History of Scouting in the Philippines

This article is about the youth movement. For the military unit, see Philippine Scouts.

Scouting activities in the Philippines have been promoted by various organizations: the YMCA, the Boy Scouts of America, the Camp Fire Girls, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, and the Boy Scouts of China.

Youth Scouting was founded in the Philippines in 1910 in Manila by Elwood Stanley Brown (1883-1924) of the YMCA. The Boy Scouts of America Philippine Islands Council was founded in 1923 in Manila by the Rotary Club of Manila. The Boy Scouts of the Philippines was legally established in 1936 in Manila through the work of three men: Joseph Emile Hamilton Stevenot (1888-1943), Tomás Confesór y Valenzuela (1891-1951), and Manuél Luís Quezon y Molina (1878-1944), and the organization started functioning in 1938.[1]

The 1973 celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Philippine Scouting and the Golden Jubilee Jamboree were reckoned from the founding of the BSA Philippine Islands Council in 1923, but the 2014 "Philippine Scouting Centennial Jamboree" commemorated the founding of the Lorillard Spencer Troop in 1914.

Documentation shows that Boy Scout troops had been started in the Manila capital area, Luzón before Sherman Kiser organised the Lorillard Spencer Troop in far-off Zamboanga, Mindanáo.

Background: The YMCA Connection

Col. Baden-Powell was a British Army officer who got catapulted from general anonymity to national fame because of his spirited, quirky, and successful 217-day defense of the beleaguered town of Mafeking during the Siege of Mafeking in the Second Boer War.[2] He was then encouraged to use his fame to set up a program for youth development training. In this endeavor, Gen. Baden-Powell's early efforts were given moral and material support by the YMCA. The Young Men’s Christian Association in the UK , the USA, and the Philippine Islands was very active in organizing and sponsoring Scout troops in the early years of the Scout Movement.[3][4] In 1909 Edgar Munroe Robinson (1867-1951), Secretary of the YMCA Committee on Boys' Work, started promoting Scouting as a program in the YMCA. Unaware that other men and women had already organised various Boy Scout groups in various parts of the USA from 1908 to 1910, William Dickson Boyce[5] (1858-1929), Edward S. Stewart, and Stanley Willis, on the morning of 8 February 1910, filed papers at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in Washington, incorporating the Boy Scouts of America organization under the laws of the District of Columbia. When Robinson heard of this, he visited Boyce in Chicago in April 1910 and persuaded him to turn over the organizing of the Boy Scouts of America to the YMCA. On 1 June 1910, Robinson provided a room at the YMCA building in New York as the first office of the Boy Scouts of America, and persuaded YMCA Secretary John Alexander to work as the first BSA Secretary. On 21 June 1910, in the board room of the International Committee of the YMCA at 124 East 28th Street, New York City, Robinson called a meeting of 37 youth organizations (including the Young Men’s Hebrew Association, the Playground Associations, the Peace Scouts of California, Ernest Thompson Seton and the Woodcraft Indians, Daniel Carter Beard and the Boy Pioneers, Adjutant General of New York William Verbeck and the National Scouts of America, Col. Peter Sporr Bomus and the Boy Scouts of the United States, and other youth organizations) and persuaded them to work with the BSA.[6] A YMCA–Woodcraft Indian summer camp organised by Ernest Thompson Seton and others in Silver Bay, New York in August 1910 became the first BSA Scout camp.

