Scouting, Volume 6, Number 8, April 15, 1918 Page: 96
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96 EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
Campaign to Be Continued Until Completed
It is hoped that we may have the hearty support of Scout officials and
troop committees throughout the country in our efforts to bring this cam-
paign to a successful ending. We must go over the top. In fact, without
this fund it will be quite impossible for the Boy Scout Movement to live
up to its reputation and deliver the goods as expected by the Federal Gov-
ernment. Every individual in the organization can help—first, by con-
tributing personally—if only a dollar a year; second, by seeing to it that
your troop, if it has not already done so, make a troop contribution, and
third, by co-operating with your local council in helping to make up its
quota.
District Plan of Organization
The work of the Field Department will be re-organized on a district
basis. The country will be divided into thirteen districts as shown in the
accompanying map.
District Field Headquarters will be established in each; a National
Field Scout Commissioner will be placed in charge, and, in some districts,
the commissioner will be given one or more assistants and such steno-
graphic service as may be necessary.
Work of Field Commissioners
It will be the duty and responsibility of these men to organize local
councils as quickly as possible in every town and city capable of providing
such an organization. They will further assist in the standardization and
co-ordination of the Boy Scout program within their districts. It will be
their responsibility to serve local councils wherever special problems
develop and to make themselves available for advice and co-operation in
field events, conferences, camps and other special local council activities
where National Headquarters assistance is needed.
In the rural c nmunities where the average troop cannot have the
co-operation of an organized council the Scouting program can be served
and stimulated by the personal visitation of these field men. Local prob-
lems that threaten to lead to the dismemberment of a troop will be per-
sonally taken care of, and many troops that otherwise might disband,
because of the loss of a Scoutmaster, will be saved by having someone
ready to give personal advice and help.
Districts Already Provided With Field Commissioners
The receipts to date from Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 12 are
sufficiently large to permit us to go ahead with our program, that is, to
employ at least one man and possibly one assistant.
In two of these districts namely, Districts Nos. 7 and 12, the National
Council has for some time past loaned the services of Messrs. Cross and
Freeman. We can at this time announce the employment of Mr. H. M.
Butler in charge of District No. 3, Mr. Stanley A. Harris in charge of
District No. 4, Mr. Lewis Buddy, Illinois, in charge of District No. 6,
and that arrangements are being made for the immediate employment of
men in District Nos. 1,2 and 9. Other men will be added to the staff of
the Field Department just as fast as the funds will warrant.
Trained Scout Executives Needed
The greatest need confronting the Boy Scout Movement at this time is
for men of education and experience in executive work to fill positions
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