The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
BOY SCOUT drive
TO BEGIN TODAY
IN CHURCHES
Special Addresses Will In
augurate Movement for
Million Associates.
WILSON GIVES SANCTION
McAdoo Directs National,
And E. B. Eynon, jr.,
Local Campaign.
WILSON GIVES SANCTION

Boy Scout Week. with its drive for
a million associate members, opens
today. According to the proclamation
Of President Wilson. who is honorary
president of the Boy Scouts Of Amer
ica. the people of the country are
urged to get behind the movement
The local drive was started yester-
day at a preliminary meeting on the
Capitol steps, when Vice President
Marshall addressed representatives of
the District Boy Scouts, declaring
that the Boy Scout movement Is a
safeguard against anarchy and a
great aid in building up good citizen
ship.
McAdoo Directs Campaign.
William G. McAdoo. former Secre-
tary of the Treasury is directing the
national campaign. and E. B. Eynon.
tr., Is chairman OF the District of
Columbia committee. Every effort
will be made to put Washington FAR
over its quota of the million asso-
ciate members desired throughout the
country.
Associate membership in the Boy
Scouts has fee attached of 81. Sub
Scribers will be asked. however. to
give more, and all over the dollar will
he used to aid the boy scout movement
here in Washington. The District will
have its share from the national fund
too.
Today. the Presidents proclamation
urging support of the Boy Scouts will
be read in all the churches. In the
Church of the Covenant at II O'Clock
this morning and in Peck Memorial
Chapel at o'clock tonight special
Boy Scout addresses will be made. in
the Church OF the Covenant by Rev.
DR.. Charles Wood and In Peck Mem
orial Chapel by Huston Thompson,
Federal Trade Commissioner and the
president of the local Boy Scout or
ganization.
All Glasses to BE Solicited.
Plans have been laid by the local
committee to cover Washington in
the drive for associate members,
through the government departments,
the clubs. the fraternal organizations.
the churches, the schools, the financial
institutions, other organizations. and
through special socilitation. Eugene
G. Adams is chairman of the special
solicitation committee. He has ap-
pointed heads of divisions or teams,
and each OF those in turn has ap-
pointed his team. In this manner the
business section of the city will be
covered by a house to house canvass.
Here are the detectives of the
present campaign for the Boy
Scouts:
I. Public recognition of what the
Boy Scouts did to help win the war
2. Stirring up of each community
to conditions affecting it's boyhood.
;. Education OF the community on
how the Boy Scout program meets
local boy problems.
4. Organization of Boy Scout
troops in churches, schools and
other institutions which have a point
of contact with boy life. and by
= communities direct.
Seek VOLUNTEERS Leaders.
:. Enlistment of suitable men. es-
Ors as volunteer leaders in local
Boy Scout work.
8. Organization of local councils
Of the Boy Scouts of America to
supervise the work locally.
=. Enlistment of 100000 associ-
ate members of the National Coun-
Gil of the Boy Scouts of America,
men and women, paying 81 or more
each for such membership, to en-
able the organization to extend it's
work to the greatest possible num-
ber of boys.
= Enrolment Of at least 1.00o, 900
more scouts by February 20. 1920,
the tenth anniversary of the found
ing of the movement in America.
At present there are about TO-
100000 boys of scout age. IL to 2I.
in this country. and about 40O, 900
scouts. In the District of Columbia
it is estimated there are about 90
Geo boys of scout age. and there are
1.9I5 boy scouts enrolled here