The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-19
BOY SCOUTS TO REPRESENT US.
 IN GIANT MEET
"Jamboree" to Be Held Tn London, May Go to France
 to View Battleields

Who will be among the one or two ] hundred boys chosen to represent the 1 United States at the great interna- 1 tienal "Jamboree'' in London next i July is causing tremendous interest l among the 4SS,247 boy scouts and I their leaders in this country.
 Scouts from the 56 lands in which l this great world brotherhood exists have been called to send their best troops and individual scouts to Lon- don, where in the enormous Olympia building the contests will take place between July 30th and August 7th.
 An American Indian Boy to Go.
 A native American Indian boy will
 probably be enc of the features of
 the Scouts from this side of the At
 lantic.
 There will be demonstrations in
 Scouting and in woodcraIt an inter-
 national competition for the worlds
 scout championship, a handicraft ex-
 hibition, a great boy scout zoo where
 the pets and troop mascots from all
 over the world will be shown, and great displays in the arena and an opening procession led by the London Choir of 500 voices.
 Scouts May Visit BattIefie-ds Also. There is a possibility that the scouts from the United States will also | journey 10 the battlefelds of France and visit the graves of American sol dier dead from their home towns and i cities, with the idea perhaps of decor ating them and photographing them l and then reporting back to the famil- 1 i2s.
 l The displays will include fre-fght-
 ing, ambulance teams, aid in acci- ] dents of all sorts, train collisions, air
 plane falls, snipwrecks, floods, earth 1 quakes, air raids, runaway horses, | etc.
 1 To Show Quick Work Of Scouts The exhibitions of physical training will include cycling, trek-cart work, cabin and shack constructing, bridge Ii building, rocket drill, fire lighting
 and camp cooking.
 This great international meet rep !, resenting the millions of boy scouts all over the world is intended, in the words of General Baden-Powen, ChieI Scout of England, ito mark appre- citation of the restoration of peace toward which scouts, past and pres.
 ent, have done their considerable bit''
 The objects are stated as follows To make the aims and methods 0. Scouting better understood amone educationists, parents, the clergy ant the public; to bring foreign and over, sea scouts into closer touch; to pusT forward the organization in the densely populated industrial center: where moral and physical training l! so badly needed for boys. NIT. West Tells How Boys Will Be Picked. Chief Scout Executive James E West of the Boy Scouts of America announces. that the selection of scout. from this country will be made ol some basis of troop competition. Tn, exact plan of eliminating tests tha { will bring to the front the scouts bes : equipped to show American Scoutin; will be announced later by the Exec utive Board of the Scout Nationa s Council
 The Executive Board has decide , that each local council throughou \ the country would be entitled to sen 5 one Scout to the Jamboree at it's owl a expense. There are more than 200 To A 1 cal councils throuohout the countr and therefore the | st 200 local coun ci!s informing the National Counci { of the selection of their Scout dele q gate will qualify.