Scouting, Volume 31, Number 5, May 1943 Page: 10
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Emergency Service Corps Scouts Practice Blackout First Aid
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Scouting Means Work As Well As Play—It's All Fun!
Messengers — A
Key Link in the
Civilian Defense
Organization
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In the first year of the war Scouts established a rec-
ord of service, giving substantial evidence of the
value of Scout training, skill and love of country.
Officials in Washington have again and again stressed
the fact that they find that Scouts do things with
dispatch and efficiency. Often they say that they
know of no other agency with the organization, per-
sonnel and the membership, qualified to do certain
jobs as well as the Boy Scouts of America. Long
before the attack on Pearl Harbor the Boy Scouts
had mobilized for several important services re-
quested by the Government. It is impossible to touch
more than the highlights on these pages, of the
28 services requested by the Government, and the
rest of the valuable work done by the Scouts.
Boy Scouts are a recognized part of the Office of
Civilian Defense and Scout leaders are entitled to
wear the O.C.D. insignia on the Scout uniform, and to
be certified by local Defense Councils as members of
the Citizens Service Corps.
Especial attention is invited to the Victory Garden
project. Plans for 1943 include still more gardens and
food raising projects.
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ALUMINUM COLLECTION
10,500,000 pounds out of total collection of 12,000,-
000 pounds.
WASTE PAPER COLLECTION
300 million pounds from September 12, 1941 —
May 1, 1942 when shortage was improved.
RUBBER COLLECTION
In whirlwind campaign, 400,000 Scouts mobilized
and over 30,000,000 pounds were collected.
ALL OUT SALVAGE COLLECTION
Continuous salvage drive for old rubber, metals,
scrap from stores and small industries, farm im-
plements, old automobiles. Millions of pounds col-
lected. Complete report cannot be made as reports
are constantly coming in from Troops.
Guuilatt Project*,
MESSENGER SERVICE
O.C.D. Messenger's Handbook written by the B.S.A.
and 500,000 copies distributed by O.C.D. Leader's
Manual and Training Courses for messengers pre-
pared by B.S.A. Two million messengers are being
trained on this basis.
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