The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-05
nations defense program.)

Called in to sell Liberty Loan
Bonds In the five Liberty Loans,
the Boy Scouts placed 2.350,977
for total value Of 1854 ,050, 262.
They sold $50. 900, 900 worth of
War Savings Stamps. From this
they jumped to the ferreting
out Of sorely-needed walnut
trees to use for gun stocks.
They located and tagged 10000
600 board feet Of this rare wood
throughout the country.
Acting as special messengers
for the government Boy Scouts
in 1917 and 1918 distributed So
100000 pieces of government
literature.
It must be remembered that
these great services rendered
the country by the Boy Scouts
were done by different genera
tons Of boys. It was the Scout
training, the strict adherence to
the motto, as well as the Scout
Oath and Law, which gave each
new generation Of Scouts that
same spirit and ability to be
useful.
Thus when President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt issued ma
tional Call to Service" In 1884
the Boy Scouts responded by
collecting, in three weeks L.
812,284 items Of clothing. house,
hold furnishings, foodstuffs and
supplies for distressed and
needy families. Service Of this
and other natures found the
Boy Scouts always ready.
Not satisfied with the fine
record Of thirty years Of service,
the Boy Scouts Of America, at
the insistence OF DR.. James +.
West, the Chief Scout Executive,
studied it's future service pos
abilities In 1910. From this
study grew q potent challenging
program Of preparedness for
Scouts Of almost boundless pos
sibilities. Specifically it L. the
Emergency Service Corps and
generally it means intense train
ing for all Scouts in the types
Of service which they may be
called upon to give. BE Pre-
pared" was to be more than
ever motto to be lived.
EMERGENCY SERVICE
TRAINING go
Ample proof had been shown
In the record Of Scout service
through years that the Scout
program has within itself the
training In resourcefulness and
that technique which makes for
skillful service In the many and
varied demands that emergen-
cies bring up. Emergencies re-
quire such abilities as are bas-
ically good Scouting which con-
ditions individual Scouts to meet
the need Of the times and to fit
them TO meet that need when
necessary ~ individual Scouts
or q members Of . Patrol or
Troop: To train Patrols In
effective teamwork when need
Cd through Patrol projects: 70
train Patrols to coordinate
smoothly and efficiently when
working together a. . Troop.
The Emergency Service pro-
gram was enthusiastically adopt
ed by the Scout Troops from
coast to coast. While learning
new skills Scouts hold them
selves ready for immediate &C.
ton. The Emergency Troop
Plan was praised by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt who said
In q letter to DR.. West, that
e.. at no time In It's history
has our country had greater
need for this kind Of serious
work and preparation"
Your plans for providing Il
seem admirably timed and suit
ed to the needs Of the hour and
within the scope Of the regular
program Of training for boys Of
Scout age" the President wrote.
~ am proud Of the achieve.
ments Of our Boy Scouts. The
Movements record Of service IN
distress, disaster and every type
Of emergency, - well ~ it, &C.
Movements for character build
ing and citizenship training,
commands universal respect.
The present emergency win If
ford m excellent opportunity
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