| I | Page |
| Ice Rescue | 258 |
| Indian Bathing Precaution | 156 |
| Indian Signs and Blazes | 209 |
| Individuality | 247 |
| Injuries Due to Heat or Cold | 273 |
| Injuries When Skin is Broken | 265 |
| Injuries When Skin is Not Broken | 262 |
| Insects and Butterflies | 101-105 |
| Insects, Other | 104 |
| Ivy Poisoning | 247 |
| K | Page |
| Key. Francis Scott, Author | 330 |
| Knickerbockers | 363 |
| Knighthood, Ancient | 237 |
| Knighthood, Modern | 240 |
| Knives | 363 |
| Knots Every Scout Should Know | 48-52 |
Becket Hitch | 51 |
Blackwall Hitch | 51 |
Bowline | 50 |
Carrick Bend | 52 |
Clove Hitch | 51 |
Fisherman's Bend | 51 |
Fisherman's Knot | 52 |
False Reef or Granny | 50 |
Figure of Eight Knot | 49 |
Halter, Slip or Running Knot | 50 |
Overhand Knot. The | 49 |
Sheet Bend or Weaver's Knot | 50 |
Square or Reef Knot | 50 |
Sheepshank | 50 |
Timber Hitch | 51 |
Two Half Hitches | 51 |
Whipping a Rope | 49 |
| L | Page |
| Land Ordinances (1785) (1787) | 334 |
| Land Settlements | 325 |
| Lanyard | 364 |
| Leadership | 152 |
| Lean-to, The | 146 |
| Lee, Robert E | 335 |
| Leggings | 364 |
| Letter from Col. Theodore Roosevelt | 353 |
| Lexington and Concord (1775) | 325 |
| Life Buoys | 287 |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 241, 335 |
| Louisiana Purchase (1803) | 323 |
| M
| Page |
| Mad Dog | 260 |
| Manners, Good | 243 |
| Mariner's Compass, The | 52 |
| Meadow Mouse | 199 |
| Measurement, Hand | 368 |
| Measuring Distances | 64 |
| Medical Examinations | 224 |
| Memorial Day--May 30th | 341 |
| Menu for Camp and Hike | 152 |
| Mess-Kits | 364 |
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| Mexican Cession and Purchase from Texas (1848) | 324 |
| Military Academy West Point | 343 |
| Militia, Naval | 344 |
| Militia, State | 308 |
| Molusca--Shells and Shellfish | 94-97 |
| Moon, The | 85 |
| Moths | 103 |
| Mushrooms, Fungi or Toadstools | 122 |
| Mushrooms, Common | 125 |
| Mushrooms, Coprinus | 125 |
| Mushrooms, Delicious Morel | 126 |
| Mushrooms, Inky Coprinus | 125 |
| Mushrooms, Puff Balls | 126 |
| Merit Badges | Page |
| Agriculture | 24 |
| Angling | 24 |
| Archery | 24 |
| Architecture | 25 |
| Art | 25 |
| Astronomy | 25 |
| Athletics | 26 |
| Automobiling | 26 |
| Aviation | 26 |
| Bee Farming | 27 |
| Blacksmithing | 27 |
| Bugling | 27 |
| Business | 27 |
| Camping | 28 |
| Carpentry | 28 |
| Chemistry | 28 |
| Civics | 29 |
| Conservation | 30 |
| Cooking | 30 |
| Craftsmanship | 31 |
| Cycling | 31 |
| Dairying | 31 |
| Eagle Scout | 43 |
| Electricity | 32 |
| Firemanship | 32 |
| First Aid | 32 |
| First Aid to Animals | 33 |
| Forestry | 33 |
| Gardening | 34 |
| Handicraft | 34 |
| Horsemanship | 34 |
| Interpreting | 35 |
| Invention | 35 |
| Leather Working | 35 |
| Life Saving | 36 |
| Life Scout | 43 |
| Machinery | 36 |
| Marksmanship | 36 |
| Masonry | 36 |
| Mining | 37 |
| Music | 37 |
| Ornithology | 37 |
| Painting | 38 |
| Pathfinding | 38 |
| Personal Health | 39 |
| Photography | 39 |
| Pioneering | 39 |
| Plumbing | 40 |
| Poultry Farming | 40 |
| Printing | 40 |
| Public Health | 40 |
| Scholarship | 41 |
| Sculpture | 41 |
| Seamanship | 41 |
| Signalling | 42 |
| Stalking | 42 |
| Star Scout | 43 |
| Surveying | 42 |
| Swimming | 42 |
| Taxidermy | 43 |
| N | Page |
| Naval Enlistment | 343 |
| Naval Academy | 344 |
| Navy of United States | 343 |
| Neckerchief | 360 |
| Neck Grip | 283 |
| New States (1845-1861) | 333 |
| Norfolk Coat | 362 |
| "Northwest Territory" | 335 |
