The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-26
HUSTON THOMPSON
REELECTED HEAD
OF LOCAL SCOUTS
E. d. Shaw Submits Re-
port of Activities for
Past Year.

tTlcl OF SOlunOld BOY scout SOuu-
Gil. held at the City Club on Feb
ruary II. Huston Thompson, of the
Federal Trade Commission. was
unanimously reelected president.
The year 1921, under the presidency
of Mr.. Thompson. has been the most
successful in the history of the
Washington Scout organization.
other officers reelected. were.
James T. Lloyd. first vice president;
Isaac Cans. second vice president:
Henry P. Blair. third vice president:
Arthur j. May. treasurer. and Or
Vile B. Drown. commissioner.
The following men. in addition to
the officers. were elected members
of the advisory board: Admiral W.
S. Benson, Thomas Bradley, NJ. u.
Chance, John Dolph, ]. H. Hanna,
e. Lee Jones. ]. Leo Kolb, James /.
Lee, F. E. Matthes. Charles F. Rob-
erts, H. L. Rust, Byron S. Adams,
Myron W. Whitney, Frank Jelleff,
Carl Corby. Z. S. Brachears, Myer
Cohen, Thomas Gatlin, Colin H. Liv-
ingstone, Admiral Cary Grayson,
William Knowles Cooper. Gen.
Lloyd Brett, DR.. Paul Bartsch. E. F.
.Colloday. ]. P. Herman, Frank Ho-
gan, John c. Let's. Newbold Noyes,
Roland Robbins, Donald Woodward.
Maj. Frank Moorman. Herbert
Shannon. James Baird. George W.
Offutt, Judge ]. A. VanOrsdel, Cor
coran Thorn. E. E. Thompson. L. A.
Snead, Roger whiteford. Theodore
William Boyce Thompson, Lawrence
Lee.
OF this board the officers of the
council and the following men will
compose the executive committee:
William Knowles Cooper, ]. H.
Hanna, Charles F. Roberts, Pauf
Sleman. Gen. Lloyd Brett, Thom.-
Bradley. James /. Lee, H. L. Rust,
DR.. Paul Bartsch, Myron W. Whit
ney.
Following the report OF the treas
urer. Arthur ]. May, reports were
submitted by ]. H. Hanna on nomi-
nations, Henry p. Blair on court of
honor. DR.. Paul Bartsch on scout
camps. and Orville B. Drown for
the finance committee. Scout Exec
utive Edward D. Shaw. under whose
efficient leadership scouting has at
tanned to its present enviable posi-
ton in Washington, making this
city In many respects the model for
the entire country in Boy Scout &C.
tvities was given a unanimous vote
of approval and commentator for
the success of the last years WIZ
Executive Shaw submitted the fol-
lowing report covering Boy Scout
activities for the year 1921:
Organization.
During the past year thirty-one
new troops have been organized and
1874 scouts registered during the
year. as compared with 3.516 IN,
year previous. The enrolment has
not been as great as it would have
been had We been able to hold
twenty troops. which were dropped
from the rolls because of inability
to secure scoutmasters
The great problem of our organ
lzation is not to secure BOYS to
enroll in this great character buiIo.
Ing and citizenship training move
ment, but to enlist capable scout
masters who are willing to devote
SUFFICIENT time as leaders of troops
OF scouts The turnover of scout
masters is one of the serious prob
lens facing the national orGaniza-
ton. In the Nations Capital We
are faced with an even greater
problem, because of the changing
population. This past year we have
lost ffty-three out of a total of I5s
scoutmasters enrolled aud have en-
listed fffty-two new men
The membership peak was in
september l when the enrolment
reached 2,56S. In addition to the
us troops mentioned above, we have
fourteen additional troops nov IN
process OF organization tut not yet
Civic Service.
Service is the keynote of the
scout program. 1t is through his
daily good turn" that the scout
learns to be thoughtful and con-
siderate of the rights of others, and
through his civic service cheerfully
rendered. that he learns the priv
ileges and responsibilities~of citi-
zenship. Among the services rem
dered by the scouts during the past
year, the following are typical: ca
Troops 81 and 70 have been looking
out for blind lady daily for over
year. the scouts taking turns
leading her from her home to a
street car each morning. OBJ The
old veterans of the G. A. r. again
sought the aid of the scouts this
year in placing flags upon the e.
600 graves at Arlington. To the
old soldiers, who desired to honor
their dead, this has been in the past
tremendous task, but a call was
sent out to the scouts and $50 re-
sponded. doing the job in short or
der. CO. Arms Conference-There
was bestowed upon the Boy Scouts
of Washington. a few months ago,
an honor which has probably never
been conferred before in the his
tory of this country. or any other
country. upon any organized group
of boys-namely. that of serving
voluntarily as official messengers
for an international conference.
Over 800 Boy Scouts were given the
opportunity of assisting in this ca
pacity at the conference on limita-
ton of armament, and of seeing
this group of world leaders at work
in one of the most important inter-
national conferences ever held in
this country. From the opening
day of the conference until after
it's close three months later, ten
scouts served each day without any
compensation whatsoever. The ef-
fects for good from the service
have been many, not only upon, the
Boy Scouts themselves: but upon
the distinguished members of the
conference. many Of whom bore tes-
timony to the efficient services,
cheerfully rendered by these boys.
Concerning this work, Secretary
Hughes recently wrote: The Boy
Scouts rendered valuable assistance
during the sessions of the confer
ence on the Limitation of arma-
ments. and take this opportunity
of expressing to them through you
my sincere appreciation of their