to be on all for
mer public undertakings. 1t is an
ticipated that the people of the city
will be given better election SER
vice through the newspapers than
ever before.
Large Uniformed Body.
It is interesting to note that at
the outb. eak of the war the Boy
Scouts of America was practically
the largest uniformed organization
in the country 1t had more than
twice the numerical strength of our
standing army, nearly twice the
strength of the national guard, four
times the strength Of the United
States navy and IL times the
strength of the United States ma
rine corps.
Today records show 315,20s boys
as compared with 206.654 on the
same day of last year and 82,79;
men as compared with 59,169 last
! year, or a total of 39S.001 men ant
boys today as compared with 265,.
1923 last year.
The records giving the expert
ence, nationality and education o.
1 our scoutmasters present an inter
esting study They show that the
men who are serving with certifi'
Gates OF leadership from the ma.
tfonal council are of a very high
grade and that for the most part
they have had experience especi-
ally qualifying them for positions
as scout leaders.
The full strength Of the Boy
Scouts Of America, numbering near
y 100000 with their adult leaders,
has been called out by President
Wilson to conduct a nationwide in
tensiye Liberty loan campaign.
This campaign will be a clean
up" house-to-house canvass, just
before the close of the general cam
paign.
The scout campaign will open on
the second Saturday before the
closing date announced for the reg
uIar campaign, thus making it pos
sible TO have two Saturdays whiting
the period of the Boy Scout cam
paign.
The scouts will make sure that
no one is overlooked and will also
give subscribers an opportunity to
take just a little bit more The
Boy Scouts Of America, as dis
tinctive service to their country,
will work as CLEANERS after the
reapers." The primary motive of
this Boy Scout cam paign is to serve
our country and help win the war.
The plan of having the Boy
Scouts campaigns at the end Of the
regular campaign in a house-to-
house canvass IS a particular ser
vice that has been assigned to the
Boy Scouts Of America by the Unit
ed States treasury department.
Endorsed by Labor.
The United Mine Workers Of
America, by action Of their leading
officials, have removed the ban
which had been previously placed
upon the Boy Scouts of America,
thereby permitting the sons of la
boring men to become members Of
the organization.
Likewise the United Mine Work
ers Of Alabama passed strong res
olutions endorsing the Boy Scouts
Of America.
The Illinois State Federation of
Labor adopted very strong on
dorsement OF the Boy Scouts Of
America, based upon the compre-
hensive report Of many pages,
showing that the committee had
carefully gone into the subject and
was well informed.