Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-23
BOY SCOUTING
IN WILMINGTON
Numerous Activities Reported
Among the Several Troops
in This City.

The recent scout masters school was a
decided success, largely attended by new
men The lecture room of the NJ I. \.
was filled with men Interested IN the WORK
Mr.. Wilder talk had these men So en-
raptured IN scouting they were practicaiiN
spcllbound NJ the possibilities open 10
them I'm this field of work Tor boys. lie
emphasized the appeal 10 busy men made
by the executive and stated that YOU af'
not too bus, Ia assume leadership oi hoy
Scouts. petidc today that You VII invest
YOUR time and personality ~ the greatest
service of the hour l~ldc from that "i
serving Nour government htip 'ut
scouts help the uat'on
There Will to- y uccfiur 1T the curt ct
nonuf to pass on mCrlt hadGc c\aifnat tl"ns
Wednesday, the both NJ scouts having
applications Tor this court arr 'tr'd 10
have them at Nv scout oih'r not llrr
than Tuesday evening 81 ne\ Wc'A.
This meeting Will hc held at the scout
I headouartcrs. ~ Ncsi Ninth street at
u m. Nppcar In uniform. EvcrN FIRST
I class scout should cndcavsr to become
merit badge scout ~ soon as possible
J The most al our scouts think that they
! have reached the highest r,Ing m the lad
der OF scouting when they become q first
class scout THIS Is not true and uo boy
ought to bc satisfied with less than the
eagle
several of the troops have responded 10
the call 81 big Hawk tUr thcr Indian
nuec- tn the spccial work along ccicmon-
i.l lu,- thls will hc one ~ lie most
interesting features added a. scouting Tor
some til..c \ real 'Pachc Indian has
offered ms services for our clan work
Get YOUR elan together and elect ehl'l -
attend the Big Council Have Ven hcard
al thc cave \ cave las heCn discovered
within ,a~N hiking DISTANCE q! the CITY
and efforts VII b. made at oncu Tor per
ml,sIpn to use tins ~ connection WITH
scout work II Is large enough T. ~.
commndatc at least riEht " len small
scouts
Herbert Pat N'rte = Mary land
scout who attended the summer camp
with the Wilmington hoNs. has been avisr-
or AZ the headquarters tins week, coming
up from fa~tan e. hour INC rec I'm on
hi- famous WORK thu So, scouts Many at
our scouts remember kortc and have been
IN - sec him.
Howard Seaman. ScoutmaStcr oi Troop
-. has been III for about two weeks tut
hc Is much better and VIII bc able to hC
with hlS troop ~ H. uCNt meeting
NmonE tho scouts and othcIals who have
received Veteran Scout certificates and
pln~ arc II Holmcs Turkc. retired, Scout
Exc utlve Grreuhawk, ;. out Comm -
Sioncr arm. k Mallory lr George Russell
MaIklIn, Troop :, and Assistant Scout
master j. humaS Sautz. ih,S diSttnc-
tinn Is ior tiyc active wears - scouting
Thor, ar, other scouts entitled 10 Tins
honor. but have not a~ yet made apphca-
tion for the badges Aittr he application
has been accepted ~ the National Court
of Honor, thc-, veterans aTo liic members
in scouting and do not pay any more
yearly registration fee arc You entitled
to one
Among those present al the school for
s~outlesdcrs was: X. J Boyd. from .Nrl-
zona. lie regrets very much that he Will
hc unable TO help out m tho work oi
scouting, which Is very interesting tn hIn,
Tut SAYS upon his return To hls native
state he Will start something tor tho bows
along these lines. MIR. Boyd has Iust re-
turned from the army and has seen the
advantages on tins work With BOYS and IFS
benefits.
Troop No Q held lts regular meeting on
Tuesday evening Three new fellows were
voted in. MANY of the new scouts have
not been initiated m the mysteries Of the
troop \ committee was appointed for
that purposc and Mr.. GrrcnhaWk who
was present. requested that he be Also on
that committee The request was granted
4 hike Is proposed for Saturday at 30
u. m. Mr Gray gave - a talk on Sca
scouts and their duty. The troop =
irving hard 10 be q hrSt-claSs troop and
one OF the best IN the city. At the rate
we are gong !, won be very far off All
out for the hike Scribe. Thomas John
son.
Troop No. II met at TRINITY Parish
House on FRIDAY night. We were visited
AT inspection by MIR Grcenhawk and
several other gentlemen. After inspection
MIR. Quinn had class of tcnderfeet
he was teac' ing. Patrol Leader Spruance
passed a scout IN second class signalling
and Mir kcnworthv passed several