Evening star., 1923-04-29
Boy Scouts

were given an opportunity to demon
strate their preparedness in fighting
forest fires during the past week as
a result OF number Of such fires In the
vicinity of the District of Columbia.
Reports have come from various
sources commencing the efficiency Of
scouts in helping to fight forest and
brush fires last week. Typical 10 the
case of troops So Of Calvary Baptist
Church and 73 OF the Young Men
Hebrew Association. who happened 10
be at the Wilson reservation. Burnt
Mills. Md. when call came from
Silver Spring for all the help that
could be marshalled to fight bad
fire there, Scoutmaster Paul Robin
of troop 73. and Assistant Scoutmaster
Fred Stuart OF SO. had their boys as
sembled and on the three mile march
to the fire In quicker time than II
takes to tell IT. They had gone out
for pleasure, and found it in the hard
work Of fire beating. glad OF such
an opportunity to show the interest
Of scouting in fire prevention.
Such training as scouting gives is
bound TO do much in decreasing the
menance of fires in future years
Every scout must learn how properly
to build Il fire and how to put 1t out.
He is taught also the danger Of care
les.nesa. as well as best methods Of
fighting different types of fires.
New Eagle scout.
Benjamin Dyer of Troop I reached
the highest rank in scouting last
Tuesday night when the court of
honor awarded him the badge that
made him an Eagle Scout. He had
the distinction OF becoming Life, Star
and Eagle all the same evening.
Three other scouts qualified for the
rank of Life and Star. They were
Robinson Glazebrook OF Troop !;
James Collett. Troop 10, and George
Hebbard. Troop SO.
Fifty-two scouts qualified for a
total Of llS badges Tuesday evening.
This makes total OF. l63 merit
badges received by Washington
scouts since January ]. which far sur
passes the record of any previous
year A list OF the scouts and the
badges they received follows:
Troop 1-Hamilton Bradley. conser-
vation, physical development; Ben
jamin Dyer, civics, cooking. physical
conservatio electricity, physical de-
velopment: Clifford Ireland, jr.. per
snnal health. pioneering. civics; King
Mallory, mining, first aid to animals.
horsemanship: VIM. Phelan, bird
study. cycling. masonry.
health. cycling. first aid TO animals.
Troop 15-Paul Blackburn. plumb
ing: r Benton Brooks. mining:
James collett, physical development:
John Collett surveying: Arthur
kimbalI. gardening. machinery. paint
ing: W. +. Moulden. jr.. carpentry,
plumbing: Walter s. McBroom. path
finding: Gordon Webner, agriculture.
handic~aft plumbing.
Troop 33-Laurence Hendrick. cleo
tricity. machinery: Harold Seamen.
foundry: Whitefeld Marshall, car
pentry. handicraft.
Troop 4n-James Bowen. crafts
manship. carpentry. electricity. ;
Troop 5l-James f. Douglass. con-
servation; Edward H Lyies. fireman
ship. first aid to animals
Troop 52-Wm. Brady, cycling: Alex
Britton cycling. foundry. machinery:
John Harris. personal health. pioneer
ing. public health: Robert Horne. per-
Sonal health. pioneering. public
health: Paul McGee. cycling. first aid
Sargent, surveying. cycling.
Troop 56-George Hebbard. civics.
rathfnding. physical development:
John Hill. carpentry. machinery. cycl-
ing: VIM. Russell. handicraft. signal
irg. wireless: Corwin Steward. civics,
life saving. pa thfinding.
Troop 57-John Rogers. personal
health: Charles Waters first aid.
Troop 63-Bradford Abernethy. fire
manship. first aid to animals. ma
sonry; Samuel Skolnik. bird study.
conservation.
Troop 70-McKendall Allen. fire.
manship; James Mcqueen. first aid to
animals. safety first: James Ward,
first aid to animals. carpentry: Donals
Stubbs. civiCs, pathfinding. surveying.
Troop 1o0-lewis Atkins. foundry.
conservation: Nelson F'ortson. first aid
10 animals. horsemanship. cooking;
, Carlos Marcum, camping. electricity,
phySicai development; John Marquis,
gardening surveying. safety first :;
Chas Merrill. first aid to animals.
Schmid. firemanship. personal health: /:
Jesse Ward. craftsmanship. public
| health. electricity
Troop 1o4-Leland Chandler auto
mobiling. firemanship.
Troop 9l-Jos England. personal
health. public health.
Troop 4o-John Boyd. civics. public
health. first aid to animals: Calvert
Hires. civics. first aid to animals, car
pentry.
Troop a5-Jos. Eaton. carpentry
man ship. craftsmanship.
At a special court. held at Berwyn.
Nd. last Wednesday evening. Scout
! clifford Sellers of Troop ia qualified
! for handicraft, gardening. fireman
snip and scout VIM. NJ. Werber OF the
same aroop for life saving. public health,
first aid and personal health
Prepare for Inter-Cfty Meet
| Washington scouts are workine,
hard in preparation for the big inter
city Held meet to be held In this CITY
June IS. Two divisional meets will
be held next Saturday afternoon and
two others on May 12 Winners Of
hrst and second places in each event
| in these meets will contest in a final
competition to determine the Wash
inEton team for the inter-citv meet.
Events in the contest will include
Compass. first aid. fire lighting by
drill. semaphore, Morse. fire building
water boiling. tent pitching. relav.
Paul Revere.
Region A meet. which includes all
troops in division /. or northeast
VIII he held at the Rosedale PLAY
grounds. l.th and Rosedale streets
northeast Saturday afternoon. NAV
/ 5. at 80 os
Region D meet. May ). at 2:3op.m tn
be held near the Carnegie Institute
OF Terrestrial Magnetism. chew
Chase. one-half mile east OF Con-
nectlcut avenue. Region D includes
troops i'll northwest west of I7tb
| street, Connecticut avenue and RocL
| Creek park. and the Virginia troops