Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
WORK OF BOY SCOUTS HIGHLY
COMMENDED BY CITY FRIENDS
Commentator Hearty For Young Men and Boys Who
formed Tasks Splendidly During Welcome Home
Celebration For Soldiers of the City YA

The work of the Boy Scouts dur
ing the Welcome Home celebration
has called forth much favorable
comment and drawn special COM
mendation from many sources. It
is pointed out that the total number
OF Scouts who reported for duty
was 500. On Sunday, the first day
of the celebration the Boy Scouts
held crowds back from the space re-
served for soldiers and speakers at
Island Park, allowing a clear field
for the parade to enter the grounds
and take the proper place assigned.
Messengers also were assigned to the
speakers stand.
On Monday the Boy Scouts kept
the crowds clear of the field for the
ball game and took charge of the
stands reserved for the soldiers. For
the dinner in River Front Park, one
bicycle messenger Scout and five
additional scouts were assigned all
afternoon to each of 10 units for as
sitting the ladies and before the finish
of the ball game the remainder of
scouts were brought from the island
from entering the space reserved for
the dinner.
The following letters of commen-
dation have been received and are
given publicity in honor of the
yourg men who performed their
tasks so well: So
For the past fourteen (14) years,
have had to do with the handling
of large crowds and never have I
had better police service in handling
a big crowd than was given by the
Boy Scouts, especially the service
given by them on Sunday.
Their work cannot be praised too
highly.
V. Grant Forrer, Chairman,
Sports Committee & Asst.
Superintendent Parks
The discipline, attention to duty,
and the intelligent interest shown
in their desire to carry out to the
last detail, any task assigned to
them, has impressed me with the
fact that the Boy Scouts movement
fills a highly important place in
the civic activities of the commun-
ity.
They handled, in an effective man
tasks assigned to them in the We'll
come Home celebration.
When anything is given to them
to do, they do it. The Boy Scouts
of Harrisburg are dependable.
Warren R. Jackson, Secretary,
Chamber of Commerce.
The Scouts assigned to my COM
mittee were as busy as little beavers,
all day, and proved themselves a
wonderful help.
They saved the women thousands
of steps during the serving of the
dinner, by distributing coffee, water.
and cakes, and we all appreciate
the service rendered.
Mrs. VIM. Jennings, Chairman,
National War Aid.
1t is with genuine pleasure that
say a word regarding the splendid
work of the Boy Scouts of Harris
burg during the recent Home Coming
Celebration.
My personal observation con-
vinced me long ago that this body
of organized boys Is q distinct asset
to the community life of the city.
On every occasion where their SER
vices are needed these boys respond
and with marked eff
fciency do the job to which they
are assigned.
At Island Park last Sunday after
noon the Boy Scouts were respon-
sible for maintaining order i'm way
that was commended on every side.
of people were able to
move about comfortably because the
Scouts carried out the traffic orders
and the reasonable regulations
issued for that occasion. During the
parade on Monday and at the River
Park dinner the boys again proved
their worth and evoked universal
praise.
Every boy in Harrisburg should
be a member of the organization and
instead of hundreds there should
be thousands enlisted under the ban
ner of the Boy Scouts. 1t is admir-
able training which they are re-
ceiving and must lay the foundation
for sturdy and outstanding manhood.
Sincerely yours,
E. ]. Stackpole,
Pres. Telegraph Printing Co.
cannot praise too highly the
valuable work that was performed
by the Boy Scouts IN their co-opera-
ton with the work of the committee.
Absolutely dependable and eff
cient where ever assigned. we simply
could not have gotten along without
them.
am heartily in favor of the Boy
Scout movement, and 1 know that