Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1917 — Page 2

■BOYSCOUTS — (Conducted by National Council of tinBoy ticuutN of America.) WHAT IS SCOUT MOVEMENT? Any boy, of any nationality, of any i reed, twelve years of age or older, tuny become a boy scout if lie protniscs to keep the scout ontli and laws and prepares himself for simple tests, on the composition and history of the American flag and the significance <>t she scout badge, mid can ititike several ,'oriluge knots. The boy scour movement is in no sense a secret organization. The plan is to group u number of boys (mu more than 32 in one "troop." as they are designated) under tile lead ersldp of a "seotltimtsier" a carefully selected, clean, intelligent, hoy loving, volunteer leader—always a man ol sterling character and mature Judgment. Each troop and scoutmaster are under the supervision of u "troop coniniittee” of responsible citizens, usually officials of the church, synagogue, school, settlement house, asylum or playground witli which the troop is connected. Through such leadership the boys of the troops are kept interested in a pro gram of play -activities that are healthgiving and educational. They take long tramps, studying nature in all its forms. They learn woodcraft, mid now to take citre of themselves in tile open. They have troop meetings ench week for study, handicraft, experiments, demonstrations, etc., and go mto camp every summer under trained directors. In a hundred ways the boy’s time is occupied. The program is so varied tnd so fascinating to the hoy that he simply hasn’t time or opportunity to ‘rail with an idle gang or to turn into the evils that beset the path of the idle ;>oy. The boy scout is taught courtesy, jonvr. humanity, kindliness, chivalry and service, atid to exercise them nt home, in school and outside, ami sm li practical activities as first-aid, lifesaving, cooking, swimming, etc. The boy scout must do a "good turn" daily. Tht* only membership cost is an minimi registration fee of 25 cents. The aoy scout is taught thrift. He must ■: rn the money for his own scout expenses. City officials often co-operate with Tout leaders, permitting the scouts to enjoy, as they do. the privilege of assisting in honorable, safe ways in cote lection with big demonstrations. On •ach occasion scouts are responsible titls, while other boys, in striking contract just "hang around" gel ting in the way if not actually into mischief, it becomes a first step in practical aivics. ROOM FOR 50,000 CAMPERS. When the work of W. A. Welch, engineer for the Palisades Interstate park, has been completed there will be accommodations tor 50,(MM) (jumpers jn the lakes near Greater New York. The park has been carefully planned. ?O that the camp sites will be suitable 'or those for whom they are intended. The scouts of Greater New York will i)e camped on one big lake, which is icing made by joining three other lakes together. Gar pond will be turned over to the Big Brothers and :o the Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor. It is proposed, as soon as accommodations are arranged, to try out a new type' of camp which Ims proved a success in Los Angeles and Seattle. This will be a neighborhood camp. Small buildings are being prepared to take rare of families so that those who desire Jo live in the open during the sumner will have an opportunity to do so. The spot set aside for the scout camp is in the very center of the park, the wildest part of she country. It offers opport unities for the hikes and woodcraft which all scouts love. \NOTES OF THE SCOUTS. A scout'practices self-control, for he knows that men who muster problems in the world must first master themselves. He keeps a close guard on his o’tnper and never makes a silly spectacle of himself by losing his head. He keeps a close guard on his tongue, for lie knows that loud speech is often a •loak to ignorance, that swearing is a sign of weakness ami that untruthfulness shatters the confidence of others. He keeps a (lose gunrd on his appetite ami eats moderately of foods which will make him strong; he never uses alcoholic Jiqtfbrs, because lie does not wish to poison his body ; he desires a clear, active brain, so he avoids tobacco, A scout holds his honor to be his most precious possession, and he would die rather than have it stained. He knows what is his duty nnd all obligations imposed by duty he fulfills f his own free will. His sense of honor is his only taskmaster, and hihonor he guards as jealously as die the knights of old. A lecturer surprised the scouts ol Montclair. N. J„ by telling them es over sixty kinds of birds that remained m town over the winter. Lnder sue 1 conditions it ought not to trouble an. scout to pass his ’ ird s’ud.,- examine fcinns nt any Uute_of_Lhfc year. —~ —•

