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Show CHIEF SEA SCOUT REPORTS. At tho last national council moot-lug moot-lug the chief sea scout, James A. Wilder, made this report: "Wo have found our sen legs. After some backing and filling as to tho best methods, wo have, with the advice ad-vice of some -100 executives, nnd others, oth-ers, settled on tho course to bo steered. This decision has stendled the sea-coast sea-coast program and the tuff rail log begins be-gins to register more speed. November, Novem-ber, 1020, wns our banner month, followed fol-lowed by tho rocoid breakers, December Decem-ber and January, 1020 and 1021. As wo go to press, February, 1021, 1ms already al-ready broken the record ngnln. Wo have teglstered more ships In tho last five months than In the previous three years. This Is at the rate of 110 per cent Increase nnnunlly. "We hnvo the assurance that tho sencoitst program Is being pushed ns Iho olllclnl older hoy program, In 87 cities. Ship's papers or preliminary steps hnvo nlrendy been taken by 101 scout centers. In some cities, notably San Francisco, Honolulu nnd others, the program hns been under way for several years without tho registry of n single ship, because of a vote to thoroughly train leadership before admitting ad-mitting boys to membership. Tho sen-scouts, sen-scouts, nt tho rate we lire growing at present, will bo 200 "ships" In 1022. If tho last four months' Increase In our number Is mnlntnlned wo will he, In six months, the largest scnmunshlp training course or 'nnutlcal school' In tho United States. Swift Increnso Is not expected In the face of such slogans slo-gans as 'You must know It all tho time,' 'Don't start anything you can't finish.' 'Practice" makes perfect.' 'No frauds.' 'The ship Is what you mnko her.' 'Don't gho up tho ship.' Nevertheless, Never-theless, we're already half the size of Annnpolis, and ns far as plain sailing goes, we nre giving tho sumo bont-sea-tnnushlp program. "Fifty navy boats have been loaned to bonu-lldo seascouts, according accord-ing to regulations, and to certain sea-coast sea-coast training bnses. Five hundred nre still available for really determined deter-mined eeneoasts of schooner (or sec ond) grade. "The (slogan Is now, 'run your troop like u ship,' and In A senmaiillko manner. man-ner. Sencoitst centers are usked to avoid foolhardy practices, slack nn-maiisltlp nn-maiisltlp and frauds, and tho local whipping committee nro required to take a pledge that no bout work or small boat sailing shall take place until un-til tho ship's company have qualified ns llfewnors. This waiting game may not spell numbers, but spoilt, quality," |