The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-09
432 Boy Scouts to Get
V-LOan Medals at Big
Meeting In Liberty Hut

A mass meeting Of Boy Scouts, asso-
ciate members. prospective associate
membc rs, and friends Of the organi-
cation will be held at the Liberty Hut
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock and
432 Boy Scouts will be presented med
ais by Secretary Glass for their part
in the Victory loan campaign
One hundred and sixteen OF the
scouts will also receive special medals
made from German cannon for SELL
ing twenty-five or more bonds.
Six scouts will receive German he'll
NETS for the largest number OF bonds
sold in each department.
These boys are c. Patterson, troop
- division 1, So bonds; w. E Thigh
man. troop AZ, division .. 2S1 bonds;
r. Clark, troop 81, division 3, IT'S
bonds; William Jones, troop so. divi-
sion 4, SO bonds; H. B. Ragsdale,
troop AZ, division 5, SO bonds, and NJ.
Allies, troop 1, division 6, 172 bonds
Troop to Get Flag.
Troop L will be presented with a
flag awarded by the D. A R for the
troop selling the higest average num-
Der Of bonds per registered scout
The drive for 1000 900 associate
members of the Boy Scout ST Amer
lea is under way.
A flying squadron" under leader
ship Of Eugene G. Adams will sweep
the downtown section today soliciting
subscriptions for membership. Vari-
Gus teams will canvass the business
sections each day during the week.
Drive I'm Department..
A wen-organized campaign for as
sociate members opened in the Gov
eminent departments and bureaus to-
day. The committee In charge is
headed by c. Melvin Sharpe, and is
made up of the chief clerks in the
various Government organizations as
follows:
c. E. Stewart, Department Of JUS
tce; John c. Schofeld, War Depart
ment; Paul +. Myers, Treasury De-
partment; L. s. Curtis, Navy Depart
ment; Ben G. Davis, State Depart
ment; Ruskin McArdle, Postofice De-
partment; Samuel ]. Gompers, Labor
Department; Z. J. Ayres, Interior De-
partment; E. W. Libbey, Commerce
Department; Robert NJ Reese, Agri-
cultural Department. Lawrence Ben
nett, secretary War Trade Board; J.
s. Skidmore, Q. s. Shipping Board !;
A F. F1ncher, Railroad Administra-
ton; W. NJ Steuart, secretary Tariff
Commission; n. W. Dorsey, Smith
sonian Institution; A L Flint, Panama
Canal Commission; J. &. Lee, Wash
ington Navy Yard; A. r. Boyd, Lii
brary Of Congress; W. N. Lockwood,
Interstate Commerce Commission; J.
L Alverson, Government Printing
Office: Albert w. Crabbe, Fuel Ad-
ministration; Sam Shout, Federal
Federal Trade Board; Major D. ].
Donovan. secretary Board of District
Commissioners; John F. Doyle, Civil
Service Commission; Merritt o.
Chance, postmaster, Washington, D.
c.: George NJ Johnson, office Alien
Property Custodian; James L Will
meth, director OF the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing.
The opening OF the campaign yes
terday was marked by special ser
vice in the Church of the Covenant
in the morning and in the Peck Me-
mortal Chapel in the evening. The
Rev. DR.. Charles Wood. pastor OF the
Church OF the Covenant, told Of the
part played by the Boy Scouts during
the war.
the United States a scout, he said.
member OF the organization.
100 Per Cent Urged.
Huston Thompson, speaking at the
Peck Memorial Chapel urged that the
men Of the District put this city over
with a 100 per cent membership.