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Show SCOUTS TO AID AVIATORS. In appreciation df the guard duty rendered by scouts at Day Flying Field, near Cuero, Texas, th-. war department de-partment has sent the following message mes-sage to Scc-itmoster Wlllnrd II. (ireon : "A complimentary report has beeu received concerning the excellent work of your scouts upon the occasion of the unfortunate wrecking of United States olrphmc near your city. Colonel Col-onel Pratt states that you turned out your scouts who took charge of the plane, guarding und caring for It most satisfactorily until the arrival of the wrecking truck. "It is not unlikely that we shall need and use the occasion of Instructing Instruct-ing the flying field to call upon boy scouts when necessary. The youngsters of tl is organization are Imbued with a fine rense of patriotism, responsibility and manliness. It not Infrequently happens that they can be relied upon under trying conditions to a far greater great-er dfgree than male adults who are obtained nt such times." |