Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-11
BOY SCOUTS PLAN
FOR BOND CAMPAIGN
All Troops Lining Up to Do the
Cleaning on Last Week
of Drive

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have been overlooked by the people who
are out while ''pickings' are good. 1t
would never do TO place the scouts IN the
first race. They would have so many
s,,hscriptions that all the banks would
~, flooded. They know you can get
them, So YOU are asked to start your
,amnaicn on April 9th and finish on
Nav 4th. This. rs in Che previous
campaigns gives the scouts the last week
Remember that service is genuine sales
resulting from your personal efforts.
Don't forget that vou are working for
the government, not PLAYING star part
for yourself Don't he too anxious to
swell YOUR own individual subscription
list so as to forget that other agencies
arc also working for the success of the
Liberty Loan. Make yourself useful TO
all the Liberty Loan committees. Dis
tribute posters and literature for the
committees, act as messengers. do any
thing asked of YOU and volunteer for more
Remember that scouting Is service
Read Your manual for scouts on the
Liberty Loan work, ask your scoutmaster
and then work Every scout should sec
that he is registered before attempting
II solicit subscriptions. Only the appli-
cation blanks supplied to the scouts by
the Treasury Department will be accepted
at headquarters and get further infor-
nation. Every scout Is expected to do
his part. Nothing less than 100 per
cent from every troop Is good.
There were many scouts IN attendance
~ the review Of the picture az The Play
house. The Beast of Berlin. Now there
is u service at Trinity Church next Sun
cIav. Every scout that was present n
The Playhouse should show the public
that they can attend q service IT church
EQUALLY As we'll as ~ the picture. Scout
masters see that your troop has goou
percentage of It's members present.
Mobilize at the Parish house IN rear Q,
church not later than 7.l5 p. m !!
possible the Liberty Loan medals VIII
he presented 1t that time
Battalion Six had very entertaining
meeting last Tuesday night at the head
Quarters Of Troop IS, st. Andrews Parish
House. Capt. Kane, OF the Canadian
Troops. lectured on the war as he saw IT
At the front Besides members and
nfficers of the troops, Deputy Commander
Quinn. Scout Randolph Bird, Richmond
Troop Q, and Executive Greenhawk were
present This battalion is up to It's eyes
N service They are to help the Sneilen-
hurg Ninstrels with their after part at
The Playhouse shortly.
II YOU know Of little fellow too young
Ior the scouts, but very much interested,
fell him Of the Wolf Cubs, and have hlm
visit a troop where these have been
organized. This IL a little movement to
take care OF the BOYS not vet OF scout
age. and Is very interesting. II YOU
think YOU are too old 10 be scout have
volr scoutnaster organize q Wolf Cub
nack and YOU be the pack leader Some
iunl
The scout play of Troop >. which was
TO have been held at the Old SVeties
Parlsh House last Tuesday was postponed
till Tuesday Of next week on account OF
an auto accident 10 the Scout Commission
er and his family Mr. Mallery escaped
without a scratch but his vile met with
severe injuries.
Scout Jack Alamo Of Troop 20 Man
haitian, y. Y. Is missing He Is 10 years
old. ) feet three inches tall. black hair
and brown ewes. He wore blue shirt
and suit, brown hat and soft collar, black
shoes ANY information as TO his where
abouts viii be appreciated by his parents,
at 6l0 E. 18th street, \. \ City.
TROOP /.
Troop |. New Castle met Monday
evening at : O'Clock The total sum Of
War Savings Stamps Is 1928. % but s
Iarger sum l. expected to be sold by next
Monday evening. A prominent citizen
5.4s offered 70 the boys and girls who sell
the most Liberty Bonds OF the Third
Liberty loan a War Saving Stamp. On
AIondav last a number OF Scouts took
hike and had q good time.
TROOP s
Troop s held rs weekly meeting last
Friday evening IN charge OF Senior Patrol
Z
Rickenback and Butcher received their
fourth wear bar for their 100 per cent
duty badge Ben Blatnan received his
second wear bar letter was read TO
the troop from one of our boys who has
:. star IN our service flag and ms name on
our roll OF honor He Is Frank AicC3ulley,
former hospital steward Of the troop.
The letter reads as follows:
Los Angeles, Cal, April 8
Dear fellow scouts;
| sure enjoy the life In the army and
what makes me like II more. have been
promoted 10 sergeant. which Is all due
10 the drilling and instruction received IN
little old Troop s. II Is impossible for me
to express nv gratitude 10 the troop and
MIR Bicking because II is too great. When
left town | was shipped TO Baltimore,
then TO San Antonio, Texas, from there 70
-. LOUIS, MO, tneu 10 CcluflDuS- C1lO,
then TO a small place In Nebraska, 70
ort Bliss, and | arm now roosting out
mere in the Golden State Just before
lef. Nebraska We were ordered TO France,
hut the day before the boys left was
ordered Scout 70 Port Bliss as machlnlst
OF course ! enlisted as machinlst You
know, but in the army a machinIst Is
one who operates a pick and shovel but
.nyhow ] dom want 10 come home.
80 long bunch.
Signed Frank VI cCauliey
TROOP
Troop held IT. regular meeting on
Tuesday night April ? There were
,hree new members voted into the troop
- whom Fritz gave d good Welcoming
speech As April 10th il our fourth
anniversary We arranged program for
IN entertainment that evening Ut D. M
TROOP II
Troop rs meeting was called 70 order
BY Mr. Quinn. After giving us tho
manuals with instructions for the Third
Liberty Loan he proposed ride for the
Cyclc patrol TO Newark After watching
the two new boys put through their tender
loot tests and playing q few games the
meeting was dismissed Saturday after
noon the cycle patrol took the ride o
Newark We got there in time to sec
their Liberty Loan parade Scout Rich
sris0n got q few cans Of beans which were