Evening star., 1926-04-26
COOLIDGE TO SPEAK
BEFORE BOY SCOUTS
viii Address Annual Meeting
Saturday-Bad den-Powell
to Be Present.

President Coolidge has ac"e"'"d ~
tnvitation to deliver an add"eSS f"H'
Saturday night at the lsfh "nrh"
meeting of the Boy Scouts OF NNe'l-
ca in the n. A. r Memorial t"nh '
mental Hall. il was announced i":iaN
at headquarters Of the Distri"' "i
columbia Cornell Of the Poy Sc"n's.
The Presidents address VIII iFA-
ture the closing session of tw"-r'"N
convention Of tho National t"nn"N
of the Scouts. Of whi"a My '"J hfE"
Is the honorary presiden'
Sir Robert BADEN Powell. chief
Scout of the world and .n';n''er 81
the British Rov Scou; Association
also will speak at the Sai''rf!' " n'ch'
meeting Sir Enher; haS C1me l."
the United states t" nr:''le c"un-
try-wide tour of Amer:c;'S Scout
centers.
Conference Opens Tomorrow.
The Two day meeting "f he E"-
tional Council Will lie pre.-"6 eG by
three day conference q s'"oU' re-
gional field executives. he@ nrinE to-
morrow. at the ConCreSSinfIa! Country
Club DR. George j. Fisher Girer
tor Of the field department Will pre-
side
The council sessions viii sat ri.
day morning al 9:3n "'r'ncn - he vii
lard Hotel. There viii be his.''"sS lis
cussions All day Fiida". W,th Milton
A. McRae, acting president "f the
National Council presidins. Rerorts
will be read by James F.. West. chief
executive of the Scouts: aoiei Carter
Beard the national : ,"rl commits
sioner. and other offices.
Friday evening thcre will he held.
simultaneously. l. regional hanpnets
AZ the Willard, participated in by re-
Eional executives Of the Scout orcani-
cation.
Plan Big Demonstration.
Business sessions Of the council will
he resumed Saturday morning at 90"
o'clock. concluding with the annual
election of officers OF the council Tor
the ensuing year.
A big Scout demonstration 'in honor
Of Sir Robert Raden-Powell will take
place Saturday afternoon on the
Ellipse. south of the White House.
with Scout troops from cities WI;nin
n radius of go miles taking part. DE
tails of this demons Strat ion will he an
nounced later.
immediately preceding the demon
stration the visiting Scouts ana SCOTT
officials will go tn the White House
10 he received by the President
: Local Scout officials expect approNi-
matelv ? 500 Scout visitors during the
convention. representing all parts of
the country.
Distinguished Honorary Officers.
Honorary officers Of the National
Council, in addition to Mr.. Coolidge,
are: Chief Justice Taft. honorary vice
president; Colin n. Livingstone,
honorary wee president, Daniel
Garter Beard honorary vice president.
and William G. McAdoo. honorary
vice president. Regular officers are
air. McRae. acting president: Morti-
mer l.. Schiff of Oyster Bay, y. Y:
Nalter W. Head of Omah ha Nebr.:
Charles G.. Moore of San Francisco
and Bolton Smith Of Memphis. Tenn,
vice presidents: Mr.. Beard. national
Scout Commissioner; MIR. Schiff. inter
national commissioners; George ID.
Pratt, trea surer, and MIR. West. chief
Scout executive.
Members Of the national executive
board are Mr.. Beard, Newcomb Carl.
ton. Barron Collier. Alfred w. Dater,
John H. Finley, Lewis b. Gawtry.
Charles F. Glore. Walter w. Head.
Myron T. Herrick, Clarence H. How
ard John Sherman Hoyt. jeremiah
w. jerks. Colin H. Livingstone, Mil
ton A. McRae. Charles G. Moore. VIII
Ham D. Murray. Charles p. Neill,
dnhn NJ. Phillips, George ID. Porter,
George n. Pratt. Frank Presbrey,
J. Barrett Rich. ir.: Victor F. Ridder,
Theodore Roosevelt. Mortimer L.
Schiff Bolton Smith. Robert r. Sniff
fen. Charles l.. !Sommers and Nell r.
Wilkinson.
: officers Of the Dstric of Columbia
Council. who are making preliminary
arrangements for the convention. are
Huston Thompson honorary preSi-
dent; l.. a. Snead. president: A. J.
May. first vice president: Lloyd NJ
Brett. second vice president Julius
Galfinckel third vice president:
George Hewitt Myers. treasurer:
Barry Mohun, commissioner and Ed
ward d. Shaw. Scout executive.