Scouting, Volume 6, Number 15, August 1, 1918 Page: 8
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SCOUTING
published semi-monthly by national head-
quarters, boy scouts of america, for scout
officials and others interested in
the boy scout movement
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President: Woodrow Wilson.
Honorary Vice-President: William H. Taft.
Honorary Vice-President: Theodore Roosevelt.
Honorary Vice-President: Daniel C. Beard.
President: Colin H. Livingstone, Washington.
Nat'l. Scout Commissioner: Daniel C. Beard.
Treasurer: George D. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chief Scout Executive: James E. West, N. Y. C.
Director Field Dept.: S. A. Moffat.
National Field Scout Commissioners:
H. D. Cross, 1100 Mutual Savings Bank Bldg.,
San Francisco; Judson P. Freeman, 37 South
Wabash Ave., Chicago; R. N. Berry, 902 Dex-
ter Bldg., Boston, Mass.; H. M. Butler, 200
Calder Bldg., Harrisburg, Pa.; Stanley A. Har-
ris, 14 North 8th St., Richmond, Va.; Sydney
D. M. Hudson, New York City.
Our Constitution limits membership to
American citizens and those who legally
and otherwise have fully demonstrated
their Americanism. We have no right to
place American boys under other leader-
ship.
It is recognized that there are some ex-
ceptional cases where the motives are good,
but in view of the present wartime condi-
tions it is far better not to take chances.
The safest course is not to permit German
leadership in the work of the Boy Scouts
of America.
He tries to keep the old
trails clear, and point out
the new ones blazed by
faithful Scouts.
Another Chance for Real Scouting
CROSS the German lines on the west-
A
A YEAR is a long time to a boy. A year
from today Scout So-and-So will re-
tain about as much impression of this
twenty-four hours as the water in which he
made his morning flop. Consequently he will
lose the benefit which is derived from a
era battle front our aviators fly out —
into unknown territory. Military maps, check-up, such as business concerns have,
good as they are, need to be supplemented indicating progress or retrogression dur-
by photographs or drawings of landmarks ing the year, unless something stirs his
such as canals, bridges, towns, church spires, memory and uncovers the old trail,
prominent buildings, hills, or the bird men Possibly this is what the editor of the
may be unable to recognize the localities Troop Three Courier, Manhattan, Kuns.,
over which they fly or do their work as thor- had in mind when he began publishing a
oughly as it should be done. department entitled "One Y ear Ago.
The War Department has asked our citi- In this department he mentions the over-
zens to contribute, for the purposes of the night hike, the scouts who passed their
Intelligence bureau, all available photo- second class examinations, the scoutmaster
graphs, drawings, picture postals and other who was attending the Officers 1 raining
descriptive matter relating to towns and lo- Camp, the efficiency contest and all those
calities now occupied by German forces in little items of interest of a year ago which
Vol VI New York, August 1, 1918. No. 15 France, Belgium, Luxemburg and that part today help to show the scouts whether
' of Germany lying west of a line running they have gone ahead or backward, and
===^======^==:====:==:=======' north and south through Hamburg. These fix their determination to do better during
<;Kall Wp Ha vp Hun leader shin? wil1 be P^ced together into picture maps the next twelve months.
* for the use of aviators and aviation stu- It is a good scheme.
NO man exercises a greater influence dents.
over an American boy than his scout- Collectors of picture postals, art schools, . .
master. The Hun understands this, art dealers, persons who have travelled A picture recently published in a local
Before the war some Germans sought abroad, are asked to look through albums council bulletin shows scouts walking along
commissions as scout leaders. for this needed material. a railroad track on the way to camp, Pos-
Why? Scout troops, having well established sys- sibly it was only a trolley track along a
Since the war began facts have come to terns for covering their territory and prac- country road, but it seems to me that it is
light showing that Germans and pro-Ger- tical experience gained in Liberty Loan, poor policy to encourage scouts to
mans have endeavored to escape detection War Savings Stamp and other campaigns, any sort of a
and continue their connection with our or- can make a house to house visitation and place to hike.
ganization, although we are committed to collect the pictures wanted by our govern-
patriotic service for the United States of ment more quickly and thoroughly than any
America, the defeat of Germany and the other organization. The Boy Scouts of
stamping out of German militarism. America can cover the entire country as no
Why? other civic organization can.
