Evening star., 1922-11-26
SCOUTS TO ASSIST
DEDICATION TODAY
Their Safety Week Program
Includes Part in Monu-
ment Ceremony.


the attention of the public to safety
regulations. by displaying banners.
putting on demonstrations. assisting
in parades. etc. and the present work
will be no except3an.
Scouts will assist in the dedication
today of the safety monument to the
children who lost their lives in acci-
dents in Washington last year.
On Tuesday afternoon scouts in
uniform will direct traffic at all the
principal con=cSted corners. in the
downtown section relieving the trathc
officers for an hour at the busy period
from to 5 o'clock. Five scouts will
lie used at each corner. one to regu-
late the Ssmaphore and the others to
direct pedestrians. on the plan en-
ployed in New York city.
On Friday fifty scouts Will carry
banners in the parade. while others
will he used on different floats: but
the main body of the scouts of the
city will be on duty. as usual. with
the policemen a nng the line of march.
serving rather than merely marching.
During tho entire week scouts Will
be used at crossings near the diff
ferent schools 20 pilot smaller chill
drcn safely across the street and to
keep them from playing in the streets.
All troops at their meeting last
Friday night received instruction in
Safety-firSt principles And in the
services expected of them during the
week.
Troop 20 Holds Big Meeting.
Troop 20. the Presidents Own
the largest Boy Scout troop in the
city. held its most enthusiastic meet
ing of the year last Friday night with
six;y-two out of sixty-four members
present. Demetri DimanceSco. mem
Der of the Roumanian diplomatic
corps and the founder Of the Boy
Scout movement in Roumania, was
installed as honorary troop commit
teeman. Mr.. DimauceSco served two
years on the Roumanan front with
the allied forces in the great war, for
which service H. wears s,E war medals
He was inducted into office as troop
committeeman by the deputy COM
missioner of Division ~, Col. T.. L.
Mattice.
Another visitor at the meeting who
IS also an enthusiastic scout friend.
was Or y t'uJita .ot Port Arthur.
vice governor OF Manchuria. Scout
master Taylor of Troop 1T. Phila-
de'phia. WAS also present. together
with a number of parents of mem
berS of the troop.
At an impressive investiture eight
new members We're admitted into the
troop. while twelve additional candi-
dates for membership reported. Five
scouts Were advanced in rank and
FirSt-clasS Scout Carl Tomlin was
awarded MS ErSt merit DduSe- scout
Lewis Quinter was mace patrol
leader, while Scout William Everard
had the distinction of winning both
the scout advancement and the 100
per cent duty awards for the month.
and so was appointed patrol leader
of the Beaver Patrol.
Radio Message From Chief Scout.
Many radio fans among the troops
listened in to wv. NJ. L." last Thurs
day night in order to catch a message
from Chief Scout Executive James f.
West, which was broadcasted from
fifty local stations throughout the
country at the same hour. In it
Mr.. West urged cooperation in the
effort to increase the scout member
ship by 100000 before the fourteenth
anniversary next February.
Local Scout headquarters is already
receiving account of good turns planned
for Thanksgiving day by many Wash
ington troops. Each year scouts dis
tribute baskets of groceries. send
flowers to sick children and to the hos
pitfalls, and manifest in many ways their
third law, "A scout is helpful" This
Thanksgiving good turn has come to
be regular institution with many
troops.
Training Class Programs.
Next Wednesday evening. November
20, the scout leaders training class,
meeting at George Washington Univer-
SllyS VIII near scout Executive EQWarQ
d. Shaw on the subject of the troop
program and what it should include.
Maj. S. c. Godfrey will discuss the ques-
tion of discipline, and DIR. F. Z. Matthes
will demonstrate the use of the COM
pass.
Troop 7s underwent a severe test
at Chain bridge one day recently.
when, on returning from a hike, the
members discovered fire in the
woods that some careless camper had
allowed to get beyond control. Scout
master Paul Robin was in charge
with Assistant Scoutmaster Tarshes
also present. and about fifteen scouts.
They Immediately set to work to put
out the fire. which was rapidly creep
ing up the hill, threatening much
nearby property. In their efforts to
get at the base of the fire Scoutmas-
ter Robin sent Mr.. Tarshes with a
number of the scouts down the hill.
The ground gave way and they all
sid down. The boys were able to
scramble back to safety. but Mr.
Tarshes was saved by grasping the
limb of tree. where he was forced
to stay for some hours while various
schemes to rescue him were tried.
Scoutmaster Watt of Troop 50 was
IN peril as a result of attempting to res
cue MIR. TarSheS Finally ScoutmaSter
Robin slid down and grasped a tree,
and by means of human chain COM
posed OF scouts. and a 3O-foot pole,
suSSeeueu III feSculnS Mr. watt. MIR.
Tarshes was finally rescued only
when Scouts Lichtenberg and Good
man had been sat to the store at
Chain bridge for a rope
All were skinned and bruised as a
result OF their experiences, but felt
we'll repaid in the compliments they
received for their courage and per-
sistancy both in the fre-fghting and
rescue work.
e. NJ. O. Ban0uet
At an enthusiastic meeting of the
Camp Roosevelt Honor Society, the
c. NJ O.. last week, it was determined
to hold the second annual banquet
at the Chimney Corner Inn on We'd
nesday evening, December q.
Scouts Advance in Rank.
At the court of reviews last week
rank. as follows: To first class scout,
81, Paul McGee; Troop 100. J. L. Ward,
P. Hamilton Carlos Marcum. To
second class. Troop 20, Charles
Clarke. Edward Davis. James Free
man, Thomas Proctor: Troop 80, Har-
Ian Johnson: Troop 60, Hugh Wertz;
Troop 81. Wilton Hardie; Troop 20.
r E. Hall. jr.: E. f. Rupert. Louis
Quinter: Troop SO, Paul Hodinott.
James Mitchell: Troop 100. Thomas
Bell. James Smith; Troop 10. Harris
Child, Everett Moreland, Theodore
Sinclair. George Wahlstrom.