Evening star., 1924-06-01
BOY SCOUTS

, assuring the best opportunity 1or
both instruction and good times in
the history of local scouts.
Assistant Executive Linn G. Drake
will be camp director for the sixth
| successive year. Assistant Executive
| H.. B.. IIolbrook will be in charge OF
! activities and the commissary AS
! sistant ~ScoutmaSter T.. D. Schreiber
! scout tests; DR.. ". II. Merrill viii be
| camp physician, with an. assistant
| from George Washington University
! Medical School. Leland Chandler will
handle the point system. Eagle Scout
II. H. Barlow of Massachusetts, Tech
nature study; Edward Eagleston, the
| boats; Arthur Cole, the dining room;
Wilson Leverton, camp bugler; War
rem Hazard, the camp lunch; and in
swimming directors. a radio scout.
| addition there win be handicraft and
cooks and dining room assistants.
The new recreation and other i'm
provements to be made. will add
greatly to the camp facilities, so that
Washington scouts may look forward
to the best equipped and most care
fully supervised camp in their his
tory.
Guy c. Glassford of Troop ). for
| merly of Troop 3. Fort Leavenworth.
Kan. became eagle scout at the court
of honor last Tuesday evening. He
makes the fifteenth Washington
scout to obtain the rank of eagle
since January l. The highest pre-
vious record for a whole year is
local scouts have been setting fast
pace the last few months. Ernest
kilton became life and star on April
26. and Dick Mirick Of Troop 1, on
May Is.
Merit badges have heen granted at
the last two sessions of the court
OF honor as follows:
May 24-Troop I. D. Mrick, swim
aid! minE; TOGO Troop 90 g. s Nordinger rlh first
painting. poultry Keeping: sH' Troop 9p'ns, q,
F. Black. bird study: b. Morgan, bird
study; l.. Murphy, painting, safety
first; Troop A. T. Baxter, agricul-
ture, horsem. ship. masonry; II.
plumbing. poultry keeping: J. Fisher.
| pathfinding; L. Hawley. firemanship;
X. Schmidtn1an. agriculture. horse
manship, painting: Troop a.. William
public health; Troop "a, II. Wiliiers.
! carpentry, electricity, first aid to ami
mails: Troop %, w. Gard. carpentry.
| personal health. firemanship: Troop
e. 81 charleS ia Brunner, Sumner, pathflnding;
handicraft. pathfinding; Troop sS,
J. Randolph. firemanship: troop 81,
y. Russell, first aid to animals;
Troop q, \. Wasserman. firemanship
May 27-Troop I. ]. Boswell. ciyics.
pioneering; q. Glassfore, athletics: r.
Lutz. fremanship. personal health,
swimming; y. Mirick. civics. pathfind-
ing. Troop 10: Fl. Rhind: life saving,
surveying; William Smith. life saw
ing, surveying. Troop So Sam Nord-
linser, automobiling. plumbing. Troop
41. ]. Hunt, first aid, personal health.
Troop ~. E. Kilton. camping, pioneer
ing: lie Grand Lyon. bugling. first aid
, to animals: J. Thompson. camping
era lftsn,anshin. personal health: y.
Baxter. fremanship. textiles: n. Dial.
painting. Troop A., W. Dukes. first
aid to animals, personal health. safety
first: C. Fisher, public health: NJ
Breiphaupt, first aid to animals. fire
manship: ]. Fisher, poultry keeping
Troop %, T. Meyer, carpentry, cvcling.
craftsmanship. Troop 81, II. willier
gardening, painting. Troop 64 Charles
Brunner. first aid; Charles Jumper
first aid. Troop 50. J. Mitchell, path
finding. life saving. swimming. Troop
50. NJ. Shield craftsmanship. electric
ity. Troop 30. r. Iukei. electricity
first aid to animals: +. Saltzman, elec-
tricity. first aid to animals. Troop 5,
Charles Martin. handicraft. fireman
ship. conservation.
Latest registration reports Of the
Boy Scouts Of America place the
membership Of the organiza ton at
660.S11. This figure comprises 512,S14
scouts Gnc1uding 52.s57 lone scouts).
1906 scoutma sters, 1s.607 assistant
scoutmasters. 3.133 commissioners. S21
executives. 63.49I troop committee
men, 34410 local councilmen, 345
range officers. 6.222 examining COM
mitteemen and court of honor mem
bers and 1,0S3 pioneer examiners.