Chronology of Philippine Scouting

Early Years

YEAR EVENTS
1910
1911 
It might interest you to know that at a recent fire in Manila which devastated acres of ground and rendered 3,000 people homeless, that two patrols of the Manila scouts reached the fire almost with the fire companies, reported to the proper authorities and worked for hours under very trying conditions helping frightened natives into places of safety, removing valuables and other articles from houses that apparently were in the path of the flames, and performing cheerfully and efficiently all the tasks given to them by the firemen and scout master. They were complimented in the public press, and in a kind editorial about their work.
and assisting at the famous Manila Carnival:[12]
During the recent Carnival the services of the boys were requested by the Carnival officers, and for a period of ten days they were on duty performing all manner of service in the Carnival grounds, directing strangers to hotels, and acting as guides and helpers in a hundred ways.
In the first Handbook, Theodore Roosevelt adds the first documented use in print of the phrase "boy scouts of the Philippines.":
What these boy scouts of the Philippines have just done, I think our boy scouts in every town and country district should train themselves to be able to do.
(The first edition of the Handbook lists George Dewey, Lorillard Spencer, Lorillard Spencer, Jr., William Howard Taft, and Leonard Wood as members of the BSA National Council. The first edition is kept in print by the Boy Scouts of America for historical and sentimental reasons, and may be bought or downloaded from several sites on the internet, including Gutenberg. Several prints have also been made by various printers, including a colored edition published in 2011 by Skyhorse Publishing, New York.)
1912
  • The Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America, February 8, 1912, page 8 indicates that there are three Scoutmasters in the Philippine Islands as of January 1, 1912.
  • During his world tour, the Founder, Sir Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell, sends back to London articles for publication in the British Scouting periodical The Scout. In issue no. 224, 27 July 1912, in the article "In the Cannibal Islands," Baden-Powell makes a brief narration about Philippine history and culture and his trip to Manila, illustrated with his own drawings. He mentions "Boy Scouts of the Philippines" and that he had been met by a "Guard of Honour." He also quotes from Brown's and Roosevelt's letters about the Manila fire and the Manila Carnival in which Manila Scouts rendered valuable service. In the article, Baden-Powell urges his young British readers "to get into correspondence with your brother Scouts in Manila… The Chief Scoutmaster is Mr. Elwood Brown, Y.M.C.A., Manila."[14]
1913 
PHILIPPINE SCOUTS.
Enthusiastic boys in Manila.
  Mark Thompson, of Manila, Philippine Islands, sends us a breezy account of Scouting in the tropics.  "Troop No. 1," he writes, "has a membership of fourteen active Scouts; three tenderfeet, nine second class, three first class. The troop is under the leadership of Mr. Hummert. They hold weekly meetings and weekend hikes, covering a distance of eight miles, which is a very gruelsome hike in this hot climate.
  "The troop is well equipped and the Scouts are very enthusiastic. The two trumpeters are exceptionally good, being able to blow nearly all the regulation calls. The staves are made of bamboo wood and are very light. Owing to the intense heat of the tropics the Scouts are compelled to travel 'light' as possible and the hikes are not so numerous or long as the ones enjoyed by the Scouts in the States. The troop meets its expenses, which are few, by taxing each Scout ten centavos (five cents) a month. The boys are now planning a ten days’ camping trip."
  • "IN THE PHILIPPINES, former Scoutmaster Thompson favors organization at Fort William McKinley. Washington Boy Scouts, especially those who remember former Scoutmaster Mark Thompson, who had charge of troop-30 a little more than a year ago, will be surprised to learn that he has just organised the Filipino Boy Scouts. ... Mr. Thompson is attached to United States Field Hospital No. 1, Fort William McKinley."
  • "Fort William McKinley ... letter to Scout Commissioner E. S. Martin tells about the organization of the boys on the other side of the world..."
  • "When Major Lynch arrives here in December, he will see one of the best Boy Scout organisations in the world."
  • "troops of Filipino Boy Scouts"
  • "my troop of ten native boys"
  • "The Prime movers of this sudden burst of scouting activities are Antonio Torres, Domingo Ponce,[15] and Francisco Varona.[16] They are now drawing up the code and by-laws of the organization. The value of activity, cleanliness, courtesy, defense of the weak, the love of union, liberty, and justice are to be impressed upon the youngsters in the national code now in course of preparation. A native uniform for the scouts has been decided upon by the organisation, and will soon be ready for distribution among the members."
  • "The Filipino Boy Scouts made their debut in public and showed their mettle, at a small fire which broke out last Saturday evening on Callo Dorado, Qoiapo.[17] With enthusiasm, alacrity, and energy worthy of their more experienced brethren of other countries, the youngsters organized a bucket brigade and succeeded in extinguishing the flames before the arrival of the Fire department. When this new organization was launched, I turned my troop of ten boys over to a young Filipino, who is now a scoutmaster of no mean ability. I did it because I thought he was more capable of teaching the boys in the native tongue than I. I only speak Tagalog and Spanish in a limited way. Of course, all my boys understood the English language well, and this made my work less difficult."
Scout Master Mark Thompson, Ambulance Co. No. 4, Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands, wants to hear from American boys. He is having a strenuous time teaching the principles of Scouting to a husky group of Islanders, and his letters would be sure to be interesting, while any advice from other workers would be appreciated.
1914
1915 
Lieut. Kiser of the Philippine scouts in the American army has organized a troop of boy scouts in the town of Zamboango. The boys are keenly interested in scouting and put the scout law into action daily. They have cleaned up their village and have also taken hikes. These Moro scouts are the first boys of their race to show kindness to animals.
1916
  • On June 15, 1916, the President of the United States approved the bill passed by Congress, granting a Congressional charter to the Boy Scouts of America.
1919
  • In Manila, businessman Leon J. Lambert sends communication to Rotary in Chicago about the possibility of organizing Rotary in the Philippines. In response to Lambert's proposal, Rotary sends Roger D. Pinneo of the Seattle Rotary Club to the Philippines to help set up a club in Manila. On 12 January, Pinneo and Lambert hold a luncheon meeting with four of Manila's prominent businessmen (Edwin Emil Elser, Alfa Walter Beam, James Geary, and Fred N. Berry) to form a club organizing committee. Another meeting later results in the formation of a Manila Rotary Club. The 38 charter members are men heavily involved in the sociopoliticoeconomic life of the country and active in many socio-civic endeavors, including youth work and Boy Scouting.[22] The founding officers are:
  • President: Leon J. Lambert.[23]
  • Vice President: Alfonso Sy Cip.[24]
  • Secretary: Edwin Emil Elser.[25]
  • Treasurer: Alfa Walter Beam.
  • Directors: Fred N. Berry.[26] Gregorio Nieva.[27] James Geary.
The Rotary Club of Manila subsequently informs Rotary International in Chicago that the Manila Club had been formally organised. In June, the Rotary Club of Manila receives communication from Rotary International recognizing the Club with Charter 478. The Rotary Club of Manila would go on to serve as the founder of the Community Chest Foundation, the Philippine Band of Mercy, the Philippine Safety Council, and the Boy Scouts of America Philippine Islands Council.
1921 
From Alaska to Porto Rico and the Philippines Boy Scouts will celebrate tomorrow as patriotism day.
  • Boy Scouting is started at Silliman Institute (the first American university in Asia), Dumaguete, Negros Oriental by Paul Doltz (1875-1943), Vice President of Silliman Institute and pastor of Silliman Institute Church.
1922
  • Silliman Institute applies for registration with the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in New York.
  • Celso Mirafuente, 16, organizes a troop in Boac, Marinduque.
  • In Manila, the Rotary Club sends off communication, dated December 7, 1922, signed by Edwin Emil Elser,[28] to the Boy Scouts of America in New York about the possibility of formally organizing Boy Scouting in the Philippines:
ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA
MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

