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Forty Years Of Boy Scouting
In United States Is Reviewed
In connection with the observance last week of the
40th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, the fol
lowing history of the organization has been prepared:
PAGE
The Firtl D*c«d«:1910-191l
President Taft became Honor
ary President of the new organ
ization and at his invitation the
first annual meeting of the
National Council was held in
1911 in the White House. His
successors in the White House
have served as Honorary' Presi
dents, and all showed keen in
terest in scouting.
Colin H. Livingston of Wash
ington, D. C. became the first
President, an office he held until
1925. Daniel Carter Beard was
National Scout Commissioner, a
post in which he served until
his death in 1941, shortly before
his 91st birthday. *
James E. West, a young at
torney of Washington, D. C n
accepted the invitation to be the
| administrative officer of the org
anization. Dr. West opened the
first National Scout Office at 200
Fifth Avenue, New York, on Jan.
2, 1911, with seven employees.
Sixteen years later larger quart
ers were required and the Nation-"
al Office was moved to its present
location at 2 Park Avenue, New
York.
Baden-Powell made*a tour of
the United States in September
1910 explaining the program
wherever he went. His timely
visit pave great impetus to the
organization work.
The first of many National
“Good Turns” came in 1912 when
Boy Scouts promoted a campaign
for a safe and sane Fourth of
July. Scouts rendered valuable
at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1913, aid
mg the Civil War Veterans who
gathered for the 50th anniversary
of the famous battle there.
Although a young organization,
its members gave a good account
of themselves rendering aid in
the spring floods in Ohio and
Indiana. This and other civic ser
vice Jed Congress in 1916 to grant
the organization a Federal Charter
which gives Special protection to
the name, insignia, terminology.
Another Act of Congress protects
the Scout Uniform.
Service In World War 1
The Boy Scouts of America
placed their full resources at the
services of the Government in
1917 when this country entered
the first World War. Then began
a tremendous demonstration of
boy-power, trained and organized
for service. Scouts sold 2,350,977
Liberty Loan Bonds totaling
$147,876,962; War Stamps to a.
value of $53,043,698; located 20,
758,660 board feet of Walnut and
the equivalent of a hundred car
loads of fruit pits used in gas
masks. Over 30,000,000 pieces of
Government literature were dis
tributed. Service in other ways
included food and fuel conserve
tion and the growing of thousands
of Boy Scout War Gardens.
The active membership at the
close of the first decade, Dec. 31,
1919 was 462,060 Scouts and
Leaders.
Tha Second Decade: 1920-1929
The first World Scout Jam
boree was held in England in
July 1920. It attracted scouts from
37 countries including 301 scouts
and 55 adult leaders from the
United States. Since then the Boy
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Scouts of America had a pi
nent part in furthering world
wide aspect of scouting.
Scouts served as aides and as
guides at the limitation of Arms
Conference in 1921. Outstanding
civic service included forest con
servation and the assistance at
the Knickerbocker Theatre dis
aster at Washington, D. C, and
floods at Pueblo, Colo., and San
Antonio, Texas.
In 1923 the Lone Scouts of
America comprising mostly rural
boys, merged with the Boy Scouts
of America. Where there are in
sufficient boys in rural areas to
form a Scout unit, a boy may
become a Lone Scout carrying on
his program with aid of an adult
friend and counselor. There are
several thousand such members
to-day.
In 1922 the Boy Scouts Inter
national Bureau was established
in London. Today there are 46
Boy Scout Associations register
ed by the Boy Scouts Internation
al Bureau with a total member
ship in 1948 of '4,306,010 boys and
adult leaders.
The Second World Jamboree
In 1924 brought 6,000 Scouts in
mark, with 56 Scouts from the
United States. The Third World
Jamboree marked the “Coming of
Age” of Scouting m 1929. It i
the larrnt encampment held to
date with 50,000 Scouts at Birk
enhead, England,, with 1,300
Scouts and Leaden from the
United States.
Service In
In 1925 Scouts gave outstand
ing aid in the Illinois Tornado,
California Earthquake, and the
Louisiana Fire, and the follow
ing year in the Florida Hurricane
and the Arkansas flood.
President Coolidge shared in
the presentation of the first of
the annual Silver Buffalo Awards
“for distinguished service to boy
hood.”
A big Scout adventure came in
1927 when eight Chicago Sea
Scouts sailed with the fiorden-
Field Museum Arctic Expedition,
north of Bering Sea. The follow
ing year Commander Byrd took
a Sea Scout, Paul A Siple, of
Erie, Pa^ on his first Antarctic
expedition and also in 1928 three
Eagle Scouts accompanied the
Martin Johnsons on a safari in
Africa.
The Second Decade closed Dec.
31, 1929 with an active enroll
ment of 833.897 Scouts and Lead
ers. . •
The Third Decade: 1930-1939
In March 1930 President
Hoover launched a development
>rogram at a dinner in Washing-
on attended by Cabinet Officers,
which commemorated the 20th
anniversary. The Cub Scout pro
gram for boys of pre-scout age
was launched that year. In 1932
the Ten Year Program of growth
was started, seeking to enroll at
east one boy of every four, keep-
i in Scouting at least
vice included the distribution of
Defense Bonds and Stamps Pos
ters air raid posters and other
Government literature; collection
of aluminum, waste paper and
rubber. They
ment Dispatch Bearers and help
ed harvest crops in addition to
raising victory gardens.
