Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-10-22
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 a little older boys who held
the front-line trenches so heroically
while the younger :. lads at home
worked calamity lat selling Liberty
bonds and raising war gardens both
for the same great cause and in the
same high spirit. 81. 3.
Now that the warts over 1t 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 OPP
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 .....berty and
Justice for all as well as the renewal
of acknowledgment of the debt we
all owe to those who gave their lives
hat the nation might win It's battle
for the right
Americanization work-nct only OF
Foreigners but of our own people, in
laying stress upon loyal service to
he nation. the flag land all it stands
for-also offers opportunity for CO.
operation. Last year thousands of for
eign-born men and women were in
luced 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
md other publicity.
1t is difficult to suggest in general
lrticle specific ways by which the two
organizations, working together, may
accomplish worthwhile results. Local
nd 1,n
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 IN
local campaigns. such as safety-first.
fire prevention, city clean-ups, etc, may
all he undertaken with good effect
wherever there is local scout head
quarters. The. executive In charge
will gladly offer suggestions and ideas
MS to the best and most practical
kinds of cooperative service and will
place his groups of trained boys at
the Legion's call wherever possible.
Readiness to help is boy scouts
chief Characteristic. If you haven't
tested this fact out for yourself. try
1t and see what happens. Nothing
could make a scout happier or proud
err than to help a member of the Lee
gion, or Legion post, whether the
good turn required is great or small.
Finally, perhaps, the very biggest
opportunity for service to the com
muaity is the opportunity offered to
the Legion to go in for active scout
leadership. No one is better fitted
than veteran of the World war to
become scoutmaster or am instruc-
tor.