The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-14
NEW YORK TAGGING
IN BOY SCOUT DRIVE
Time to Raise Million Here
Extended-0ther Sections
Fill Their Quotas.
TAFT SPEAKS FOR LADS
Coney Island Aids Campaign
and Race Tracks Will Do,
Their Share To-day.

Tho Boy Scouts campaign In This city
TO enlist $4,000 adult associate mem-
bers and raise q fund Of s1.ooo.ooo. will
continue until Wednesday night. will
liam G. McAdoo. chairman Of the Citi-
Gems National copmittee. announced
yesterday. a.
The drive was to have ended to-day.
Mr.. McAdoo explained that the decision
to extend 1t was reached mot because
Of . confession Of failure but because
II was q confession Of the difficulty Of
the obstacles encountered"
The receipts 90 far are less than
100000. The opinion Of the executive
committee IL that there has not been
enough time during the week to reach
the immense population Of the city. Can
persons certain to respond who have
not yet been reached owing to the short
ness of time.
II am very sorry to have 10 reach
the conclusion to extend the drive" Mr..
MoAdoo said yesterday, hut In Now
York city Il II necessary to do 30. Out
side of New York reports indicate that
quotas have been subscribed and an OK
tension elsewhere viii not DO necessary.
The advantage Of extending the cam
paign In New York. however. outweighs
not really set under Roadway here un-
I'll the second day. and a. Saturday Il
q half holiday and many persons cannot
be reached at AL that day there have
| really been but four actual working
daye" 49,
Big Rally at sub-Treasury.
An unexpected speaker at the noon
rally on the sub-Treasury steps yester-
day was former President Taft. honorary
vice-president OF the Boy Scouts who
Is here on a speaking tour in behalf OF
the League OF Nations. The crowd
was so dense that Wall and Broad
streets were closed to traffic.
II have come here to-day" he said,
ito say q word in behalf Of the Boy
Scouts. AZ honorary president of the
organization am familiar with II and
its work. And what Is more I have
been familiar with It's operations for
years. We occupy boys in school a
few hours a day and they have a great
desl OF leisure time. We don't work
movement Is one Of those steps Of i'm
provement that keeps q boy busy most
Of the time.
1T takes away the opportunity OF i'm
proper development OF the boy through
too much leisure. It teaches the Joy Of
service and takes away seinshness that
leisure gives him. Take care OF the
boy and we can leave the men to
tkemeRea
There are not more boys In this
organization because It's scope Of activ-
haA tr,it 40 0x. hA lar lr
Of funds. There are not enough funds
to carry on the work. to buy uniforms,
which add so greatly to the spirit for
the work. and to pay for many other
Items incidental to the running of the
association.
THE Boy Scouts movement WILL give
the nation a substantial and efficient
foundation through the proper educa-
ton Of Americas boyhood.
Il am here to-day to bear witness to
the usefulness OF the association and to
contribute my mite of effort to assist
the movement. Scout training will be
Of lasting beneft to the youth OF Amer
lea. which means the betterment of the
country as q whole"
5000 Scouts at Luna Park.
Yesterday was Boy Scout day at Luna
Park. Cony Island. half the proceeds
being donated to the fund. About 5000
Scouts arrived early In the morning.
pitched their tents and cooked their own
dinner. During the afternoon they were
stationed in various sections OF the park
giving exhibitions in drilling and signal
ling.
The Scouts will invade the race tracks
at Jamaica Bay adR sheepshsad to-day
There will be the usual noon meeting
at the steps Of the Sub-Treasury and
afternoon and evening meetings in the
Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central
Terminal, IN Madison and Union squares