Evening star., 1926-01-17
BOY SCOUTS

The new rank Of junior assistant
scoutmaster has been authorized by
| national headquarters and Is open to
| f1rst-cla Scouts, 16 years OF age and
older. who are giving real leadership
| in their troops, to such an extent
| that their scoutInasters wish to rec
| ommend them for this new rank.
This step was advocated before the
| committee by Chief Scout Executive
James f. West. who recently returned
from a 24,000-mile trip through the
, United States. Mr.. West found a gen
| eral need for some special recognition
| for the older boys who had been pro-
| ficient in scouting and were giving
| valuable service as troop leaders, in
| many cases doing all the work of as
| SiStant scoutnaater.
The new insignia for junior assist
! ant ScoutInasterS will be announced
| later and 1t ~ possible some change in
| their uniform VIII also be authorized.
| Mir. West writes: Il anticipate that
| full 40, 900 or $4,000 young men will
qualify for this new rank In scouting,
| and az Is noted there is no limitation
az to the number for any one troop.
| 1t can be used as means OF holding
| together as q unit all older boys Of
the troop, who are first-class Scouts
and 16 years of age. They should. how
ever in each case be held on the has
| of service to the troop and not mere
ly because of their desire to have a
rank and the new insignia"
No regulations for making the ap-
pointments have yet been received,
| but ScoutmaSterS who wish to take
adva ntage of this new rank are asked
, to consider carefully the appointments
which they wish to recommend from
| vii hin their troops. IL doing so. they
should bear in mind that only active
Scouts who are really serving in the
troop are eligible for this advance
ment.
All those wishing TO join the Red
Cross grst-aid class next Monday
night report at the Wilson Normal
School at 1880 pm. for enrolment.
New merit badge exaIniners-In
botany, Henry FURY, biology instruc-
tor, Eastern High School. by appoint
ment: in conservation and forestry
| Col. w. b. Greeley. chief of forest
service, by appointment. $50 + street
northwest, phone NJ. 69l0. or PIG Elm
street, Chevy Chase, phone Cleveland
1885, in camping and first aid. Col.
| RI. r. Hunt, AT Columbia road north
west. phone Columbia 5024-J: in first
aid, A. d. Soverhill, 6lS Ingraham,
street. phone Adams 1872. by appoint
ment; first aid. DIR. T. f. Murphy,
1926 Seventeenth street northwest,
/ Thursday evenings.
Change-Dr. NJ f Woodward IN
first aid. personal and public health.
to every Monday evening, at Wilson
Normal.
Automobiling B. Hillyard
700 Randolph street northwest, by ap-
pointment.
Four new troops have been or
ganiZed, their registrations in and are
now meeting regularly. They are as
follows: Troop No. :. located at the
Friends School, 1911 | street. Mr..
K. II. Powell sCoutmaster. and c. w.
"annan. assistant sCoutmaSter. Meet
inEs on Saturday at pm. This troop
is in the third division.
Troop III. NJ. Lee Perry. scoutmas-
ter. and Frank Megill. assistant scout
master. is in the first division and
meets Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the
Baptist Church at Capitol Heights
Md
The two other tro"bs are in division
five. No. 1877 meeting at Falls Church.
Carpenter, scoutmaster. and John T.
OEilvie. assistant scoutmaster: Troop
129. meeting at Fort Myer, Va. Fri
day at I, with Chaplain Milton o.
Beebe, United States Army, as scout
master. and Messrs. Elston c. Colby
and Basil A. Rauch, assistant scout
masters.
\ first-aid class under the direction
OF the Red Cross was organized at
the Wilson Normal School with an en-