Boy Scouts During the War

The Boy Scouts of America played numerous roles to aid our country during the First World War. Radio transmitters were regulated during the war, so during visits to homes in the area, Boy Scouts kept their eye out for unauthorized ones. Scouts also delivered messages, watched coasts for enemies, and reported men who were dodging the draft. $352 million in war bonds was raised by the Boy Scouts and almost that amount in war stamps. Fruit pits were collected by Scouts to be made into charcoal for gas masks. Sadly if a Scout master ( troop leader) was called away to service, the troop usually died due to the fact that their was no adult to run it. Some new rules were adopted later on to prevent this from occurring which included requiring a certain number of adults per number of boys. This way a troop did not depend on just one adult.