Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
HAM|L TON AGAIN
HEADS BOY SCOUTS
Officers for Year Are Elected
at Annual Meeting of
D. c. Council.

George E. Hamilton. ST., was re-
elected president of the District OF
Columbia Council. Boy Scouts OF
America, at the councils annual meet
ing in the Cosmos Club yesterday. Be-
sides the election of council officers
reports of the various standing COM
mittees we're presented indicating gains
during the past year.
In addition to the election of Mr.
Hamilton, the council officers chosen
included Julius Garfinckel, Kari w
Corby, Paul Bartsch and Henry F.
Blair, vice presidents: George Hewitt
Myers, treasurer, and Barry Mohun,
scout commissioner. Mr.. Mohun's selec-
ton was reappointment.
Members of the executive board
chosen at the meeting included Ernest
H. Daniel. Isaac Cans, j. H. Hanna.
Samuel H Kaufman, DR.. James A.
Lyons. Arthur j. May, DR.. Walter H.
Merrill, Roy L. Neuhauser, Fl. L. Rust,
DR.. Camp Stanley. Hu5' on Thompson,
Capt. Chester Wells and Luke I. Wilson.
Council Makes Progress.
Reports of the standing committees
indicated that the District of Columbia
Council is well organized and making
substantial progress. Troop organiZa-
ton. under Judge Henry p. Blair,
showed a gain of 9 troops. and EOS
scouts over the preceding year. making
a total membership on December 81 Of
13l troops and 2,802 scouts.
In training leaders. the local council,
it was pointed out by Mr.. Mohun chair
man of the committee. stands among
the foremost of the 700 councils in the
United States. Camping also showed a
decided gain. according to DR. Merrill's
report. with an indication of greatly
increased interest in Winter camping
Rebuilding of Camp Roosevelt, on
Chesapeake Bay, which was wrecked by
a hurricane last Summer, also is pro-
crossing, the report concludes.
Services of scouts have been In great
demand during the last year, the civic
having rendered 16.007 hours of service
to more than 25 organizations.
The new committee on sea scouting,
under Capt. Chester Wells. ended 1928
by starting organization of eight ships"
The court of honor. DR. Paul Bartsch's
report showed. awarded So eagle
badges, the highest award in scouting.
and presented 3,461 merit badges, while
225 scouts were raised to the flrst-class
rank during the year and 5o2 scouts
became second-class members.
The inaugural meeting of the newly
organized Sea Scout patrols of the Dis
trict of Columbia Boy Scout Council
will be held at the Wilson Normal
School Auditorium tomorrow evening.
Commodore TlomaS J. Keane national
Sea Scout director, will be in charge
of the program, which will include
mastering in the crews, instructions In
seamanship. a talk by Capt. Gershorn
Bradford of the Navy Department n.y.
geographic Office, and moving pictures.
showing the cruise of The Northern
Light. On this cruise. taken to obtain
scientific data in the Arctic, the
schooner Northern Light was manned
by a deck crew of eight Sea Scouts.
viii Develop Sea Patrol.
Two of the larger Sea Scout units,
known as Ships" have been operating
for several years III The Potomac waters,
but they have existed as separate units.
The present plan of organization de-
yelops a group or patrol of Sea Scouts
to take care Of the Older boys in ex-
listing troops of Boy Scouts.
Sea scouting is a department of the
Boy Scout organization with all men,
bers being Boy Scouts. A boy must be
is years IF age and f1rst-class Scout
before he is eligible for sea scouting.
Capt. Wells is chairman of the local Sea
Scout committee. Adrian Sizer Is port
master and Commodore W. E. Longfel-
low of the American Red Cross, former
national Sea Scout director. deputy
commissioner in charge of promotion.
Development of Sea Scouts as river
safety patrols Is one of the future OBJ
jectives.