Evening journal., 1918-02-07

Saturday the 10th. as many Scouts as
possible. can be used 10 carry letters /
10 the addresses Of patrons OF Scouting
circulars relaing 10 the coming cam
paign for funds beginning the week Of /
the 18th Get 10 the ONCE and receive /
your district for delivery.
Josiah Marvel. chairman Of the eXecu-
tive committee on patriotic addresses. /
has asked that the scouts arrange for
q meeting. 10 be known as a war ser /
vice. once a month Since the cam
paign comes this month we will ar
range for this meeting early in March
Every Scout will be expected TO at |
tend and listen 20 A fine address on
war service, and 10 pledge TO the other
his full cooperation In the sacrifice
that every right-minded American must
make, and at the same time make
proper declarations OF contempt to-
ward those who falter or in any wise
fail to meet their full duty.
During the anniversary week, which
hegins the sih. every effort will be
made 20 cooperate with the national
headquarters 70 enroll new men as
Scout masters and more Scouts The
national registration on the first OF
February was 259,76i In 1874 proper
ly registered troops. with 1883 men
council members and troops committee
men and Scout masters. A special let
ter from the President of the United
states to the president Of the Boy
scouts Of America has asked that the
ff- an. 10
the full strength. which Will be 10000
scout masters and to two million reg
istered Scouts. This can be made pos
sible by the united efforts Of all to-
ward mat end There are at least ten
million boys of Scout age in the coun-
fry and these would be Scouts II there
were leaders enough Il Is proposed
that the Wilmington council include In
their budget for two years request
from national headquarters for $500
year for three years 70 help in the ma
tional campaign to raise $4,000 which
AyiI be used toward furnishing a more
extended fleld supervision and 10 en-
able them 10 place a special Scout COM
missioner with assistants for every state
in the country. The entire boyhood Of
his nation should be given the advan-
fages Of the Boy scout program al any
'0st. The obligation to boyhood Of
lmerica is greater now when IL Is at
rar than ever before.
There can be no question that the
public wants TO see more Boy Scouts
md will he glad 70 help IN developing
them
A patron OF Scouts IN Richmond Va,
- srfsr - "a EnarHfa
NJ that city a building 10 house a num-
Der NJ troops which could not find a
place FOR their troop headquarters. The
Wilmington executive has received an
invitation 10 be present at a house
warming 20 be held this week and re-
,rrefs very much his inability 70 at
tend The Richmond people are with
the Scouts but no more so than the
patrons Of this city.
A A special meeting OF the Whining
ton Council OF Boy Scouts. the follow
ing additional members were elected
10 the council: Millard T. Davis, Hon.
William :. Prickett r. Z. Doremus, J.
Edgar Rhoads. Walter s. Watson, presi-
dent Of scout Masters Association;
George s. Black. chief Of police; VIII
liam r. Smalley. John r. Neary, L.
scott Townsend. F. p. Bardo, George B
Miller. president Board Of Education
christopher l.. Ward was elected presi-
dent Of the council 20 succeed Josiah
Marvel resigned as president on ac-
count Of pressure OF war services, but
will continue as a member OF the coun-
Gil. Plans for the coming campaign
were discussed and laid for the week
Of the 18th
Troop No. IS held a short meeting
Friday night on account Of the small
attendance. This was partly due 10 the
scribe's fault by putting the wrong
date OF the meeting in the Scout news.
Owing 20 the small attendance we
were not able TO practice a drill which
we are TO do IN a pageant The Scout
master appeals 90 the loyalty Of each
member TO be present next time so that
we can practice this drill as we have
only about two weeks to do II In. All
fellows be out 10 the next meeting and
be on hand promptly az 30 o'clock.
Scribe, Wilbur Clements.
Troop No. 20 held its regular meet
ing last Thursday night and had fair
" good attendance The boys were in
terested IN the stereopticon views
which were brought by the Scout exec
utive, Greenhawk. Also an interesting
lecture was given as each picture was
dashed upon the screen. Quite story
was connected with each Of them To-
sether with good attendance our troop
IS increasing in number. Attention
Boy Scouts Of Troop No. 90 be on hand
every week without delay II possible.
See what your troop Is doing and you
will be boosting It.
Scribe Clarence Roney.
Troop No. 2s held its meeting last
Tuesday night. After going through
the regular routine Of pledge TO the
flag, drilling and physical exercise, Mr..
Schagrin appointed two new commit
tees, one Of which Is 10 arrange a pro-
gram for the meetings and the other is
70 make arrangements for hikes. BY
doing this. much work viii be taken
on the shoulders Of Mr.. Schagrln. The
committee is going 10 arrange a special
program for next Tuesday evening, as
IL will be the birthday Of one Of our
greatest presidents. Games were play
ed after the meeting
Rockland Troop No. 4 took a hike
Sunday. The trail laid by the assistant
Scout master led through a woods near
Rockland called the Forrest" and
across 10 Rocky Run. up this run about
fSxo noflas xxfhera we had con,r dinner