Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-27
HOW LEGION CAN COOPERATE

1t is a source of satisfaction to the
Boy Scouts of America to know that
the American Legion not only official
ly indOrSes the scout movement but
is willing and anxious to cooperate
with scouts in their various cOmmu
nifty undertakings throughout the ma
tion. Our boys look with the great
est respect and hero worship to those
other just little older boys who held
the frOnt-line trenches so heroically
while the younger lads at home
worked gallantly at selling Liberty
bonds and raising war gardens both
for the same great cause and in the
same high spirit.
Now that the war is over it is most
fitting that the same fine energy and
devotion to the nation which was
shown both by the Legion and boy
scouts should go on in other forms
Of service, and there is literally no
limit to what the two organizations,
working together, could accomplish by
way of community and national ac-
tivity.
Our patriotic holidays, such as
Memorial day, Flag day, Fourth Of
July, Constitution day, Columbus day,
Armistice day, ETC., all offer fine op-
portunities for the Legion to cooper
ate with their younger but no less
loyal scout brothers in holding pa
triotic meetings and making public re-
dedication to the service of our great
country with its ideals Of liberty and
| justice for all as well as the renewal
| of acknowledgment of the debt we
all owe to those who gave their lives
| that the nation might win its battle
for the right.
AmericanizatiOn work-not only Of
| foreigners but of our own people, in
laying stress upon loyal service tC
the nation, the flag and all it stands
for-also offers opportunity for CO.
operation. Last year thousands of for.
| eign-bOrn men and women were in.
duced through scouts to enter citizen.
ship classes in preparation for OBJ.
tanning naturalization papers, and the
Legion could materially assist in car.
rying out this important work on an
even greater scale, using newspaper
and other publicity.
It is difficult to suggest in a general
article specific ways by which the two
organizations, working together, may
accomplish worthwhile results. Local
conditions and needs will govern the
selection of the object sought. Com.
munity swimming pools and play
grounds, founding beds in hospitals
| adopting war orphans, conducting
home-service bureaus, taking part II
/ local campaigns, such as safety-first
fire prevention, city clean-ups, etc, may
all be undertaken with good effect
wherever there is a local scout head
quarters. The executive in charge
will gladly offer suggestions and idea:
as to the best and most practica
kinds of cooperative service and will
place his groups Of trained boys a
the Legion's call wherever possible
Readiness to help is a boy scout!
chief characteristic. If you haven
tested this fact out for yourself, tr!
| it and see what happens. Nothing
could make a scout happier or proud
er than to help member of the LIE
gion, or Legion post, whether thu
good turn required is great or small
/ Finally, perhaps, the very bigges
opportunity for service to the com
munity is the opportunity offered f
the Legion to go in for active scou
leadership. No one is better fitte'
than a veteran of the World war t
become a scoutmaster or an instruc
tor.