Sixty-nine requests by the Gov
ernment from 1941 to 1945 for
Boy Scout war service were re
ceived. The World Friendship
Fund from voluntary gifts of
Scouts and leaders to help re
store Scouting in the war tom
nations was inaugurated. The
Fund, since 1944, has made avail
able funds, totalling over $180,000.
In 1943 Dr. James E. West, hav
ing served as Chief Scout for
32 years, became the Chief Scout
and Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell be
came Chief Scout Executive for
fiYe and a half years, until Sept.
1948 when Dr. Arthur A. Schuck,
assumed the duties of the highest
administrative office in the move
ment.
Walter W. Head of St Louis,
who served as President of the
National Council from 1926 to
1946 was succeeded by Amory
Houghton of Coming, N. Y.
During 1947 the basic require
ments were realigned; tested and
authorized, putting equal empha
sis on Scout spirit, participation
and Scoutcraft or skills. In 1949
in line with other progressive
moves, the entrance ages were
lowered by one year as follows:
Cub Scouting to 8 years of age;
Boy Scouting to 11 years of age
and Exploring for young men be-
ginmni; at 14.
The Sixth World Jamboree,
first since 1937, brought together
32,000 Scouts from 38 countries
to France in the summer at 1947
with the United States Conting
ent indudiof 1,151 Scouts and
Leaders.
In Feb. 1948 and Feb. 1949
President Truman received
twelve outstanding Boy Scouts
ia the White House who present
ed to him a “Report to the Na
tion” of Scout service to edmmuni-
tie sthroughout the nation. * It
included everything from simple
usher service at charity entertain
ments to aiding blood banks,
traffic . surveys and collecting
millions of pounds of food for the
hunger here and abroad.
In February 1949 the organiza
tion launched its two-year Crus
ade to “Strengthen the Arm of
Liberty” to give more boys a
richer experience in Scouting
through better trained adult vol
unteer leaders. The climax of
the Crusade is to be the second
National Scout Jamboree. It will
bring 40,000 Scouts and Leaders
to historic Valley Forge, Pa., next
June 30 to July 6 to camp togeth
er with Scouts of other lands. As
the fourth decade came to a close
on Dec. 31, 1949, the membership
exceeded 2,300,000 boys and lead
ers.
America now has about 3C.000,-
000 telephones; 2,000,000 were ad
ded during 1949.
To Relieve
Misery of^
ng them in Scouting at
our years. That year Mrs. Jacob
1 Schiff presented to the org
anization the Mortimer L. Schiff
Scout Reservation at Mendham,
N. J, as its national training
center in honor of her son, a
national leader in the movement
for over two decades, and Presi
dent at the time of his death in
1931.
An American contingement of
406 Scouts and leaders attended
the Fourth World Scout Jam
boree in Godollo, Hungary in 1933
which brought 21,000 Scouts to
gether from 46 countries.
Scouts rendered outstanding
throughout
the depression. The radio call
from President Roosevelt on Feb.
10, 1934 for a “National Good
household furnishings,
and other supplies for
and distressed.
the needy
In 1925 when the 25th anniver
sary was observed, the member
ship passed thesone million mark.
The ten millionth copy of the
“Handbook for Boys" was pre
sented to President Roosevelt at
the White House in 1935. He was
the first to become President
with a record as an active Scout
Leader, having Served as a found
er and President of the Boy Scout
Foundation of Greater .New York,
Troop
mittee of the Warm Springs, Ga.,
Troop.
First National Jamboree
At the invitation of President
Roosevelt, the Boy Scouts of
America held its first National
Jamboree in Washington, D. C.,
in the summer of 1937, with 27,
232 Scouts and Leaders camping
on both banks of the Potomac
River. Froth this camp, an Ameri
can Contingent of 814 Scouts and
leaders went to Vogelenzang, The
Netherlands for the Fifth World
Jamboree.
While long-term and short
term camping has been a feature
of Scouting since its earliest days,
this activity received new im
petus in 1938 by the gift made by
Waite Phillips of the Phibnont
Scout Ranch near Cimarron, New
Mexico where each summer hun
dreds of seasoned Scout Campers
go for nigged Rocky Mountain
camping experiences.
Several thousand Boy Scouts
and Sea Scouts rendered valiant
aid during the New England Hur
ricane in Sept., 1938.
In 1939 and 1940 Boy Scouts
rendered notable service to of
ficials at the Golden Gate Exped
ition and at the New York World’s
Fair. At the latter, Scouts lived
in their own camp adjacent to
the Federal Building.
- The- Third Decade’s -close
the active membership on Dec.
31, 1939 as 1,357,993 boys and
leaders.
Tho Fourth Decade: 1949-1949
In 1940 the Baergency Service
Corps plan was adopted for older
Scouts. Methods for mobilizing
Senior Scouts to render aid in
times of disasters, and severe
storms were developed. The en
tire resources of the Boy Scouts
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