| Nose Bleed | 274 |
| Nose, Care of | 229 |
| O | Page |
| Observation, Practice | 148 |
| Open Outing Tent | 170-173 |
| Order of Business--Camp | 153 |
| Oregon Territory Acquired (1846) | 324 |
| Original Territory (1783) | 323 |
| Orion | 83 |
| P | Page |
| Pain | 224 |
| Panics, Prevention of | 255 |
| Patriotism and Citizenship | 323-356 |
| Patrol Flags | 364 |
| Patrol Signs | 19 |
| Patrol Work | 83 |
| Peace | 339 |
| Peace Treaty (1783) | 291-292 |
| Philippine Islands Acquired (1898) | 324 |
| Pilgrim Fathers | 238, 325 |
| Pine Island Acquired (1898) | 324 |
| Pioneers. American | 239 |
| Plants, Ferns and Grasses | 117-122 |
| Pleiades | 84 |
| Poisoning | 272 |
| Poison Ivy | 119 |
| Politics | 347 |
| Ponchos | 364 |
| Porto Rico Acquired (1898) | 324 |
| Practical Citizenship | 353 |
| President--Term of Office, Salary, etc. | 341 |
| Program, Scout Camp | 153 |
| Proper Carriage | 219 |
| Property-- Real. Personal--
Relationship to Government | 348 |
| Public Domain | 322 |
| Purchase from Texas (1850) | 324 |
| Puttees | 364 |
| R | Page |
| Rains, Signs of | 156 |
| Ration List | 152 |
| Register of Deeds | 347 |
| Religion, Boy Scouts | 250 |
| Rememberable Morse or Re-Morse Alphabet | 203 |
| Reptiles | 97-101 |
| Rescue from Shore or Boat | 284 |
| Restoring Breathing | 286 |
| Rocks and Pebbles | 111-117 |
Rocks, Stratified | 112 |
Rocks, Quartz vein | 113 |
Fossill, Shells | 116 |
Pudding-Stone | 116 |
| Row Boats | 180 |
Coming Alongside | 181 |
Feathering | 180 |
Going Ashore | 181 |
Keeping Ashore | 181 |
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Rowing | 181 |
Sculling | 181 |
Steering | 181 |
Salute, The | 181 |
Turning. The | 180 |
| Runaway Horse | 260 |
| S | Page |
| Sailing Small Boats | 182 |
| Sailing Before Wind | 183 |
| Sailing Close to Wind | 183 |
| Sailing, Direction of Wind | 182 |
| Sailing--Flying the Flag | 184 |
| Sailing--Reefing | 183 |
| Sailing--Right of Way | 184 |
| Samoan Islands Acquired (1899) | 324 |
| Sanitation | 154 |
| Scout Badge, The | 12 |
| Scout Law, The | 14 |
| Scout Motto, The | 12 |
| Scout Oath, The | 14 |
| Scout Salute, The | 14 |
| Scout Sign, The | 14 |
| Scout Virtues | 8 |
| Scout Master, The | 153 |
| Scouts Pledged to the Flag | 341 |
| Scout Staff and its Uses | 365 |
| Secession of States | 335 |
| Second Class Scout | 17 |
| Secrets of the Woods | 199 |
| Semaphore Signal Code | 206 |
| Shells and Shell Fish | 94-97 |
| Shelter Tents | 364 |
| Shirts | 364 |
| Shock--What to do in Case of | 261 |
| Shoes | 365 |
| Signal Flags | 365 |
| Signalling by Flag or Torch | 305 |
| Slavery | 335 |
| Sleep | 231 |
| Sleeping out of doors | 232 |
| Snake Bites | 237 |
| Snakes, Water Moccasin | 101 |
| Southern Confederacy formed (1861) | 335 |
| Spanish American War, The (1898) | 338 |
| Spanish and French | 325 |
| Speaker, House of Representatives | 341 |
| Special Service by Boy Scouts | 109 |
| Splints and Sling for Arm | 264 |
| Splints for Broken Leg | 263 |
| Splints for Broken Thigh | 262 |
| Spoons | 361 |
| Sports | 364 |
| Sprains | 264 |
| Staff | 365 |
| Star Spangled Banner, The (1815) | 330 |
| Star Spangled Banner, Hymn | 358 |
| Stars, The | 81 |
| State Government | 346 |
| Stockings | 66 |
| Stomach Ache | 276 |
| Stretcher Improvised | 277 |
| Struggle for Freedom | 238 |
| Sunburn | 274 |
| Sun Dial or Hunter's Clock | 53 |
| Sun Stroke and Heat Exhaustion | 274 |
| Sweaters | 361 |
| Swedes in Delaware | 325 |
| T | Page |
| Taxes | 349 |
