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SCOUTING
Published semi-monthly by National Headquarters, Boy Scouts of America
For Scout Officials and Others Interested In Work for Boys
Vol. III.
NEW YORK, N. Y„ OCTOBER 15, 1915
No. 12
Judge Franklin Chase Hoyt
New Member of the Executive Board of the
National Council, and President of the Ad-
visory Council for Greater New York.
TWO NEW MEMBERS IN
THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
John H. Nicholson of Pittsburgh and Judge
Franklin C. Hoyt of New York
Accept Positions
TWO new members have been elected
to the Executive Board of the Na-
tional Council of the Boy Scouts of
America. One is, Mr. John H. Nicholson
of Pittsburgh, Pa., Vice-President of the
Allegheny County Council, and the other
is Judge Franklin Chase Hoyt of New
York City, President of the Manhattan-
Bronx Borough Council.
Mr. Nicholson has always taken an active
interest in boy scout work and has been
an important factor in the splendid devel-
opment of the Movement in Pittsburgh.
His acceptance of a place on the Executive
Board will add materially to the strength
and experience of this body of men which
plays so important a part in the develop-
ment of Scouting in the United States.
Judge Franklin Chase Hoyt, the other
new member, is especially qualified for such
an important place in the Boy Scout Move-
ment. As Presiding Justice of the New
Children's Court of New York City, and
as president of the Big Brother Movement,
his experience has been along the lines of
his new duties in the Boy Scout Movement.
Interested in Child Welfare
Judge Hoyt has always taken a keen in-
terest in the subject of child welfare work.
He has devoted much time and thought to
the problem of the Juvenile Court and is
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HOW THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT
STANDS ON NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
Scout Officials Can Consistently Claim It Is the Strongest Single Agency
For Preparedness In This Country Today
BECAUSE of the European war, much
thought and attention has been given
to the question of preparedness in the
United States. A great many volunteer
organizations have been formed to further
propaganda on this question. Some advo-
cate a large navy, some advocate a large
standing army, some advocate both. Some
advocate the giving of military training to
schoolboys, some to high school boys, some
to young men in college.
A great many patriotic men of virility
have shown their interest in this subject
and their devotion to their country by par-
ticipating in camps such as those held at
Plattsburg, New York, and Fort Sheridan,
Illinois. Naturally such groups of men
include many interested in the Scout Move-
ment, because all of the men who have
leadership in the Boy Scout Movement are
distinctively of a type who are patriotic
and interested in the welfare of the coun-
try.
Interest in the Attitude of the Movement
During the last year, and especially dur-
ing the last few months, there has been
considerable discussion as to the attitude
of the Boy Scout Movement on the sub-
ject of preparedness.
Recently the Local Council of Brook-
lyn, New York, formally requested that
the National Council make known its views
on the question of National preparedness,
claiming that the Boy Scout Movement was
looked upon by many as either indifferent
to the problem of preparedness or was
anti-military. After careful discussion, the
Executive Board of the National Council
at its October meeting passed the resolu-
tion which is printed in the adjacent
column.
No Change in Attitude
This does not change the policy or atti-
tude _ of the Boy Scout Movement in any
particular. The Movement will continue to
operate on exactly the same lines as here-
tofore, adhering to the policy as set forth
in the official handbook.
Because Lieutenant-General Sir Robert
S. S. Baden-Powell included in the activi-
ties and program of the Scout Movement
many of the things which he found essen-
tial for making recruits fit for military
service in South Africa, the Boy Scout
Movement has been misunderstood by
many people, and this has made necessary
a continued defense against criticisms that
we were essentially attempting to give beys
military training.
"RESOLVED, That the Executive
Board take the position that it would
be inappropriate for the Boy Scouts
of America to take any official action
with reference to any question of
policy for the United States Govern-
ment in matters capable of difference
of opinion of a political character.
Each official and member should be
given full opportunity for freedom
of thought and action as an indi-
vidual but not as a representative of
the Scout Movement.
"It should be clearly understood:
"FIRST—That the Boy Scout
Movement is not anti-military. The
Boy Scout Movement neither promotes
nor discourages military training, its
one concern being the development
of character and personal efficiency
of adolescent boys.
"SECOND—That the records show
that the logical result of the program
which the Boy Scout Movement is
promoting is in reality as strong a
factor as any other one agency which
the country now has for prepared-
ness, since it develops the character
of boys and assists them in securing
a proper conception of a citizen's
responsibility.
"THIRD—Furthermore, boys who
have been Scouts will, because of
their training under the motto 'Be
Prepared,' prove themselves more
virile and efficient in any emergency
which calls for their services as citi-
zens of the country."
Some Have Misunderstood
We now find that this effort to have our-
selves correctly understood has occasioned
some to believe that the Boy Scout Move-
ment is opposed to military training. This
is not a fact. The Boy Scout Movement
is working along lines conceded by edu-
cators and even leader's in military affairs
here and elsewhere to be best in every way
for the development of the adolescent boy.
Military training, such as is given in our
National Guards, has been omitted. It is
believed that such training should be left
to a specially trained leadership in the
National Guard and begin with the boy at
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