Evening star., 1923-04-08
HUGHES PRAISES
D. c. BOY SCOUTS
LaudS Aid During Arms Par
Iey-FIags Presented
to AZ Troops.

secretary or state Hughes yeSter-
day afternoon extended to the Boy
Scouts of Washington the thanks of
the United States government for
their services as aides during the con-
ference on limitation of armament.
The Secretary expressed this appre-
citation in an address which featured
impressive ceremonies at Continental
Memorial Hall. attending the presen-
tation of forty-two large American
flags to local scout troops by the
sons of the republic committee of the
District Daughters of the American
Revolution.
The flags were presented in recog-
milton of the patriotism displayed by
the boys in serving gratuitiously dur
ing the three-month period of delib-
erations. The exercises. which took
place on the south portico of the
building. were witnessed by a large
crowd of men, women and children.
Praises American Youth
Referring to the arms conference
service, Secretary Hughes declared
tinguished guests of the United States
government the sort OF youth in
America and the type of young man
maintenance of its ideals
1T is an inspiration to tired officials
to look upon.our American boys, the
cabinet officer said. There are those
who would make us believe that the
boys and girls of today are not what
children used to be, but l contend
that to look upon a group OF poys
and girls at play and work is ample
proof of their wholesomeness. | am
heartily in favor of any organization
which aims to maintain this standard
of wholeSomness and l therefore ap-
prove of the work being done by the
Boy Scouts"
Urges Boys to Be True.
Mr.. Hughes urged the boys to
be loyal to the flag, the institutions
which il represents, to brotherhood
and to democracy and he advised
them to practice patriotism. not
merely by saluting the colors, but
in their daily lives.
Huston Thompson, president or the
executive council of the District Boy
Scouts, formally accepted the flags
on behalf of the Boy Scout organiZa-
ton. He outlined the growth of the
organization and emphasized Its
patriotic purposes
The presentation of the flags by
representatives of chapters of the
y. A r. and of individuals making
personal gifts of flags, some of them
in memory Of world war heroes, was
preceded by a number OF selections
by the District Boy Scouts drum
and bugle corps. Then, in turn, the
forty-two troops sent their color
bearers forward to receive the COW
eted emblems. as the troop numbers
were called by Mrs. Frank F. Green
await eX-state regent and chairman
of the children's and sons of the re-
public committee, who preSlued
throughout the program.
Many Chapters Included.
Chapters for which flags were
turned over to scout troops We're:
American, Ann Hill, American Lib
erty, Army and Navy, Col. John Don
elson. Columbia, Constitution. Con-
tinental, Dorothy Hancock, Eleanor
Wilson, Frances Scott, Katherine
Montgomery, keystone, Livingstone
Manor, Luch Holcomb, Magruder,
Martha Washington, Mary Washing
ton. Mary Bartlett, Monticello, Our
Flag. Patriots Memorial, Ruth Brew
ster, Sarah Franklin, Susan Riviere
Hetzel, Telles de Rochambeau, Thir-
teen Colonies, Thomas Marshall,
Wendell Wolfe. Mary Desha and Vic
tory.
gifts by Mrs Gaius NJ Brumbaugh,
past state regent; Mrs. Amos G.
Draper and Mrs. Frank Meyer. Mrs
A. Howard Clark presented one in
Dendl1 OF Ine T1eU1peTS dl large OF
the District d. A. r.
Some Given as Memorials.
Seven of the forty-two flags were
heroes of the world war. Mrs. Larz
Anderson handed one to Troop 80
as a memorial to Lieut.. Edward T.
Comegys. aviator killed in action
September is, 1918, the only Wash
ington Boy Scout to lose his life
in the war she pointed out I,ieIt
Comegys, she said, founded Troop 80.
Mrs Comegys,S the officers mother,
accompanied Mrs. Anderson.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman handed a.
flag to Troop 100 in memory of Lieut.
Walker Blaine Beale. who fell in the
ST. Mihiel sector. September Is, 1915,
while member of the 310th ReRi-
ment. 18th Division.
Troop SO received a flag from CONT
mental Danes Chapter in memory of
w. Granville Guss, son of the chap
ters regent, and who died Novem-
Der 13, 1922.
One for "Unknown..
Mrs. Lisle s. Lipscomb gave to
Troop 27 a flag in memory Of Pri-
vate William w. Galliher Of the
United States ambulance service
overseas; Mrs. William l. West in
memory of the unknown soldier, to
Troop So; Mrs. William B. West, in
memory of Lieut.. David Putnam,
ace killed in action September 19,
1918. to Troop IS; Miss Lillian Cheno-
Weth, on behalf of Manor House
Chapter, in memory of Corp. George
K. Thornton, to Troop Al
b., me Ne procession G,1S: of donors was led
gent of the District ID. A. r.
The staffs of the flags bore metal