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MIL fill MNKS Ranks of the Indiana \-j. tional Guard Companies Will be Filled ,TO WAR STRENGTH With Conscription Men-, Training Camps Probably be al Anniston, Ala. (United I*re»« Service) Indianapolis. Julys With the nib’.ij. libation of the Indiana National Gi lal ,| but one month distant, it wag priedeally certain todav that ft w<><i|,i necessary to fill the ranks of tuanv of the companies through conscription Although campaigns for new ntem. lets have been waged strenuously jg every city in the state posge-sing a military comi any. the majority of the guard units are still considerably bv. lew war strength. \ No orders have been receivi d regarding the disposition of the cot; 1 antes v <ch»are now on guard duty in various sections of the state, proteetlng bridges and buildings, wh a ihe mobilization of the is called, it is the general impression, howev.t. that those companies now on guard duty will be relieved by home guards ; nd other local organizations so that the soldiers may be released for training for foreign service. Under the present plans, the guan!will be mobilized in armories u| home stations where they uill regain for a few days. They will be s.-nt south as soon as transportation is pr,>. vided to a federal training camp. At present the ildicationa are that ti ’ tamp for Indiana troops will be It ated at Anniston. Ala. it is probably t Ut-Vl aving for ‘he central mobilization will take [;!?, at Ft Benjamin Harrison. During the few days which the coniraniv are in the! rhome quarters, t lust effort will he made to fill the rails of those which are still bel >w pea-e strength. As soon as the men rt . the southern conct.’itration camp, the' will be given an intensive trai i.; course for work abroad. o — ANOTHER CHAIRMAN Indiana) oils, Julys—The question cf who shall be named to succeed CF»s. A. Greathouse, chairman of tht d< i ratic state central coniniittee, v-ho has been named a member of the vocational education board of the federal government by President VVllsosi wa under discussion by poll!, is here loday. That Greathouse will accept tin position and resign as state chairman is considered practically certaim II has been in office only a few weeks, however, being elected dast mom:; to ; succeed Bernard A. Korbly. who resigned. Greathouse's resignation will rilably not be presented before Auvust. He i-X|eets,to go to Wm-hinm • ly to "look over" the ground ami investigate the nature of ids new luti-.s EARLY CELEBRATOR IMPROVES. Alfred Schell, whose rreuiatur- el > bration of the Fourth was end I si-'i a bullet wound In the jaw Sumi y nigh’, was reported yesterday, lav he was celebrating in ailvam . doing nicely and has a good ’ m" »o recover. I.ouls Daniel , v. i. leged to have fired the sh< ■ " Schell and his cotiipanion; ened a dozen horses with fire rm A 'sstill denies th? shooting. Ft Wa ;. ■ Journal Gazette. The accident happened on 'he IFeatur road near Hesse (’as cording to the stories of Lloyd Elder nnd Letter Somers, driver of ’ the young fellows were joy rimm’They had some two-inch fire< .0 > '■•lth them and were lighting ii> throwing them from the car Th *1 passed Daniels' wagon near H < assel and threw some flrccrti' 1 ; It. They went a short distuti ' turned around and on their way threw some firecrackers tinder wagon. Then a shot rang ' ''* '* Schell, who was sitting besfd< - m ’ was struck. j special'’ notice. the undersigned, on m < ' the heavy increase in expeti 1 s. «id lf ‘ <(>mpoi!(fi—comm; tving July 7th—to charge fifteen < 1 i ||s 111 unhitch a team: SECOND STREET FEED BARN THIRD STREET FEED BARN ’’•REINER REED BARN FIRST STREET SALE STAl’o ■ MOlb » « reuwv mat win cura tn<s>i all •V” "* •’•btrmibjM, Eaenw, Barken Itch. "* "’d Sore. Why won, time and nw’nev .n-UiMment i. a „ .es real ment’ ** ■ »=wdnu! B i t u If act handled jand 50crI - h C ittlJatn# to.. 41t Homo* •(•;* I VWm. Liao,, i