Scouting, Volume 5, Number 9, September 1, 1917 Page: 1
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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. V
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917
No. 9
LIBERTY LOAN
NUMBER TWO
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Boy Scouts of America to Have
Definite Part in the Second
Liberty Loan—Now is
the Time to Prepare
THE Chief Scout Executive of the Boy
Scouts of America was recently in-
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UNCLE SAM NEEDS
LEADERS OF BOYS
Scout Forces Line Up to Enlist Scoutmasters
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vited to participate in a conference at
the headquarters of the Liberty Loan Com-
mittee, when it was made clear that the
you want to help "your country ?
if you are ineligible for the army,
navy. or marines, become
a scoutmaster- organize a troop op
scouts. here is your chance citizen,
to do'-your. share" uncle sam
Imbeds the organized services of all,
of his eoy3 - the boys netf.n i.f.Anroft
T//£ffE A/?E OVER
E/GHT Af/LUON
UNORGAMZED BOYS
OF-SCOUT ACS
//V THE
O/V/rED STATES
scouting - a pleasant
healthful, active! outdoor
program for good citizenship.
ENLIST AS A LEADER.
THOUSANDS of our best men are "Many of our Scoutmasters and Assist-
giving up home, comfort, business ant Scoutmasters have answered the Call
and professional prospects to fight to the Colors in either the Regular Service,
battles for the rest of us. Is there National Guard Regiments or the Officers
any reason why those who cannot fight Training Camps. The result is that the
Treasury Department and all those con- should not take care of the boys at home? Scout movement is seriously suffering for
cerned throughout the country in the pro- Men of the right sort will promptly the want of efficient leadership. Without
motion of the second Liberty Loan would acknowledge and assume their responsi- such leadership, conditions may become as
bad in this country as in
England where juvenile
crime has increased 59%
since the opening of the
war. Boys demand ac-
tive whole-hearted atten-
tion, and when this is de-
nied them, their surplus
energies prompt them to
engage in pursuits which
are not at all in keeping
with the high ideals of
citizenship for which this
movement stands.
Working under the Boy
Scout Program, a m?'<
has an opportunity to
train and direct the fu-
ture manhood of the
Country in such a way
that great good will re-
sult. It fc a patriotic
service, and one which
demands patriotic effort.
"The activities are in-
teresting, the program
varied, and the good re-
sults obtainable are more
than commensurate with
the time put in with the
boys.
"This is a call to you
for service! Will you
heed the call?
"Information in complete detail will be
gladly furnished if you drop a post card
to C. A. Worden, Scout Executive Queens
Borough Council, Boy Scouts of America.
expect the Boy Scouts of
America to take a def-
inite part in the second
Liberty Loan.
While it is impossible
at this time to give any
details with reference to
the next loan, it seems
to be the consensus of
opinion that the Boy
Scouts of America should
undertake to do exactly
as they did in the first
loan.
There will be some
modification in the size
and form of the printed
matter and the method
of distribution, but in all
other respects the details
will be practically the
same as in the first cam-
paign.
All scout officials are
urged to mobilize their
troops without delay and
with the aid of the mate-
rial in the June 1st issue
of Scouting definitely
plan the most effective
method of reaching the
largest number of people
and securing the greatest
number of subscriptions
Liberty Loan.
THE SCOUT oath
On my honor I will do my best-
1-To do my duty to God and my
country and to obey the Scout Law;
2-To help other people at all times t
To keep myself physically strong;
mentally awake, and
morally straight.
SCOUTMASTERS WANTED
~Apph/*- BOY SCOUTS 0"F AMERICA, 200 Fifth X. V. C.
A matrix of this cartoon will be sent free of charge to any newspaper or periodical when
requested by a Scout official
320 Fulton Street, Jamaica, L. I.
to the Second bility. Here are some of the methods
^ used in bringing the opportunities of Scout-
Judging from the claims* filed for War ing to their attention.
Service Emblems, more than ten thousand , v „
boys will receive such emblems. Sales Your Country Needs You
amounting to over twenty millions of dol- with thig caption the Queens Borough
lars have been definitely reported throug Council opens an effective folder. The Reach Eligible Men Through Exemption
the efforts of members of the Boy Scouts gcouj. Oath occupies the center of page 2 Board
of America. Over 150,000 individual sub- , o :s. , „ ,,
scriptions were secured. P S ' The folders were distributed through the
Taking into consideration all of the hand- «An Opportunity for Service" Exemption Boards to men legally exempt
icaps under which the Boy Scouts of Amer- under the conscription act. Letters were
ica worked, including the fact that we had "One field of effective service may have sent to the members of the boards explain-
no time for adequate preparation, and the been denied you through your exemption ing the need for Scout Leaders and urging
unfortunate delay in the delivery of the under the Conscription Act, but another their cooperation in securing them.
lune 1st issue of Scouting and the delay field is opened to you in the work of the In order to make sure that the attention
(Continued on page 12) * Boy Scout Movement. of eligible men was secured, placards were
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