50 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



The or<:-anizHtion of the patrol is as follows: 

 Squad 



1 Corporal 1 



:'. RaiiRers 3 



1 Platoon 



4 Squads 16 



2 Serjeants 2 



1 Tiioutenant 1 



10 



1 Company 



4 Platoons 64 



8 Sergeants 8 



4 Lieutenants 4 



2 Captains 2 



1 Troop 



Any nunilier of eompanies 

 1 Major 



2 Platoons 



1 Captain 



Pig. 42. The shoulder insignia of the Junior Game Patrol. 



The Division of Fish and Game has designed uniforms (see Fig. 

 40) for these boys, and the eost is approximately $7.75 each. The 

 sponsoring agency, if it so desires, may nniform the boys bnt the Divi- 

 sion of Fish and Game recommends that the funds for their purchase 

 be raised by the rangers themselves through social functions or other 

 means. There never should be any financial o))ligation on the part of 

 the individual member or his parents. In this ^vay, the uniforms will 

 be the property of the troop. 



At the present time (June, 1937), there are approximately 250 

 members who have received their commissions. The average age of the 

 l)oys is 15 years. Troops have been organized in San P^rancisco, Oak- 

 land. Tracy, Stockton, Napa and in Marin County, and sponsored by 

 the following clubs: 