| Tea | 226 |
| Teeth | 227 |
| Telegraph Instruments | 366 |
| Tenderfoot | 16 |
| Tent Making Made Easy | 164-170 |
| Texas Annexed | 324 |
| Three Classes of Scouts, The | 16 |
| Thrift | 246 |
| Throat | 229 |
| Toadstools | 122 |
| Toadstools, Deadly Cup | 123 |
| Toadstools, Deadly Amanita | 123 |
| Toadstools, Destroying Angel | 123 |
| Toadstools, Fly Amanita | 124 |
| Toadstools, Hated Amanita | 124 |
| Toadstools, Poisonous | 123 |
| Toadstools, Sure Death | 123 |
| Toadstools, Wholesome | 125 |
| Tobacco | 226 |
| Toothache | 275 |
| Torniquet to Upper Arm | 269 |
| Towns, Villages and Cities | 347 |
| Tracking Irons | 367 |
| Tracks, Tracking and Signaling | 187-218 |
The Coon that Showed How | 194 |
Tracking | 188 |
Tracking, How to Learn | 190 |
Tracking, When to Learn | 190 |
Trying It on the Cat | 196 |
| Treatment After Respiration Begins | 287 |
| Trees, Common North American | 127-133 |
Ash, White | 132 |
Beech | 130 |
Birch, Black. Sweet or Mahogany | 129 |
Birch, Common or Aspen Leaved | 129 |
Butternut or White Walnut | 129 |
Cedar, Red | 128 |
Chestnut | 130 |
Cottonwood | 128 |
Elm, White or Swamp | 131 |
Hemlock | 128 |
Hickory, White | 128 |
Locust, Black or Yellow | 132 |
Maple, Red, Scarlet. Water or Swamp | 132 |
Oak, Red | 130 |
Oak, White | 131 |
Pine, White | 127 |
Shagbark, or White Hickory | 128 |
Sycamore, Plane Tree, Buttonball or Buttonwood | 131 |
Walnut, Black | 129 |
Walnut, White or Butternut | 129 |
| Troop Colors | 367 |
| Trousers | 367 |
| Twelve Points of the Scout Law, The | 10 |
| U | Page |
| Unconsciousness | 270 |
| V | Page |
| Valley Forge | 328 |
| Vice-President--President of Senate | 341 |
| W | Page |
| War of 1812 | 329 |
| Washington, D. C | 342 |
| Washington, George | 325 |
| Wasps | 105 |
| Watch | 367 |
| Watch for a Compass | 57 |
| Water Accidents | 279-288 |
| Water Bottle | 367 |
| Water Hints | 155 |
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| Waterproofing a Tent | 170 |
| Water Supply | 154 |
| Waves | 179 |
| Weather Flags | 157 |
| West Point Military Academy | 343 |
| What One Boy Did | 90 |
| What Scouting Means | 3 |
| What to do When Lost in the Woods | 67 |
| Whistles | 367 |
| Whistle Signs | 208 |
| White House | 341 |
| White Pine | 119 |
| Wig-Wag or Myer Code | 204 |
| Will | 246 |
| Wind, How to Tell Direction of | 157 |
| Wireless Telegraphy | 210 |
| Wireless Abbreviations | 205 |
| Wireless Signs | 204 |
| Wireless Numbers | 204 |
| Wireless Receiving Set | 211 |
| Wireless Sending Set | 213 |
| Woodcraft | 57-145 |
| Woodlore | 57-85 |
| Work not Luck | 251 |
| Wounds Without Severe Bleeding | 267 |
| Wounds With Severe Bleeding | 267 |
| Wrist Grip | 282 |
| Y | Page |
| Yorktown, Va. (1781) | 328 |
Alpine climbers, hunters, campers, and woodsmen of all descriptions consider Peter's Chocolate the regulation food for camp or trail.
It is absolutely the most sustaining; has the most delicious taste that always makes you want more, and does not create thirst.
Don't you go camping this summer without a liberal supply. You can get the nut chocolate or the plain chocolate as you prefer, but be sure to ask for Peter's, the Original Milk Chocolate.
Now's your chance to get the "Boy Scout" Shoe, boys--that world famous shoe about which you have read so much in the magazines. It's making just as big a hit in this town as it has made in the big cities. Boys are "wild" about them--say they never saw anything like them for baseball, running, jumping, and all outdoor sports.
