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Show SEA SCOUTS TO BE FORMED The sea scout brnneh of the Boy Scouts of America haseen placed under un-der the direction of James A. Wilder. The lure of the sea Is as strong to the boy as the lure of the wilds. For the first time he Is to have a chance to smell the tdr and oakum and feel the swaying" deck beneath his feet, even though he may live In a sandy desert The chief sea scout has introduced a new note into scouting the Idea of giving every scout a definite job with definite duties. Under his system there Is no general rush for the axe and neglect neg-lect of the shovel. Every scout does his part of the work and together they do It all whether' It Is launching a boat or cooking a meal. . - As In the navy, every scout in the boat will have a specialty and a racing based on that specialty. He will have certain gear in his charge and will receive re-ceive special instruction In the handling han-dling and the care of the same. It is not absolutely necessary that 1 there shall be water in or near a town where the sea scouts are to be organized, organ-ized, though not to have at least a horse-pond will be a handicap. Journeys Jour-neys to navigable water must then be undertaken or crew and skipper" will stick at the boat grade, and Interesting but dry-land class of work and games. It will be permissible to change a room Into a "ship." In this case the stairways will become "gangways," the windows "ports" and "skylights," and everything will be kept shipshape. The United States navy department has been interested in sea scouting for number of years, and some troops of sea scouts have had the use of navy equipment, including boats. Instruction Instruc-tion has been given In some cases by instructors from navy yards and navy vessels. - ' |