Evening star., 1923-10-21
BOY SCOUTS

Boy Scouts of Washington are out
to lead the city again in remembering
tho heroes of the world war who
gave their lives overseas. Armistice
day a wreath will be placed on the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Ar
lington. This will be done in the
name, not only of every troop "of
scouts under the District of Columbia
council, but also in behalf of their
moro than 100000 brother. scouts in
the rest of the country. In addition
to the simple placing of the wreath
n further program appropriate to the
occasion is being arranged.
There were 1877 merit badges
granted to scouts from January 1 to
october l.. The highest previous rec
ORD for a full twelve-month period was
937 badges, granted in 1920. There
have been 567 Announcements of scouts
from tenderfoot to second class and
from second to first class since Janu-
AIRY /, which is more than double the
number of advancements for the same
period of last year. The highest
previous record for full year was
3o4 advancements during 1922. This
accomplishment Is partly the result
VI ihOtc 1lSHutnl touIlS ol review.
To make possible the continuance
Of this good record the following
schedule for the meetings of divisional
courts has been arranged:
First Friday of each month. div
tsion 1; Second Friday of each month,
divisions 2 and :; third Friday of
each month, division 3: fourth Fri
day of each month. division s; first
Saturday of each month division s: /:
second Saturday of each month, div
i9iOn &. third Cat ~ Of each month
division 4; fourth Saturday of each
month, division 6. Other courts will
be held in any division AS conditions
warrant.
Brig. Gen. Lloyd NJ. Brett. national
commander of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, Will address the opening
meeting of tho Scout Leaders Train
ing Glass at George Washington Uni
rersity next Wednesday evening on
."Scouting Fundamentals" Next Sat
urday the class will hold an outdoor
session ut the Wilson Scout Reserva-
ton, meeting at Georgia avenue and
District line and hiking TO the camps
Troop l0i of Ballston, Va. of
which Frank Sherwood is scout
relationship to the troop. We wonder
If ii can be paralleled in any troop
in the country. The father, L. c.
Fountain, has been a member of the
troop committee for years and is now
secretary and treasurer of commit
tee made up of twelve leading citi-
zenS of the town. Two sons, Lyle and
Horace Fountain, have come up from
the ranks of the troop and are now
assistant ScoutmaSters, while the two
remaining sons are both members of
the troop, Holmes, with four merit
badges, and Graham. a second class
scout, making rapid advancement.
They are members of the Washington
Council and have what they bpliRNe 70
be the oldest active troop committee
man in point of years in the country,
Maj. William VI. King, former chief
of seed division, Department of Agri-
culture, who is in his ninety second
year and still constant in his attend
ance at committee meetings and ac-
tive in promoting the interests of the
troop.
Two anniversaries will be observed
soon i'll troop meetings from Maine to
California and from Michigan to
Florida and Texas. They are the
birthdays of Theodore Roosevelt and
Warren G.. Harding.
So interesting was the contest con-
Quoted last year by Troop SO, which
meets in All Souls Episcopal Church.
Chevy Chase, that they have resolved
10 continue it for the present year.
is 300 points and every scout WHO
makes DOGGY" between October / and
May receives one week at Camp
Roosevelt free as a prize. Scouts OBJ
tanning one-half that many points re-
ceive one-haif expenses for a week,
while the scout who beats DOGGY by
the highest number of points and the
patrol leader whose patrol makes the
highest average. each win two weeks
1T camp. Awarding of points is based
on scout advancement, civic good turns,
school work, church duties, etc. and
, each scout Is given a schedule If what
work is expected of him in given pc
riod. Any scout falling two weeks be-
hind his schedule finds himself suspend
I'd from the troop until he has made
good. They are bunch of real work.
"rs Charles NJ. Marsh is the efficient
Scoutmaster and has as assistants Paul
Alvey. Charles l.. Casterlink. George
w. Fisher and Alexander Britton.
Scout Louis Barr reports for Troop
70, the Presidents Own" that 50 per
cent of the active troop membership
attended the last meeting OF the tribe"
there being only one scout absent. At
the last court of honor the following
scouts earned merit badges: Senior
Patrol Leader James Mcqueen, schol-
arship and leather working: Adjutant
Donald Stubbs. first aid: Scribe Rob-
ert Copes, electricity; Patrol Leader
Johnson Heare. electricity and Scout
Stubbs became life and star scout
with twenty badges and has been
made senior patrol leader.
At the court of reviews held at
Trinity M. L. Church last Wednesday
night Scouts George T.. Tolson of
troop 67 and Kenneth Stubbs of troop
20 were awarded first-class rank and
Scout William Rittenhouse of troop
20 became second class. The merit
badge court of honor will meet at
Epiphany Parish House next Tuesday
evening at 1880 o'clock.