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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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uding its reservecorps of ex-Scouts who had passed beyondthe scouting age, comprised an organizationalmost twice as large as that of the Army,Marine Corps and Navy combined. From a standpoint of fighting strength,this, of course, meant little to the nation,for our democracy happily excludes boysfrom participating In the bloody, thoughnecessary, work of warfare. From the standpoint of an auxiliary or-ganization, a second line of defense, if youwill, a home army that could be relied uponto perform essential work that might other-wise be done by men of fighting age, themovement presented possibilities. But the word boy was a bugaboo.Boys, as most of us knew them before thewar, were but playfellows of to-day, what-ever they might be to-morrow. It wouldbe folly to entrust them with real responsi-bilities, and more than folly to place in theirhands tasks on which the lives of our fight-ing men might depend. So, for a while, the offers of Chief Execu-tive James E. West to various departments
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© Press Illustrating Service THE PEACE CRY OF THE BOY SCOUTS : OVER, BUT OUR WORK IS NOT THE WAR IS I at Washington went begging for adequaterecognition. It is true, a number of waragencies took advantage of the availabilityof the Scouts by having them serve as ushers,messengers, and in other capacities, wherethe main qualifications were a pair of nimblelegs. But the big things—the Liberty Loans,the work of actual defense, food production,the things that were national in scope, thatcalled for hard work and real sacrifices—these were the things the Scouts reallywanted a chance to do. Of course the helmsmen at the head ofthe great departments in Washington werea little hesitant in calling upon the Scoutsto perform \\hat they were wont to regarilas mans size jobs. But thanks to JamesE. West, Chief Scout Executive, and Presi-dent Colin H. Livingston of the NationalCouncil, the trepidation was soon allayed, 623 624 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS In addition to the warloans, the Scouts

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