PUBLIC DOCUMENT- -No. 25. 19 



BOY SCOUTS. 



It is planned to devote special attention to the Boy Scouts. 

 Plans are now under way for interesting the members of this 

 organization in the work of the Fish and Game Commission, 

 and in the preservation of wild life. By teaching the boys to 

 serve collectively and individually in the protection of our fish 

 and game, a great and important step will be accomplished. 

 It will also provide entertaining instruction for all. 



The instincts of the typical active boy should not be so much 

 restrained as directed by education toward the protection of 

 fish and game. By training him as a guardian and not a 

 destroyer of nature, in a few years he will become a clean, 

 wholesome sportsman. Protection of game and fish cannot be 

 conducted more effectively than by placing an army of in- 

 terested boys to guard our woods. The rearing of clean-cut, 

 red-blooded, nature-loving youths will prove a bulwark of 

 preparedness for the nation. 



It was our pleasure to attend the review of the Scouts in the 

 Harvard Stadium on July 24, where a sight met the eyes of the 

 audience which will live in the memory of all. Hundreds of 

 Scouts, full rigged for duty, marched under their legends, while 

 Old Glory was borne aloft by many a sturdy band. 



When the sun broke through the clouds and flooded the little 

 army with almost a halo of light as it marched by, no man 

 worthy of the name in that vast crowd could resist the impulse 

 to stand with uncovered head. Every mother's heart must 

 have throbbed with pride to realize that her son was in that 

 line. 



The Boy Scouts of America won the hearts of the Fish and 

 Game Commissioners, and here, as often in the past, we send 

 to them our greetings. We want them to come into close 

 relationship with us in order that as young boys and old boys 

 we may work shoulder to shoulder, "to make the good old 

 Commonwealth more and more attractive to live in each 

 year." 