December 7, 1922

Boy Scouts of America
Fifth Avenue Building,
New York, N. Y.

Gentlemen:

     The Manila Rotary Club is desirous of seeing the Organization and program of Scouting, in active operation in the Philippine Islands.
     To that end we are ready to give all possible assistance and support.
     We request that a definite status for Scouting be made known and if possible a member of your Field Department be sent to the Islands for the purpose of establishing a National Council of the Philippine Islands.
     Thanking you for consideration of our needs and attention to this request, we are,

Sincerely yours,

E.E.Elser
President
The letterhead of the communication identifies the Club's officers as:
E. E. ELSER, PRESIDENT[29]
C. R. ZEININGER, VICE PRESIDENT[30]
C. C. MITCHELL, SECRETARY
A. B. CRESAP, TREASURER[31]
WALTER BEAM, DIRECTOR[32]
F. X. BYRNE, S. J., DIRECTOR[33]
H. B. POND, DIRECTOR[34]
WM. J. SHAW, DIRECTOR
1923
  • In January, Silliman Institute receives from the Boy Scouts of America the document of registration for Troop 8.
  • In response to the Manila Rotary Club's proposal, the Boy Scouts of America sends Samuel Wells Stagg of the Methodist Church as its "Special Field Scout Commissioner" to the Philippines to help set up a council in Manila.[35]

