Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-21
SCOUTS PREPARING
FOR LOAN CAMPAIGN
Will Make Organized Effort to
Break All Records in
Bond Selcs.

ctuttVC Noaru mas askeu that Il IOU per
cent participation he made. In the first
drtve only 16 per cent of the registered
scouts took part, selling S23 23S. $50 i'm
bonds There was 81 per cent of our
regular enrolment in the second. selling
Sin,OS4 100 in bonds. Now. in the
lhIrd. ~ q meeting of the National
xccutlvc Board the following resolution
was passed.
he IL resolved, That the Boy Scouts
of America stand for 100 per cent patri-
otsm and unqualified and energetic
support of the government in every way"
Further That 1t is expected that
every scout and every scout official will
conform 20 this standard
In the monthly contest for February
the merit badges were not counted on
account of the Court of Honor not meeting
Hereafter the merit badge work will he
counted for tho month in which the Court
ol Honor meets and passes upon same
he clty banner this month goes to
lnop ). the State banner To Troop i,
SMYRNA the battalion banner to Rat
tahon q. of which J. Allan William is
DEPUTY commissioner Battalion | was
very close On tho winner this month. Tho
full rrport IS rs follows: Troop =, 10 a6
Troop ;, no report. Troop \, 26.6S. Troop
:" us. Troop H. no report. Troop
- los. Troop ~, 10 -; Troop % IL -:
Troop -. II -. Troop ~, no report.
Troop 26. no report; Troop Be- %;
rrpop ~. -, Troop 3}. no report
Troop 36. No report, Troop -, 20
Troop y. M report: Troop 80. n" report:
Rock land mo- report Niddletcwn Isl;
Gcorgct own. no report Milford, no report
\cv Castle. li6. SMYRNA, 2o.3. Newark
> ln31. SclbyvilIc, no report Laurel.
- o6. First battalion, 404l. Second
Rattahon. no report: GhIrd battalion.
M report Fourth Battalion. 26.6S,
Fifth Rttahon. IS. sixth Battalion.
ISIS. seventh BattaIon. 81 aS; Bat
talon : has lc,n inactive for siN months.
the troop of tho deputy commissioner
having not ~ registered THIS troop.
likewise the battalion has hcen dropped
from the headquarters records This
makes all tho hattalions below this NUN
f.,r change - ono NJ on tho rtll
M s,out- and scout officials arr invited
~ attend tho private review of the
i,hotnpla, kalsrr which IS 10 he held
- Tho Fla, house All ncyt week The
-cout. arr 10 mobilize at headquarters
- ) y ~ SUNDAY evening. and march
- tho theatre The entire balcony will
w. reserved for tho scouts Report in
uniform
Ntv RI,,I-TR,Tio RULING.
\ nov ruling regarding rt>-reeistration
ha- horn sent 10 orr office Each troop
~ Boy scouts of america shall paw to
'hc National Council annually. through
thc local Council If there I've one.
registration fro Of 81. with an additional
fec of - cents for each member enrolled
IN oNcess ~ tho twelve either as active
or assocate scouts Scouts re-registering
l,av the fun ieo of - cents Irrespective of
tho date " payment lven though the
names " loss than twelve hovs are sub
mittpd with tho application for the
registration ot the troop additional fees
m accordance with the proportionate
-oalc must he paid for All names added
as members Of the troor subsequent TO
tho filing of tho application
Not a now branch of scouting but
revised plan oi thr Sea Scouts has been
made. and interesting material and stunts
are presented for tho approval of the
Wilmington council Thus Is headed
bv thc famous scout leader Pine Tree
Jim former Scout Commissioner ot
Honolulu The uniform IS very attractive
and the activities are great. Call at the
ofbcc for information regarding tho
organization at troop OF Sea Scout.
Wilmington bring q seaport city should
have troop oi this branch Of scouting
TROOP II
Troop u hold IT, regular meeting last
SATURDAY evening little puppy follow
ri one ot tho Scouts to the meeting.
which thcV PLAYED with for a while
~omc OF thr Scouts took hike IN the
afternoon crossing fields and jumping
bitches Some water was found and
some Of tho scouts drank from the ditch |
Scout Beck could not come to the meeting
this week on account of sickness We
Will hold our next meeting on Friday
4 fv,1i 4rl
every Scout be out
TROOP l.
Troop y held their mrctng last wrek |
Mr. Quinn explained about the red post !
cards for the War Saving Stamps. and the |
acc medals which Vr receive for selling SO /
many dollars worth of W W s and as |
he Is going 10 make patrol contest Of it. |
urged us 10 get To work Some of the |
bows passed tests while Mr. Quinn took !
some to pass astronomy for first class. |
After business had been gone over. games /
were played.
TROOP 20
Troop 20 held its meeting as usual
last Thursday evening and had n very
good attendance and also good time
" have bCcu selling chances for quito
q vhfic en- box of cigars They were
chaurcd of March . race Was IN with
IHc -ctilnG 81 these chances ne ono
who -old the most received q fine Scout
tNc hc winner ot tho axe was Robert
Porter who also Won the cigar As YOU
know q scout can smoke. So this fellow
Is going 20 lrca' thc people who bought
,lapcc- from hmm call that falr don
'uu' We had = nov irIcnd 10 Join us
IA our WORK aud are expecting more 20
JON us and hClp u> IA our work Be
on hand nc1t meeting The following
BOYS arc no longer considered Scouts in
Troop 20 John BhCklc 905 West Fourth
street Luther Waller. f03 last Seventh
street Merritt lcricr oil Market
stree
moor 36
lrpop - held IFS regular meeting last
] ndat with Assistant Scoutma~ter Grad
Wohl n charge Drilling and inspection
were hrst on the program Thrift Stamp
Card. and booklets and Scout posters
were distributed among the troop members
After the Troop was dismissed uuoits
vcr, brought out and the evening was
spent IN playing teams Of the troop.
Ncnn,tichl and boys Of team defeated
.I other teams Tests are lacking.
Speed W Get some oi that pep YOU had
last wear All out Friday
TROOP 3
Troop No 3 held its first regular