W. A. Perry, Editor.
editorial committee:
Franklin K. Mathiews, Director, Library Dept.
Samuel A. Moffat, Director, Field Department.
Lome W. Barclay, Director, Educational Dept.
Office of Publication: 200 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post
Office, New York, N. Y., under the act of
August 24, 1912.
H
as big as this?
He i
They have even secured the sympathy of Now is the time to do this. Our coun- cil on Pacific Coast.
select
railway right-of-way as a
OW many movements produce men
He is the president of a local coun-
He announced to
short-sighted, luke-warm Americans who, try's need should be impressed upon every the executive, with evident pleasure, that le
unconsciously, we hope, have helped them citizen. All will gladly contribute whatever Council had appropriated funds o senc
in the promotion of their designs. is available, knowing that by so doing they an ■t-a.ster" conlerence.
It is time for every scout official to keep are hastening our armies, shortening the The executive hesitated: 1 dont know
war and saving lives. as I ought to accept the money, he said.
Material should be mailed to The Ameri- You see I may not come back. My wi e
Protective League, Post Office Box and I are getting a little homesick or ic
awake.
Is any troop sluggish in selling Liberty
Bonds and War Savings Stamps?
Why?
No. 59, New York City, which has been re-
Find the reason—there's no time to be quested by the government to collect and
lost.
Who is teaching the boys?
What is he teaching?
Who endorsed his application for a com-
mission?
Did the applicant tell the truth on his ap-
plication ?
A Scout is friendly—but he does not
nurse rats and rattlesnakes.
A Scout is kind—but he does not be-
friend those who are killing his brothers in
battle and murdering women and children
for no reason except the love of slaughter,
and greed.
The Boy Scouts of America are Ameri-
cans.
They obey the orders of our Govern-
ment.
Our badge and our uniform do not make
a scout. No organization is entirely free
from impostors.
"By their works ye shall know them."
If there is a Hun in our ranks, give him
the boot.
Send his name and address to National
Headquarters with evidence of his dis-
loyalty.
8
care for it.
Statement by Col. Roosevelt
The Boy Scout Movement is dis-
tinctly an asset to our country for the
development of efficiency, virility
and good citizenship. It is essential
that its leaders be men of strong,
wholesome character, of unmistak-
able devotion to our country, its cus-
toms and ideals, as well as in soul
and by law citizens thereof, whose
whole-hearted loyalty is given to this
nation and to this nation alone.
Sign Talk
Ernest Thompson Seton describes his
new book, "Sign Talk," as "a universal sig-
nal code without apparatus, for use in the
army, navy, camping, hunting and daily
life."
Besides giving 1,200 signs in use among
the Plains Indians, Mr. Seton adds some of
East, where we came from, and there are
big opportunities out there now."
"Don't worry about that," said the presi-
dent, but he could not conceal the fact that
he was sorry. "We want you to come back
and we'll be disappointed if you don't, but
all you've got to do is to promise to stick
to Scouting—somewhere."
The scout executive stuck—in the same
old place.
those used by the deaf in Europe and
America, and also a great many that all of
us use in every-day life, often without
realizing it.
The American Plains Indian is undoubt-
edly the best sign talker the world knows
to-day. Mr. Seton carried his manuscript
from one Indian tribe to another, seeking
always the best sign talkers among them,
verifying his work and collecting new signs,
always from first hand sources. Mr. Seton
further interprets the sign talk with seven
hundred drawings from his own pen. Gen-
eral Hugh L. Scott helped in the work of
compilation.
"Sign Talk" may be secured through our
Supply Department, $3.00, postpaid.
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