Scouting, Volume 50, Number 5, May-June 1962 Page: 12
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GENERAL CLARKE has a long record
as a working Scouter in Germany,
Texas, Korea, Hawaii, and through-
out Europe. By the time you read this
he will be retiring from his army com-
mand and his council presidency.
In mid-April, Scouting's President
Ellsworth H. Augustus presented him
with the Silver Buffalo Award "for
noteworthy service to boyhood of a
national or international character."
The General's three sons were Boy
Scouts, his daughter a Girl Scout, his
wife a Den Mother, and a grandson,
Bruce III, is an enthusiastic Scout.
By General BRUCE C. CLARKE
Commander in Chief, United States Army, Europe
President, Transatlantic Council, Boy Scouts of America
hen I joined the Boy Scouts in my home town of Adams
in upper New York State, Scouting was only three years old. and 1
was only twelve. Adams was a small farming community nestled
among forests, streams, and hills. Lake Ontario and the Adirondack
Mountains were not far away.
Between farm chores I fished, hunted, swam, and camped. I also
liked to do things with others, so when Scouting came along and
promised everything 1 liked, naturally I was enthused. Although I
never advanced beyond the rank of Tenderfoot, I have never lost my
interest in the movement.
Back in those days there were many misgivings about Scouting.
Some thought of it as a scheme to exploit our youth by selling fancy
uniforms and colorful badges. Some considered it as a flash-in-the-
pan craze. Others suspected that the Boy Scouts was a subtle move-
ment to militarize our youtHI The word "military" had a nasty
connotation then, and many envisaged the United States shifting
gradually into a strong militaristic nation with aggressive intentions.
But history has proved these fears false. Built on sterling prin-
ciples, rooted in our Constitution and Declaration of Independence,
and never permitted to veer from them, the Boy Scouts of America
soon earned the confidence of the public. People began to recognize
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