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Show ' BOY SCOIMT " WAR-TIME SCENES New York Lads Win Technical Tech-nical Victory Over the Invading Enemy. NEW YORK, March 31. War-time scenes were enacted hero today when boy scouta from all rafts of the greater city were rushed to the city hall with their full equipment of rillea and machine guns, and "saved" the historic building from destruction by an Imaginary enemy supposed sup-posed to have hinded at the upper end of Manhattan iHland. Mobilization of (he hoy scouta. Including a detachment of girl scouta and a nuraes' corps, was followed by a parade in lower Broadway of several hundred citizens who had been drilling during the day on Governors Island. The leaders In the parade pa-rade carried signs urging universal compulsory com-pulsory military service, and adding: "We want every American to have a rifle." Hrlgadter General F. Walker W1nh announced an-nounced that tho boy eeouta, "called out" Viy the mayor after the "enemy" had driven In the outposts of the regular army, the police department and the home defenso league, had won a technical victory. A majority of the hoy scouts 1 carried Hmall-ruliher rifles. There were two nmhlne-gun founds. A call sunt out for scouts In Queens county was responded to by 1400 boys. One of their chief feats was trie nennlng by relays on a hellomaph a message from Far Rockuway to Flushing, a distance of eighteen miles, informing the commander that the mobilization was complete. Tho heads of the subway, elevated railroad rail-road and surface car lines posted notices today to their employees calling on them to be "particularly watchful to detect any at tempt or plan on the part of open or Heeret enemies of the United States to commit any nets or bring about any conditions" con-ditions" which might Interfere with the operation of the city's transportation facilities. fa-cilities. Frederick W. Underwood, president of the Frie Railroad company, donated his yacht, the Alice, UO feet long, to the marine division of the home defense league, with the understanding that he be allowed "to do his bit" In the event of hostilities. It was decided that the yacht should be made the flagship of the fleet and that Mr. Underwood, who has n master's and chief engineer's license, would act as commodore. |