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The Relation of Scouting to Forestry in 

 Hawaii f 



By C. S. JuDD, Superintendent of Forestry. 



Here the first, second, seventh, ninth and tenth scout laws are 

 mainly concerned, for a scout must be trustworthy, loyal, obedi- 

 ent, thrifty and brave in his relation to the work connected with 

 forestry. 



On the mainland we hear of many ways in which Scouts have 

 been useful in work either remotely or intimately connected with 

 forestry. In California. Boy Scouts have effectively cooperated 

 with the Forest Service in fire patrol work in the foothills of the 

 Sierras, and in the Appalachian Mountains the same Service has 

 employed Scouts in trail construction. In the cold regions of 

 the East, Scouts have fed birds in winter and provided attractive 

 homes for them. In the spring Boy Scouts in New England have 

 assisted conservation associations in planting trees and have been 

 useful in work connected with forestry, in other ways, too nu- 

 merous to mention. Word has just come that for the first time 

 in the history of its organization a state has called upon the Boy 

 Scouts for help to battle a plague. The state is Ohio and the 

 plague is the tussock moth, a pest that was destroying the trees 

 of Canton, President McKinley's home town. In a two weeks' 

 campaign the Scouts collected three million of the eggs and as a 

 result Troop 3, headed by Scoutmaster E. R. Hoover, was 

 awarded a large parade banner for collecting the greatest number 

 of eggs. The American Forestry Association at its annual meet- 

 ing passed a resolution endorsing the Boy Scouts' work and urged 

 them to get into the fight against the spread of the white pine 

 blister disease. 



In Hawaii, the subject naturally resolves itself into forest work 

 in the country and forest work in the city. While the Scouts 

 are out on hikes in our pleasant hills and mountains they can be 

 of assistance to those in charge of government forest work in 

 numerous ways. We have fortunately been blessed of late with 

 abundant showers which have watered the earth and greatly re- 

 duced the danger of grass and forest fires. But in the event of 

 a drought or dry season, the Scouts could be of immeasurable 

 assistance to the Territorial Forest Service, established by law, by 

 reporting, as soon as discovered, to the nearest district fire warden 

 or to headquarters, any grass or forest fire, or even by extinguish- 

 ing the fires themselves, if possible. Boy Scouts could also be of 

 great assistance to the Division of Forestry by reporting unlawful 



t Delivered at a meeting of the Local Council, Boy Scouts of America, 

 in Honolulu, April 12, 1917. 



