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Show Hoy Scents Able To Perform Needed Service The proficiency that Boy Scouts j hnw when they are called upon unexpectedly to save lives, deliver Thanksgiving baskets, direct trafnc, hunt for lost children, or serve; alon" th- line of march in paraaes ; is not accidental. The Scouting; program is designed specifically ; to make better citizens of oral-. nary bovs and leaders believe that , the best wav to do that is to prac- , tlc-e the Scout motto, "Be Prepared," Pre-pared," until it becomes part of ; tile boys' lives. j In the matter of first aid and life saving, for instance, tram-In" tram-In" starts almost as soon as the ; 12-year-old is enrolled. To advance ; from Tenderfoot rank he must-learn must-learn the rudiments of bandaging and treatment; by the time he becomes a fullfledged First Class Scout he is reasonably expert, ; in artificial respiration, transpor- I 1 tation of the injured and "what j to do until the doctor arrives.", ' From that point he goes on to ; 'earn Merit Badges in advanced i first aid, life saving, swimming and 1 more than 100 qually useful ob-J ob-J jects. J Because of this emphasis as I serving the community in every jway possible, the Boy Scout Movement Move-ment in the 30 years of its history his-tory has prepared some 9,000,000 boys and men for emergency service. ser-vice. The field is far broader than first aid. Frequent camping and hiking trips into the woods give Scouts a feeling or self-reliance j that is invaluable in the pinches. As a part of his Scout experience ' the Scout also learns how to take charge of unorganized or panicky crowds. And the constant stress on Americanism makes him an excellent ex-cellent model for more adult citizens. citi-zens. . Because of their . tradition of service, Boy Scouts during the World War were able to perform hundreds of useful tasks. In ad-, ad-, dition to selling $147,00,00 worth i of Liberty Bonds, Scouts collected j more than 100 carloads of fruit I pits for gas masks, and located 20,000,000 board feet of walnut for the infant aviation industry. Paralell to the current national defense program, the Boy Scouts are launching their own drive to prepare themselves to help the , government. Each neighborhood Troop is working to build up its membership to the full quota of 32 scouts, and to acquire such equipment as ropes, bandages, axes and lanterns for use in an emergency. emer-gency. Plans for quick mobilization both with and without the aid of telephones are being worked out and practiced. Individually and in "Patrols" the Scouts are striving to become acquainted with their home communities. In many places, pla-ces, Emergency Service Corps have already been formed from the ranks of older Scouts. Their job is to be prepared to do the more involved or difficult work for which younger boys are not yet equipped. The national program has an i international aspect, too, Among recent arrivals from Beleaguered i European nations have been many . Boy Scouts. These lads almost in- variably want to become associated with American troops, and arrangements ar-rangements have been made to . welcome them. . - - |