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SCOUTING
Published semi-monthly by National Headquarters, Boy Scouts of America
For Scout Officials and Others Interested In Work for Boys
Vol. IV.
NEW YORK, N. Y., AUGUST 1, 1916
No. 7
PLANS FOR NEW PIONEER
SCOUT RANK COMPLETED
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Boy Scout Program Now Available to
Boys in Places Where No Troop
Organization Exists.
EVERY boy who wants to be a scout
and who is in dead earnest about it
will have a chance, for National Head-
quarters has just arranged for a new class
of scouts to be known as Pioneer Scouts.
There are thousands of boys, from the
backwoods of Maine to the ranches of Cali-
fornia and from the Everglades of Florida
to the plains of the great Northwest, who
have written to Headquarters and begged
us to enroll them as scouts, but our answer
has always been "you must form a troop
or join a troop already organized."
But They Couldn't Do It
In thousands of cases, however, boys
have found it impossible to do • ither of
these. In such cases there were not - —>ugh
boys in the neighborhood to make troop.
Yet, in spite of the disappointment, these
boys lost none of their enthusiasm, and they
are just as eager as ever to become scouts.
Many of them have asked us to send them
the Handbook so they could do the things
scouts do, even though they were not offi-
cially enrolled as members of the scout
organization. The Chief Scout Executive,
James E. West, commenting upon this new
development in Scouting, said :
"Now we couldn't help admiring these
boys for their grit and spirit. We knew
they had good scout stuff in them so we
decided to work out a plan which would
enable such boys to become regular scouts
and allow them to wear the uniform and
badges and pass their tests and have all
the fun scouts enjoy.
Why the Name was Selected
"For a time we thought we would call
these boys Lone Scouts. But that name
didn't seem to fit very well—for we don't
think they will be lonesome a bit. Then
we hit upon the name Pioneer Scouts and
that seemed to fit them perfectly, for they
are to be a picked group of boys in the
same way that the old pioneers who pushed
back the frontier and conquered the wilder-
ness were a picked group of men—men
with courage and grit who tackled their
work with a vim and would not let dis-
couragements down them. These old pio-
neers were scouts, too. They knew how to
live the open life and how to accomplish re-
sults in spite of the difficulties that would
dishearten the less courageous. Further-
more, they lived clean lives that squared
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Scouts and Scout Officials
in National Guard
Following is a list of the scouts
and scout officials who have been
called to the colors by the mobiliza-
tion of the National Guard and
whose names have been reported to
National Headquarters. We desire
to have our records complete, and
will appreciate the receipt of names
which should be included but which
are not here listed.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT NOW
A TROOP COMMITTEEMAN
Five Scout Troops Organized in Oyster
Bay, N. Y., as Result of Suggestion
from Chief Scout Citizen.
Arkansas
George A. Parker Assistant Scoutmaster
California
V. B. Berger Scoutmaster
Connecticut
C. S. De Forest Scoutmaster
Georgia
W. A. Tyler Scoutmaster
Paul Googe Assistant Scoutmaster
J. B. Ferguson Assistant Scoutmaster
Robert V. Tait Assistant Scoutmaster
H. D. Ashford Scoutmaster
Illinois
E. M. Vannater Scoutmaster
Kansas
E. L. Holt Assistant Scoutmaster
W. L. McBratn-jy Scoutmaster
Maryland
W. M. Fuller Scoutmaster
Homer Williams Scout
R. C. Portmess ..Scoutmaster
Massachusetts
Joseph Perry \ssistant Scoutmaster
Fred M. Cutler Scoutmaster
Dean Lochman Scout
B. A. Merrill Scoutmaster
Edward Burns Assistant Scoutmaster
M. J. Ladoncuri Assistant Scoutmaster
Geo. Barnett, Jr Assistant Scoutmaster
B. F. Hodgkinson District Commissioner
J. I. Baker .....Assistant Scoutmaster
Harry Baker Scout
Walter Smith Scout
Frank Amoral Scout
W. Snow Deputy Commissioner
Michigan
F. A. Barlow Scoutmaster
Merritt Lamb Scout Commissioner
H. C. Oliver Assistant Scoutmaster
Missouri
W. Kransnich Assistant Scoutmaster
New Hampshire
Howard Maxon Scoutmaster
New Jersey
E. G. Tewes Scoutmaster
G. W. Von Arx, Jr Scoutmaster
A. T. Derron Unassigned Scoutmaster
New York
W. P. Miller Assistant Scoutmaster
Charles W. Lohrnan Scoutmaster
E. A. Wood Scoutmaster
J. M. Satterfield President, Local Council
J. S. Piper Scoutmaster
E. P. Gooding Scoutmaster
H. D. Bramard Assistant Scoutmaster
Le Roy Putnam Scout
A. W. Beeny Scoutmaster
T. Babcock Scoutmaster
Charles Hood Scoutmaster
W. Holyoyd Scoutmaster
A. H. Spence Deputy Commissioner
Arthur Lindewall Assistant Scoutmaster
Nebraska
C. D. Fletcher Scoutmaster
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Notwithstanding the handicaps
of the vacation period, the National
Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of
America is receiving daily new members at
a rate which passes all previous records.
On July 26 the records showed 190,483 boys
in good standing as compared with 135,735
on the same day of last year. Sunday
schools, churches and other organizations
interested in providing a leisure time pro-
gram for boys are adopting the Boy Scout
Movement as a basis for their activity as
never before.
There is evidence that the Federal Char-
ter granted by Congress has greatly in-
creased the interest in and prestige of the
Boy Scouts of America.
Words "Boy Scouts" Respected
A number of large business concerns,
which have recently been making use of the
words "Boy Scouts" to feature certain
articles manufactured by them, have grac-
iously accepted the intentions of the new
law and have worked out new names and
methods of advertising their products.
Publishers throughout the country, in re-
sponse to a letter from the National Coun-
cil notifying them of the new law, have
promised co-operation to avoid the unau-
thorized use of the words "Boy Scouts."
In connection with a recent celebration
at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, when a
troop of Boy Scouts of America from Irv-
ington, New York, and other scouts from
Glen Cove, Long Island, gave an exhibition
of their work on the lawn in front of Col-
onel Roosevelt's home, Colonel Roosevelt
took exception to the fact that there were
no boy scouts in Oyster Bay. Almost im-
mediately following, steps were taken for
the organization of a number of troops,
with the result that three troops have al-
ready been registered at the National Head-
quarters and two more are being organized.
Theodore Roosevelt Troop Committee-
man
One of the first organized was at Christ
Episcopal Church, which is attended by
Colonel Roosevelt and his family. Carey
A. Townsend is the scoutmaster and Col-
onel Theodore Roosevelt signed the appli-
cation for the charter and agreed to serve
as a member of the troop committee. Mr.
Briton N. Busch, Secretary and Treasurer
of the World Film Corporation, joined with
Colonel Roosevelt in agreeing to serve as a
member of the troop committee. The mem-
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