Show SCOUT SCOUT USES HIS while engaged la in playing football on the common near the homewood presbyterian hurch pittsburgh a small boy named joseph dunlap was thrown forcibly n galust a broken bottle the contact severing tin an artery in his bis i ankle twelve year old randolph L martin a tenderfoot scout who aspires soon to be in second class ranks was happily on the spot it ivas was only a few days before that lie he had qualified in his first aid test but he knew his job rapidly he made a tourniquet out of his suspender and applied it accurately cura tely closing the artery which had been bleeding so profusely the injured lad would soon goon have bled to death without instant treatment A stretcher cler was improvised from some som of the other boys conits bonts under young martins direction and the victim carried to the office of the nearest physician tor dr C J yorty on examining the treatment doctor yorty was waa amazed to learn that a twelve year old boy could perform so grave a task so perfectly ile he sat down at once and wrote a letter to scout headquarters detailing the incident and his admiration for a movement which could give boys such training the action of scout martin la Is said to have given scouting a tremendous boost locally particularly among the tha parents of boys the hero bero of lie he incident Is a member of troop gatof ca of the second pittsburgh district in charge of scoutmaster R E bilker baker who takes special pride in his troops first ald aid proficiency |