Evening star., 1925-10-04
BOY SCOUTS

Boy Scouts are always interested In
Fire Prevention week. Their gen
eral training, and especially the re-
quirements Tor the Scout merit badge
in tiremanship. have taught them not
only the danger of fire and something
of the destruction it aCcomplisheS, but
how to fight 1t. The Clang of the
gong as The fire engines dash by
makes definite suggestions to them.
They know how to couple hose, how
to enter burning buildings. the rope
ties and the carries for rescue>work
fighting grass and forest fires.
Last Summer Troop SO of ST. Mar
tins parish. was on its way by truck
for Camp Roosevelt, with Scoutmastel
George &. Lowry in charge and Field
Executive f. j. CavanaGh member
of the party. When they reached
North Beach. on the Chesapeake. they
discovered u cottage on fire. with no
one apparently around to give the
warning. Like we'll trained Scouts,
they stopped their truck, unloaded,
formed bucket briYades and put out
the fire with such dispatch as to save
a whole section of the town that was
threatened and receive Il specially en-
acted vote of thanks and letter of ap-
probation from the Town Council of
North Beach.
During the past year reports indi-
cate that something like 25 brush and
woods fires have been discovered and
put out in the vicinity of Washington
by groups of Scouts. Practically all
of these were started by careless
campers without Scout training or
Scout appreciation of the danger of
fire in the woods. Notable in this
work has been the record of Troop
73 of the Y. NJ. H. A., Troops 50 and
81 of Chevy Chase. Troop 63 of Cal
vary Baptist Church. Troops AZ and
AZ of Mount Pleasant and Troop 100
of the Boys Central Y. NJ. G. A.
All Boy Scouts are members of the
big crusade to educate the public and
lessen the destruction caused by fire.
In Berkeley. Calf, Scouts have re-
Gently secured the signatures of hun
dreds of people to the following prom
Use: ITO save growing forests for
growing children, | promise to do
everything in my power to keep fires
out of our great wealth of forests and
watersheds. By signing, one becomes
automatically member of the Stop
Forest Fires Association"
A fire insurance company for which
High Point, n. c., Scouts saved thou
sands of dollars has expressed its ap-
probation in practical manner.
Hree pOWel
lamps, accompanied by a letter of
thanks. arrived at the boys camp
shortly after the spectacular good
turn. Following a small loss on a
building near Jamestown, the local
fire manager advised the company
that the fire might have resulted in
total loss but for the alertness of
Scouts encamped nearby. The boys.
accustomed to daily fire drills. re-
sponded with prompt and effective CO.
operation when the call for help came.
When a fire of unknown origin bit
into the Hallock barn near Wayne,
Mass. Mrs. Hallock rushed into the
blazing structure in an attempt to
futile and she was badly burned about
the arms. Scouts encamped in the
vicinity rushed to the rescue. The
fire had gained such headway that the
barn was burned to the ground in a
short time, but the Scouts prevented
the blaze spreading to the house. The
fire fighters also gave Mrs. Hallock
first aid.
Twelve-year-oId Scout John Gill
martin Of Allerton. Mass. styled by
admirers the hero of his gang and
the neighborhood," is another ener-
getic fire fighter. John was recently
"dlhlIlS uo"ll tiC Sli SCt WIN NcAAA
panions when smoke was discovered
coming from the cellar window of a
residence. The other boys ran to a
fire box, but John went directly to the
fire. With calmness and speed he at
tached the line of hose to the faucet,
turned on the water and began to
drown the flames. Despite heavy
smoke, he remained at his post until
the fire apparatus arrived. But as
the boy had put out the blaze. the
firemen had nothing to do.
Scouts of Hanover, Pa, trained to
fight fire menaces in the wooded lands
of that section, recently earned the
praise of State officials for combating
In a recent conf1agration 80 Scouts
spent "a hours on burning timber
lands. preventing the spread of flames
over hundreds of wooded acres.
Every troop in Washington will re-
joice to know that through the ef-
forts of Commissioner Barry Mohun
and DR.. Paul Bartsch, chairman of
the camping committee, Sergt. Lape
will continue in charge Of things at
the Woodrow Wilson Scout reserva-
ton, Burnt Mills. for the next two
months. at least. This means that
the old mill will be open, with some
one about to see that affairs are rum
ming smoothly.
Members of the Camp Roosevelt G.
Nj. o. honor tribe will meet Saturday
evening, October 10. in the assembly
room of the Central Y. NJ. C. A., for
the first Fall session. Interesting
projects are on the boards and the
attendance IS expected to be unusual
ly large.
High tribute was paid to the cour
age of American youth by Veterans
of Foreign Wars at their recent con
vention In Tulsa, Okla, when Brig
Gen. John H. Dunn, comma nder-in
chief of the V. +. w, pinned on the
chest of a tenderfoot Scout of Ana
cortes, Wash, the medal for heroism
The hero is Scout Clyde Holeman
The story OF the boys courageous &C,
is as follows:
Billy Jason and a group of friend:
were in swimming near Anacortes
Wash. on a hot vacation day. The
boys, all good swimmers, decided t
push off from shore on a raft, with
diving board attached, Warming
was given that no one unable t
swim should play on it. Jason, 6
novice in swimming, however, KEEP
his place on the raft. The boys soor
had the raft anchored and started tC
dive and swim ashore. Present.!
Billy took his turn. Immediately the
lad began TO sink. He had gone under
twice before Holeman heard his cal
for help. Before Holeman reached
him. Billy sank the third time. Bu
Holeman found Billy and brought hin
to shore in safety. The Scout ther
applied artificial respiration to tn,
boy and revived him."
Troop 8 of All Souls Episcopa
Church returned Sunday from a shor
camping trip to Glymont. Md, wher'
they established troop retreat. The,
made the trip by steamer and dis
covered, on arrival, that vandals hat
broken into their propertY and con