Figure 3.-- The Boy Scouts assisted with the Fair in a variety of ways. A Service Camp was set up for the Scouts assisting at the Fair which was called the Service Camp.

The United States had a long history of summer camping. The Philburn Rocky Mountain Scout Camp opened (1939). It becamne the most important camp in the BSA system. It was for advanced Scout camping. The BSA added Air Scouting to its specialized divisions (1939). Scouts participated in the Golden Gate Exposition in San Franciso. The World's Fair opened in New York during 1939. The Boy Scouts assisted with the Fair in a variety of ways. A Service Camp was set up for the Scouts assisting at the Fair which was called the Service Camp. A Fair Guidebook sescribes the Camp. "At the North end of the Fair grounds, adjacent to the Federal Building, the camp comprises 83,096 square feet of space and is arranged to accommodate four troops, each with 33 Scouts and three Scout Leaders. According to a prearranged program, one third of the Scouts are sight-seeing, one third are on duty at the camp, and one third are related to the World's Fair management on scout service, such as aides and guards of honor for distinguished guests, assistants at various public ceremonies, and special orderlies to fair officials." A session of the 29th annual meeting was held at the New York World's Fair for a citizenship ceremony when a group of former Scouts who had just turned 21 were formally received into citizenship by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts. A special patch was issued for the participating Scouts. We note both Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts participating. On Scout Day, attendees were addressed by Dan Beard (Uncle Dan) who play an important role in founding the american Scouting mobvement. A honor guard of Scouts escorted him. A session of the 29th BSA annual meeting was held at the Fair for a special citizenship ceremony. A group of former Scouts who had just become 21 years old were formally received into citizenship by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts. The 10th International Scout Conference was held in Edinburgh, Scotland just before the outbreak of World War II. The War would bring many challenges to Scouts around the world, but America would not be directly involved for another 2 years. The Seventh National Training Conference for Scout Executives was held at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The Boy Scouts of America was represented at the White House Conference on Youth in a Democracy by the Chief Scout Executive. Special experimental work with Scouting in less-chance areas was carried on through the Irving Berlin Fund. The membership by the end of the year was 1.4 million and the total number of Scouts since inception 9.0 million. In contrast the Hitler Youth movement in 1939 alone had 7.7 million members, who had been given varying levels of military training. .

Philburn Rocky Mountain Scout Camp

The United States had a long history of summer camping. The Philburn Rocky Mountain Scout Camp opened (1939). It becamne the most important camp in the BSA system. It was for advanced Scout camping. The Philmont Camp came to be called the Scout Ranch. It encompased a large, rugged, mountainous area near the town of Cimarron, New Mexico. This was the northern part od the state. It totaled some 137,500 acres of wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Camp was formerly the property of oil baron Waite Phillips. It is a BSA National High Adventure Base in which groups of Scouts and Venturers called crews engage in backpacking expeditions and a range of other adventurous outdoor activities. Philburn is ne of the largest youth camp in the world. Most od the activities take place during June 8 and August 22 timed for school summer vacaions.

Air Scouting

The BSA added Air Scouting to its specialized divisions (1939).

Golden Gate Exposition

Scouts participated in the Golden Gate Exposition in San Franciso.

World's Fair

The World's Fair opened in New York during 1939 and continued into 1940. The Boy Scouts assisted with the Fair in a variety of ways. A Service Camp was set up for the Scouts assisting at the Fair which was called the Service Camp. A Fair Guidebook sescribes the Camp. "At the North end of the Fair grounds, adjacent to the Federal Building, the camp comprises 83,096 square feet of space and is arranged to accommodate four troops, each with 33 Scouts and three Scout Leaders. According to a prearranged program, one third of the Scouts are sight-seeing, one third are on duty at the camp, and one third are related to the World's Fair management on scout service, such as aides and guards of honor for distinguished guests, assistants at various public ceremonies, and special orderlies to fair officials." The Scout uniform at the time except at camps included knickers or more accurately breeches. The Scouts at the World's Fair wore short pnts, the more common Scout iniform arojund the world. A session of the 29th annual meeting was held at the New York World's Fair for a citizenship ceremony when a group of former Scouts who had just turned 21 were formally received into citizenship by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts. A special patch was issued for the participating Scouts. We note both Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts participating. On Scout Day, attendees were addressed by Dan Beard (Uncle Dan) who play an important role in founding the american Scouting mobvement. A honor guard of Scouts escorted him. A session of the 29th BSA annual meeting was held at the Fair for a special citizenship ceremony. A group of former Scouts who had just become 21 years old were formally received into citizenship by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts.

International Scout Conference

The 10th International Scout Conference was held in Edinburgh, Scotland just before the outbreak of World War II. The War would bring many challenges to Scouts around the world, but America would not be directly involved for another 2 years.

National Training Conference

The Seventh National Training Conference for Scout Executives was held at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.

White House Conference on Youth in a Democracy

The Boy Scouts of America was represented at the White House Conference on Youth in a Democracy by the Chief Scout Executive. Special experimental work with Scouting in less-chance areas was carried on through the Irving Berlin Fund.

Membership

The membership by the end of the year was 1.4 million and the total number of Scouts since inception 9.0 million. This was the largest voluntary youth movement in the world. It was, however, only the fraction of the size of the Hitker Youth movemnt in Germny, a much smaller country. In contrast as Hitler was preparing to launch World war II, the Hitler Youth movement in 1939 alone had 7.7 million members, who had been given varying levels of military training. .