Chapter I: Front Matter

THE BOY SCOUTS
FOR
HOME PROTECTION

BY
SCOUT MASTER ROBERT SHALER

AUTHOR OF “BOY SCOUTS OF THE SIGNAL CORPS,” “BOY SCOUTS OF
PIONEER CAMP,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,” “BOY
SCOUTS OF THE LIFE SAVING CREW,” “BOY SCOUTS ON PICKET
DUTY,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE FLYING SQUADRON,” “BOY
SCOUTS AND THE PRIZE PENNANT,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE
NAVAL RESERVE,” “BOY SCOUTS IN THE SADDLE,” “BOY
SCOUTS FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT,” “BOY SCOUTS IN
THE GREAT FLOOD,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE FIELD
HOSPITAL,” “BOY SCOUTS WITH THE RED
CROSS,” “BOY SCOUTS AS COUNTY FAIR
GUIDES,” “BOY SCOUTS AS FOREST FIRE
FIGHTERS,” “BOY SCOUTS WITH THE
MOTION PICTURE PLAYERS,” “BOY
SCOUTS ON THE ROLL OF HONOR,”
ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Sterling Boy Scout Books

_Bound in cloth_ _Fifteen titles_

1 Boy Scouts of the Signal Corps.
2 Boy Scouts of Pioneer Camp.
3 Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey.
4 Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew.
5 Boy Scouts on Picket Duty.
6 Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron.
7 Boy Scouts and the Prize Pennant.
8 Boy Scouts of the Naval Reserve.
9 Boy Scouts in the Saddle.
10 Boy Scouts for City Improvement.
11 Boy Scouts in the Great Flood.
12 Boy Scouts of the Field Hospital.
13 Boy Scouts with the Red Cross.
14 Boy Scouts as County Fair Guides.
15 Boy Scouts as Forest Fire Fighters.

_You can purchase any of the above books at the price you paid for this one, or the publishers will send any book, postpaid, upon receipt of 25c._

HURST & CO., Publishers
432 Fourth Avenue, New York

Copyright, 1915, by Hurst & Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Time Things Began to Mend 5
II. Help Wanted 15
III. “Strike While the Iron Is Hot!” 29
IV. Waiting for the Good News 39
V. Oakvale’s Great Clean-up Day 49
VI. The Promise of a Scout 58
VII. How the “Uplift” Worked 69
VIII. One Use for Woodcraft Knowledge 80
IX. The Goal in Sight 92
X. Benjy’s Suspicious Actions 106
XI. The Revelation 115
XII. Clear Sailing Ahead 124
XIII. Putting the Clamps On 133
XIV. For Home Protection 147

The Boy Scouts For Home Protection.