The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-16
SCOUTS WlLLPAY
HOMAGE TO LATE
COL. ROOSEVELT
Annual Pilgrimage to
Oyster Bay to Be Made
October 20.

through its executive board, has
authorized the undertaking OF a
scout memorial pilgrimage to the
crave of Theodore Roosevelt on
october 20, such as was conducted
last year, only on a larger scale.
They also voted to encourage the
celebration of Roosevelt's birthday
October I'D, among scouts
throughout the country in co-opera-
ton with local councils and with
the Roosevelt Memorial Association.
The late colonel was Intensely In
- terested in scouts and was himself
an ideal boy hero, beloved and ad-
mfred BY every scout and honored
A during his lifetime BY the utle OF
chief scout citizen.
The pilgrimage to Oyster Bay Is
to be an annual AFFAIR, ana VIII
be under the direction thiseyear as
IL was last, Of National Scout Com
= missioner Daniel Carter Beard
- Roosevelt's birthday will be OBJ
served In various ways by scouts
throughout the country. This OBJ
servance will take the form of scout
b. mass meetings for general patriotic
gatherings, tree planting and dedi-
cation and so forth, but in all cases
the detectives will be the keeping
green of the memory of the Great
American and the implanting in the
minds of the younger generation the
great ideals which he typihed
throughout his career.
The National Council has asked
the cooperation Of the Roosevelt
Memorial Association and is confer
ring with Mr.. Hermann Hagedorn,
Rooseyelt's friends and biographer,
in formulating its plans for a ma
tion-wide scout observance OF
Roosevelt's birthday.
William Boyce Thompson, presi-
dent of the Roosevelt Memorial AS
ISOLATION, on learning Of the con-
templated project, sent the follow
ing message to all Of the State chair
men Of the association: ~
The Boy Scouts Of America are
making preparations for the nation
wide observance of Roosevelts
birthday, October 81, and have asked
the counsel and assistance Of the
Roosevelt Memorial Association.
-NAodore Roosevelt believed in the
roy Scouts of AmeFtcE ana the Boy
Scouts looked to him as their ideal
Il is therefore most fitting that they
should take the leadership in COM
memorating his birth, and 1t is Mt
ting likewise that the Roosevelt Me-
mortal Association should give their
endeavor the heartiest support. The
associations entire program is a.
rected toward perpetrating for the
youth of the country the memory
Of Roosevelt's character and
achievements. Any assistance,
therefore, which you may be able
to render the local branches Of the
Boy Scout organization in arrang-
ing appropriate exercises will be a
service to the cause for which the
association was created"
At the various public meetings
conducted under the auspices Of the
local scout organizations on the &C.
casion of the anniversary Of Roose-
velts birthday. the biggest men
available will be asked to speak on
Americanism of which he was him.
self such a splendid exponent.
In many places the anniversary
celebration will take the form of
a dinner with speeches. 1t may be
merely a scout function, including
all the troops in a town, or even
gathEing by individual troops. In
somecases where the big get to-
gether is not possible, scouts will
be asked to observe the day in
their own homes with their own
parents
The Roosevelt Memorial Associa-
tion is seeking at all times letters,
incidents and other interesting data
connected with the life of Theodore
Roosevelt. Scouts who are unable to
attend the pilgrimage to Roosevelt's
grave are asked to interest them
slves in helping to locate such ma.
terial by looking up any persons
in their community who might pos
sibly have had associations with
or received letters from Theodore
Roosevelt. This information should
lie sent to the headquarters of the
Roosevelt Memorial Association, No.
T.. Madison avenue, New York City.