Toughest, lightest, most sensible, everyday shoe made. Uppers are soft as gloves. Soles wear two to three times as long as ordinary soles. No linings. Coolest and most healthful boy's shoe ever invented.
Tell your pa that "Boy Scouts" outwear two to three pairs of ordinary shoes.
In conjunction with the Boy SCOUTS OF AMERICA we have published a book called "Boy Scouts." The text of the book is written by Mr. J. L. Alexander and the illustrations are by Gordon Grant. It is the only illustrated book of the Boy Scouts. We have made arrangements with the National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America to allow a commission of two cents to any patrol on each book sold for ten cents by the members of that patrol. We will send express collect, to the Scoutmaster any number of these books which he thinks can be disposed of within thirty days by the boys under him. At the end of that time he is to send us eight cents for each book sold and return the remaining books.
If a local organization is in need of funds to purchase pictures, furniture, uniforms or anything else needful for its rooms or activities, this affords an excellent opportunity for the boys to earn part or all of the necessary amount.
This book, "BOY Scouts," will be sent anywhere for ten cents in stamps or coin by
The Soft, Sure Silent Step of the Indian, the trapper and the guide is yours in the city as well as on the trail, if you will simply attach O'Sullivan's Heels of New Live Rubber to your ordinary shoes.
As you carry home with you the high, wholesome ideas of the woods, so also retain the noiseless tread of the true scout by always wearing O'Sullivan Heels.
The best known men today are wearing these heels. They give that quiet, springy tread which shows the strong, self-reliant man.
Put O'Sullivan's on all your shoes. 50 cents per pair attached.
We have a free booklet especially for you on the subject.
The Official Axe of the Boy Scout
Furnished with a Sheath of Chrome Tanned Leather to carryon the belt.
Manufactured by the makers of the famous Plumb "Anchor Brand" tools.
Solid steel of special analysis, from head to cutting edge. Double tempered, making a good keen edge, hard--yet tough.
Highest grade Hickory handles, with special Forest finish, which blends with the colors of the woods.
The best axe that money can buy or skill produce.
For use in forest or camp it is the handiest tool in a woodsman's kit.
A handbook especially prepared to aid the scout master in his work with boys.
It is full of suggestions!
Programs for Scout Meetings; indoors and out, summer and winter; long term camp, Scout games, etc.
This 14-candle-power lamp projects a bright, white light 150 feet and fulfils every lighting requirement for the camper, Hunter and Angler.
The Baldwin Camp Light is only 3-1/2 inches high and weighs but 5 ounces. 25 cents worth of carbide gives fifty hours' light. Can be hung up in the tent, fastened to bow of boat or worn on cap or belt, leaving both hands free.
Sold by leading Hardware and Sporting Goods Dealers, or sent prepaid upon receipt of regular price, $1.00
Write for this interesting booklet, sent free if you mention your dealer's name and address
Secure from your dealer, or mailed on receipt of price and 2c extra for postage.
The Hill & Loper Co., Danbury, Conn., are making a special hat for you--a hat that's built for scouting--one that will hold its shape and color and all the snap and dash that are put into it, in spite of "wind and weather." It's made to supply the increasing demand for a better Boy Scout Hat. It's made from Fine Fur Felt--from the same stock and by the same skilled workmen that produce the Hill & Loper Co.'s famous "HI-LO" Felt Hats which are sold to the most particular trade all over the country. It's "Scout" style, through and through, and built on the thorough, thoroughly honest principles that your great organization stands for. It is approved by your National Council, and you'll approve it as soon as you see it and try it on. You can get one of these Boy Scout or Scout Master Hats from your local dealer or from National Headquarters, Boy Scouts of America. Be sure to look for the Scout Seal, stamped on the Sweat Leather. None genuine without this seal. If there is no dealer in your locality send your size and the regular price--$2.00 for "Boy Scout" or $2.50 for "Scout Master" Hat, direct to
Joseph M. Herman & Co., of Boston, the world famous manufacturers of Herman's U. S. Army Shoes, the kind the soldiers, sailors, marines and militia wear, have created the moat comfortable and best wearing shoe for boys that ever was known. It is made on the sensible orthopedic last designed by army surgeons. The regular army stamp is on these shoes and so is the official Boy Scout seal. Look for these marks when buying. The genuine
is made of Shrewsbury leather with double sole of solid oak leather reinforced so that it cannot break away. The upper has a cool lining and is soft and pliable. This is not only the best shoe for wear that a boy can put on but is handsome and snappy--one that any boy will be proud to show to his friends. Be sure to mention your size when ordering.