Scouting, Volume 1, Number 19, February 1, 1914 Page: 3
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SCOUTING
RADICAL CHANGES SUGGESTED BY COMMITTEE
ON BADGES, AWARDS AND SCOUT REQUIREMENTS.
C1 VERY man interested in Scouting
' should vitally concern himself as
to the merits of the changes now under
consideration by the Committee on
Badges, Awards and Scout Require-
ments. With a view of giving every
Scout Master and Scout Official an op-
portunity to express his opinion and
help the Committee with his advice, def-
inite action has purposely been deferred
until the publication of an outline of
these changes in Scouting.
You should give careful consideration
to each of the changes suggested and
write to Dr. George J. Fisher, Chairman
of the Committee, setting forth your
merit badges for tenderfoot and second
class scouts?
A number of Scout Masters have rec-
ommended that arrangements be made
whereby certain of the merit badges may
be made available for Tenderfoot and
Second Class Scouts.
Merit Badges suggested for Tenderfoot
Scouts—Angling, Archery, Athletics, Avia-
tion, Bugling, Cycling, Music, Ornithology,
Personal Health and Public Health.
Merit Badges suggested for Second Class
Scouts—Astronomy, Bee Farming, Busi-
ness, Camping, Carpentry, Cooking, First
Aid to Animals, Gardening, Handicraft,
Interpreting, Painting, Photography,
Poultry Farming, Printing and Swimming
—the remainder to be kept as at present
as available for only First Class Scouts.
star and eagle requirements.
It has been proposed that the require-
ments for Star and Eagle Scout Badges
be changed as follows:
That candidates for the Star Scout
Badges be required to pass the Merit
Badge tests in Camping, Cooking, Or-
nithology (Bird Study), Pathfinding and
Pioneering, and any five other subjects as
may be selected.
That all candidates for Eagle Scout
Badges be required to pass the five required
of a Life Scout, the five required of a Star
Scout and eleven others.
positions for badges, etc.
It will give great satisfaction to all men
in the field to know that there is to be
uniform positions for Scout badges and
insignia worn by Scouts. The recommen-
dation of the special committee on this sub-
ject is as follows:
We would recommend that the right sleeve of
the coat be designated to wear the awards of honor,
and the left sleeve to designation of rank.
1. Service Stripes—We therefore recommend
that the service stripe be worn on the right sleeve
only, parallel with, and three inches from, the
edge of the cuff.
2. Merit Badges.—We recommend that merit
badges be worn on the right sleeve only, in rows
of not more than three, parallel with the edge of
the cuff, and two inches above the service stripe.
We would further recommend the advisability of
having merit badges attached to a false half sleeve,
that may be fastened to the sleeve by hooks or
snaps, so that it may be worn on the proper occa-
sions, but detached on hikes and at times when
wearing badges might seem not desirable.
3. Tenderfoot Badge—We approve the size,
form and method of wearing the Tenderfoot Badge,
and recommend no change.
4. First and Second Class Badge.—We recom-
mend that a yellow embroidered first and second
elass badge be provided, and that same be worr.
on the left sleeve, midway between the elbow and
the edge.
We would recomrtiend that no badges be worn
of any kind whatever on the hat, as when the hat
is not worn the desired designation is missing.
We would recommend that a first and second
class badge of metal be designed very much smaller
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than the present badge, to be worn by Scouts who
do not have uniforms, or by any Scout in civilian
dress, on the coat lapel or left breast pocket. This
badge must not be worn on the uniforms.
5. Block of Red Felt.—We recommend that the
members of each troop wear on the left sleeve
a block of red felt one and one-half inches below
the seam, and one and three-quarter inches in
depth, on which a white figure one and one-quarter
inches be placed. This figure to indicate the num-
ber of the troop in the local council. We con-
sider it most desirable that Scouts thus plainly
show to what troop they belong to enable praise
or censure to be placed where deserved. These
colors are chosen because they are the well known
Scout Colors.
6. Scout Masters, Assistant, or Patrol Lead-
er's Inignia (Page 45).—One inch below the red
block should be the top of the Scout Masters,
assistants, or patrol leader's insignia. We approve
the present patrol leader's badge of two bars one
and one-half inches long, and three-eighths of an
inch wide, and the one bar for the assistant patrol
leader.
7. Addition of a Short Bar.—-We recommend,
however, the addition of a short bar one-half
inch long below the other two in the case of the
senior patrol leading in each troop.
We recommend that the color of the service
stripes (other than the red) and the patrol leader's
insignia be changed from the white to dark green.
We would recommend that National Head-
quarters, preferably, or certainly local Head-
quarters, carry in stock the material for these
service stripes and patrol leader's badges in order
to secure uniformity.
8. Shoulder Knots.—We recommend the wear-
ing of the shoulder knots of the patrol colors on
the right shoulder.
9. Eagle Star and Life Badges.—We recom-
mend that the Honor Medal, Eagle, Star and
Life Scout Badges be worn on the left breast
above the pocket, in the order given from right
to left.
As to Other Badges..—We recommend that no
other badges be worn on the Scout uniform
unless they be given by the Nation, State, City
or some civic organization engaged in work for
the general good for service performed, or profi-
ciency attained in competitive test. Officers of com-
missioned rank, however, may wear badges indi-
cating service of self or ancestors in armies of
the United States.
of various badges.
The Committee, after further considera-
tion, reaffirmed its previous decision that
no exceptions whatever would be granted
in the requirements for Tenderfoot, Sec-
ond Class and First Class Scouts and in-
structed that the announcement in the
Handbook be changed accordingly.
It was found that altogether not less than
100 applications had been received from the
entire country for changes and each case
presented made more clear the danger of
in any way affecting the standard. It was
decided that all those who had made re-
quests for exceptions be asked to withdraw
them. This course has been followed and
has proven generally acceptable.
for first aid merit badge.
The Committee definitely adopted a new
set of requirements for the First Aid
Merit Badge as follows:
1. Be able to do with an apparently drowned per-
son and demonstrate the Sylvester and Schaefer
methods of artificial respiration.
2. Show how to apply bandages to the head, ankle,
and hand.
3. Show how to apply a tourniquet to stop arte-
rial hemorrhage at any point (a) on the lower ex-
tremity below armpit; (b) on lower extremity below
hip joint.
4. Demonstrate how to arrest venous hemorrhage
on any part of the body.
5. Show how to apply a gauze dressing to a
wound so that it will not be contaminated; that is,
do it in an aseptic manner.
6. Show how to support by splints, etc., a broken
arm, or a broken leg, so that the patient can bear
transportation.
7. Be able to explain what to do for the bite of
a mad dog, or a venomous snake, a mosquito, or a
scorpion sting.
8. Show how to rescue an individual from con-
tact with an electric wire.
9. Produce satisfactory evidence that he has
taken advantage of every opportunity to put into
actual practice his knowledge of first aid work dur-
ing a period of at least six months since becoming
a First Class Scout.
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