Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-05
ASK SOLDIERS AND BUSINESS MEN 10
 LEAD BOY SCOUTS
Many Competent Leaders Needed Throughout the
 Entire Nation.

With the return or the mllIlOn men now in camps to their usual activities and the rapid discharge of our army from overseas there will be an album dance of first class material for scout leadership.
 It will he found that many men have new vision of life. The splen- did record of achievement of the Boy Scouts of America will make it cOnl-- iparatively easy to get the very best of the men who have been leaders in the army and navy to give their time for personal service and high grade leadership.
 Call for Soldier Leaders. Recognizing in the program of the Boy Scouts of America one of the greatest movements towards the mak- ing of good citizens, the war depart men has issued an official circular to assist in securing large number of new scout leaders.
 In it the attention of returning army officers and enlisted men who have the necessary qualifications Is directed to the opportunity which the Boy Scouts affords them to further serve their country after their dis charge.
 This is the highest official honor paid the Boy Scouts since congress granted the organization a federal charter on June 15, 1916, and ln the same month, under section f25 of the army reorganization laww, gave the Bcv Scouts of America permission to wear unifoEIss similar to those worn by the men, of the United States army.
 Waiting for Men.
 There are hundreds of thousands of boys waiting all over the country to become registered scouts. Men alone are needed to head them. The local scout paper in Jersey City voices the universal condition when it says:
 There are 39 organized troops of Boy Scouts in Jersey City, and 921 boys are enjoying, the opportunity to davelcv their minds and bodies in a manner which will make them better boys and bigger men. There might just as we'll be 80 troops as 39, 1000 boys getting the benefits of Scouting instead of 1000.
 "The boys are here; they are anxious for leadership. The only prob- lem is to find the men big enough, unselfish enough, to be willing to sac rifice some little portion of their spare time in order to help the boy hood of their city.
 "No service in the world is quite as rich in returns as the service that You can give to boys. You will find it we'll worth while; no scoutnaaster who has ever really grown into the game wants to give 1t up.
 Finest Exercise For Business Man
 Ut will keep you youthful, keep you from sliding back in your busi- ness, give you the eternal touch of optimism that is so characteristic of the growing boy.
 "Now that thousands of our young men are returning from the battle fields of France, where they have fought so gallantly to preserve the ideals of democracy, what more inn portant service can they find for their energy than undertaking the leadership of a Scout troop.
 Men, the greatest opportunity of your life is knocking at your door; be- yond is ready to worship at your feet. You have fought for an ideal; help to the spirit that actuated you when you faced death in the fields of Flanders by imparting your broad CT vision to the boys of your city, the men of tomorrow on whom younust depend to safeguard the precious things of this world which, you have just purchased with your life blood.
 From the highest to the lowest there is a place for you inside the Scout organization. No man can plead that he is too busy to spare some time for the boys. We note with pride that Major-General c. M. Gle ment, of Sudbury, Pennsylvania, has enrolled as Scoutmaster. General Clement has just returned from France and it is noteworthy to remember that he said on taking command of his Scout troop that he considered the work one of the most important that could be undertaken.
 Makers of World of Tomorrow.
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