Evening star., 1924-01-20
Boy Scouts.

Ellis s. Middleton. scoutmaster of
Troop 40. Of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church. was elected president OF the
Scoutmasters' Club at its meeting last
Tuesday evening at the City Club.
Scoutmaster John B. Cuno OF Troop
4. Peck Chapel. Georgetown, was
elected vice president. and Seoutnas-
ter A. I. Williams OF Troop 20. Ep
worth NJ. L. Church, secretary-treas-
urer. Barry Mohun, recently elected
Boy Scout commissioner Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Council addressed
the scoutmAsters, commencing their
work and pledging them cooperation
in furthering scouting in the nations
, Capital.
{. q. Schlaehi, who has been serv-
ing for some time as assistant deputy
commissioner OF Division !. embrac-
Ing all the scout troops in the north
east, has been made deputy commits
sioner OF that division, and issues a
challenge in scout advancement stand
Ing to Division ~. northwest, the
present leaders. Deputy Commits
| sioner e. l.. Mattiee OF that division
has accepted the challenge, and the
contest is on.
oid.time Washington Scouts Will
bs interested in the return to active
service OF n former honor scout of the
District. ]. D. Egsieston. He has
been made assistant deputy commits
sioner OF Division II. In 1918 Scout
Eggleston Won tho old "efsfcieacy
badge" award OF the Washington
Chamber of Commerce He has also
the silver honor medal" of the Boz
Scouts OF nerica, granted for haS-
!ng saved another boy from drowning
Ia Chesapeake bay, and is an eagle
scout, with forty.two merit badges TO
his credit. These honors were won
while Scout Egeleston was a member
OF Troop 81, Takoma Park, OF which
Fred L. Harries was then seeutmas-
ter.
In addition TO his work as assist
ant deputy commissioner, Mr., Eggies-
ton will serve as merit badge exam
iner in craftsmanship. first aid, and
signaling, sd for first and second
class first aid.
Scouting is only fourteen years Old
the coming February, but is ALREADY
calling into the ranks of expert serv-
Ice many young men who were trained
as boys In the movement
Few troops in Washington can show
ia better record In advancement than
Troop % OF the Takoma Park Prespy-
terisn Church, of which Maj Frank
Norman 10 scoutmaster
At . meeting two weeks ago more
tests we're passed than at any time
since the troop was organized, and
the troop now reports that there arc
only three OF those animals known
as tendsrfoots' left in the troop. Two
of tse six patrols have advanced
every scout TO first class They are
the Beavers. John Scrlvener, patrol
leader. and the Panthers, with Homer
Smith as patrol leader. In the Tiger
patrol all but two scouts are frst
class. and they are we'll on the way.
Frederick Hobart OF the Beaver pa
troll 10 now publicity agent" and will
undertake TO keep tho doinga of the
troop before the public.
Troop IS OF the Y. NJ H. A. manages.
| to keep in the limelight. 1t now
claims to have the largest roll of
active scouts In the District. There
are ten patrols, and on a hike last
week to the Wilson reservation the
entire ten were present and dping
special work under their scoutmaster,
Paul c. Robin. The troop has or
gained a coaching school," with
| First-class Scout Henry Davis in
charge. They have scheduled a for
fnidable array of special speakers for
future meetings, including Engineer
Engineer George s. Watson, Capt.
Watson B. Miller OF the American
Legion and Lieut.. j. Sharpe Of the
navy yard.
! The value of Boy Scout training is
vividly illustrated by an incident just
reported in a Boston daily paper. 4
recent similar accident on Connect
out avenue, which resulted fatally,
might have had the same satisfactory
outcome If only scout had happened
to be present when IL occurred.
| Prompt action and effcient work on
the part OF Scouts Edward Metcalf
and James Leighton OF Winthrop,
Mass, probably saved the life OF
Franklin MoNaught. n fellow pupil
at tha Winthrop High School, when
the boy accidentally thrust his hand
through a pane Of glass. cutting the
arm badly and severing an artery.
Me.oaif and leighton Immediately
iimprovised a tourniquet with pocket
handkerchief" continues the account,
,"and then took McNausht to the Win
throp Community Hospital. There it
was found necessary to take sixteen
stitches to close the cash. Officials
at the hospital declared that IL the
| boy had been allowed TO wait for the
arrival of a physician or had been
taken to the hospital without appIi-
ication of the tourniauet he undoubt-
eddy would have bled to death"
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