Evening journal., 1919-03-15

There will be a meeting Of the Court
Of Honor Wednesday evening March
e6. All scouts having cases before this
Court are urged to be present and pre-
pared to pass any questions asked re-
garding the work for which their ap-
plication is made All application must
be in the office by noon on the p.
Seascouts Of B S. OF A.-Our ancient
Nautical Scouts" are now at work fol-
lowing a modified plan for scouting
hlong seamanship lines. The program
has been approved by eminent captains,
sdmlrals, and chiefs Of our merchant
marine, naval and nautical feets-and
In the largest scout centers seascouts
are numbered by the hundreds. We
want at least 100000 seascouts.
The scouts who wish this sort q
scouting must first obtain the permis-
Jion OF the troop committee and scout
master. then from a scout official
known as the portmaster chairman OF
ihe Seascout Shipping BoaIi J. 4 com
nittee Of the local counciD, WhcreupOn
a troop is assigned by the seascOut de-
partment TO the seascOuts' pf)ncl and
begins work. o. a harder but quite
as interesting character rs regular
scouting, seascouting has seam1nship
As its main activity.
They practice sedmanshlp Of the real
sort, building, launching, sculhns, row
mg, sailing small boats IN the waters
near the ship" OF the Headquarters
OF the crew Any niac registered
scouts can apply FOR assignment as
ships" company provided their
scoutmaster Is handy ou the wafer,
life saver and a swimmer. To sail
boat. however, scouts must i.e fourteen
and nrst-class swimmers and lif9-saNers,
gain parents special permission and
quality 10 seascout requirements. They
must also recruit the company to two
or three boat crews, ami be under an
adult officer known as the "SeascOut-
master" who is a registered scOutmas-
ter assigned 10 this branch. Equipment
IS such as may be made or procured
almost anywhere. II you desire 70
know more about this branch Of the
Boy scouts Of America see your scout
executive.
A meeting OF the school for scout
leaders will be held in the lecture room
Of the Y. NJ. c. A.. Monday hight, the
nth. al s o'clock. Dr.. William II. Betz'
Ph. G., will give instructions in band
aging and a talk on second-class nrst
aid. Dr. Betz is a member OF the Phila-
delphia scout corps and deputy COM
missioner. He knows the subject and
presents it in great scout style. Every
member OF the school is urged to be
present.
Every troop should be practicing on
the events for the coming tleld meet OF
which notice has been given.
To many scouts, Camp Caesar Rodney
1877 and 1918 meant the acme Of scout
ing for those years. The capacity OF
the camp was flXed at 9pproXimately
20 boys per week, and the leadership
was vested 10 a stan Of camp officers
ranging from the camp director to the
Junior officers, a total OF six adults. To
these should be added a very import
ant Official in the person Of Percy, the
camp cook. who, three times a day at
least, was the most important man in
camp. Space does not permit re-
hearsal Of the many interesting ex-
periepces and incidents Of the sumner
camp, nor does It permit proper ex-
pression Of the enthusiasm which the
executive feels whenever the subject Of
camp is uppermost in his thoughts. It
is not too much TO say that during the
brief existance Of Camp Rodney, these
two seasons, many half-hearted scouts
became real scouts, many weak ones