Scouting, Volume 3, Number 22, April 1, 1916 Page: 7
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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
of doors, a group of boys and a
competent leader.
Non-Military.
As an organization the Scout
Movement is not military in
thought, form or spirit, although
it does instil in boys the military
virtues such as honor, loyalty,
obedience and patriotism. The
uniform, the patrol, the troop, and
the drill are not for military tac-
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spirit that boys learn in Scout-
ing. It is in the wearing of the uniform and doing of things together
as scouts that they absorb the force and truth of the Scout Law, which
states: "A scout is a friend of all, and a brother to every other scout."
Religious Policy.
Scouting presents greater opportunities for the development of the
boy religiously than does any other movement instituted solely for the
boys. Its aim to develop the boy physically, mentally and morally is
being realized very widely.
The Movement has been developed on such broad lines as to em-
brace all classes, all creeds, and at the same time to allow the greatest
possible independence to individual organizations, officers and boys.
The Boy Scouts of America maintain that no boy can grow into
the best kind of citizenship without recognizing his obligation to God.
The recognition of God as the ruling and leading power in the universe,
and the grateful acknowledgment of His favors and blessings is neces-
sary to the best type of citizenship and is a wholesome thing in the
education of the growing boy. No matter what the boy may be—
Catholic, or Protestant, or Jew—this fundamental need of good citizen-
ship should be kept before him.
The Boy Scouts of America, as an organized body, therefore, recog-
nizes the religious element in the
training of a boy, but it is abso-
lutely non-sectarian in its attitude
toward that religious training. Its
policy is that the religious organi-
zation or institution with which
the boy scout is connected shall
give definite attention to his re-
ligious life. If he be a Roman
Catholic boy scout, the Church of
which he is a member is the best
channel for his training. If he
be a Hebrew boy, then the
Synagogue will train him in satisfying the "call of the
the faith of his fathers. If he be wild."
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