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Show 'Escouts' Go Over the Top! ; 'Escouts' Go v Over the Top! Up i.. " - , - ! : Mlv Vkj Emergency Service Corps of Boy Scouts Prepares Youths to Cope With Accidents, Fires or Floods Few organizations live up to their mottos as faithfully as the Boy Scouts of America do. Theirs is "Be Prepared." In our present national emergency, emergen-cy, the work of the Boy Scouts has proved worthy of the highest praise. They have contributed valuable cooperation co-operation in every phase of national defense, have worked like Trojans in the various scrap drives and have been active as beavers in boosting the sale of war stamps and bonds. And now they have organized the Emergency Service corps. This corps consists of boys over 15 years of age, who possess outstanding qualities of leadership and are bet- ter than the average physically. A few of the requirements for entrance to the emergency corps are ability to run a mile in 8 minutes, climb an 18-foot rope hand-over-hand in 15 seconds; tie many different kinds of knots. They also must have earned six or more specified merit badges. The training of the Emergency Service corps scouts, or "Escouts" as they are conveniently called, is rigorous and takes about seven months. It teaches scouts to work efficiently, under organized governmental govern-mental or Red Cross supervision, in floods, fires, storms or other public emergency. Above all, it makes the youngsters self-reliant and competent compe-tent to deal with emergency problems prob-lems that stump many of us who lack such training. Several all-day expeditions into the woods are a required part of the Escout training. For the scouts of Greater New York councils, the outdoor out-door training center is at the Alpine Scout camp, not far from New York city. The photos show members of the Emergency Service corps of Troop 208, Bronx, gomg through a regular routme day in the W4ldwood. J' 4 . M I 'I - J i i t i I? I f ' ' " x A 1 The Escouts practice a cliff rescue. res-cue. One boy plays the role of a man who has fallen over the cliff and lodged on a rocky shelf. The other sconts, trained in knot-tying, first aid and emergency tactics, hoist the victim to safety. Even an attacker coming from behind and armed with a knife can be thrown and conquered by jiu jit-su, jit-su, the Escouts are told. The senior scout commissioner of Brooklyn, Capt. Carlo Freddi, demonstrates the technique. |