The Philippine Islands Council 545, Boy Scouts of America

YEAR EVENTS
1923
  • On 5 October, the Rotary Club of Manila and its President Charles Russell Zeininger hold a meeting with many of Manila's prominent men. The meeting results in the formation of a Manila Boy Scout Council. The 21 founding/charter members[36] are:
  • President & Commissioner: Philip Durkee Carman (8 Jan 1882, Chicago–7 Feb 1945, STIC, Manila)
Arrived in Manila in 1898. With Henry W. Elser,[37] founded first real estate company, San Juan Heights Company, 1920. Organised P.D. Carman Co., Ltd., Addition Hills, Manila. Director, Manila Building and Loan Association. Reviewer on real estate for the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands.[38]
President, National Committee, YMCA of the Philippine Islands. Grand Master, Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines, 1934.
  • Vice President: Enrique P. Brias y Roxas
Member, Philippine Chamber of Commerce.
  • Deputy Commissioner: Charles E. Adams
  • Deputy Commissioner: Samuel Wells Stagg (1897-1956)
  • Clifton Miles Beaty (1895-1980)
  • Harvey Albert Bordner (9 Apr 1872, Mt. Aetna, Pennsylvania–19 May 1938, Indianapolis)
After their wedding in January 1902, Harvey Bordner and his wife Maude Ethel Martin Bordner (18 Mar 1876, Bloomington–17 Apr 1968, Indianapolis) traveled in February 1902 to the Philippines where they would stay until two years before Harvey's death, serving as public school teachers, 1902–36. A graduate and chemistry instructor of Indiana University, H. A. Bordner would serve as Bulacan Public Schools Superintendent and Philippine Normal School Superintendent. In 1918 he was named "Superintendent of Schools of the City of Manila." A member of the Rotary Club of Manila and the Manila YMCA, he would also become a 32° Mason. The H. A. Bordner Building at the Manila Science High School would be named after him. After a lifetime in the Philippines, the Bordners would move back to Indiana in 1936 due to Harvey's ill-health.[39]
  • Albert John Brazee (1876-1950)
From Oregon, arrived in the Philippines in 1898 as a lieutenant in the Oregon Volunteers during the Spanish-American War. He later became a captain of the 35th Infantry, and performed police work and census work in Manila. He married Spanish lass Consuelo Palma (5 Dec 1880, Philippines–17 Jun 1974, Montebello, California), daughter of an official of the Spanish government of the Philippines, on 11 January 1902, and they had eight children.[40]
  • Fr. Francis Xavier Aloysius Byrne, S.J. (20 Sep 1877, Boston–25 Nov 1929, New York)
First American Rector of Ateneo de Manila, 1921–25, after its takeover from the Spanish Jesuits. Director, Rotary Club of Manila. Introduced Scouting at the Ateneo.[41]
  • Dee Ching Chuan (13 Aug 1888, Shizhen, Fujian, China–27 Oct 1940, Monrovia, California)
16th through 21st President of the Philippine Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, 1919–24.
  • Andrew Bruce Cresap (1878-1958)
President and General Manager, Luzon Brokerage Co. Member, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands. Treasurer, Rotary Club of Manila. [42]
  • F. E. Hedrick
Member of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands.
  • J. Hill
  • Lim Sae Gim
Member, Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
  • Arsenio Nicasio Luz y Katigbák (12 Dec 1887, Lipá, Batangas–1956)
Director, Manila Hotel. President, Rotary Club, 1933–34. Director General of the Manila Carnival from 1921 to the 1930s. Member, Philippine Chamber of Commerce.[43]
  • Honorio Pobladór y Gonzaga
  • George H. Seaver (b. 1878)
33rd Infantry, Spanish-American War. Joined Manila Police in 1901, rose in the ranks, became Police Chief 1913–17. Became businessman and officer in many companies. Director, Philippine National Bank. Chairman, Relief Committee, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands. Director, American-European YMCA. Author, Malacañang, Residence of the Governor-General.[44] [45]
  • Everett Stanton Turner (30 Sep 1887, Turner, Iowa–24 Sep 1979, Duarte, California)
Student Secretary, YMCA, 1915–18. General Secretary, Manila YMCA, 1918–26. General Secretary, YMCA of the Philippines, 1926–52. Member, Methodist Episcopal Church, Manila. Would be imprisoned by the Japanese. Author, Nation Building.[46]
  • José E. Valdéz
  • John P. Wade
President, Rotary Club of Manila, 1924–25.
  • Charles Russell Zeininger
Editor, Manila Daily Bulletin, 1918–26.[47][48][49][50] President, Rotary Club of Manila, 1923–24. Member, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands.[51]
US Army officer William H. Douglas is designated part-time Scout Executive.
  • In November the Rotary Club of Manila informs BSA National Headquarters in New York that the Manila Council had been formally organised.
  • On 27 December the Rotary Club of Manila receives communication from BSA Headquarters recognizing the Council as BSA Council 545, the Philippine Islands Council, giving it jurisdiction over the entire archipelago.
1924
1925
1926
  • Irving F. Wiltse and Joseph R. Greenan are appointed as Assistant Scout Executives for Luzón (office in Manila) and the Visayas (office in Cebú) respectively.
  • PI Council membership: 2094 boys.
1927
  • The 1927 officers of the BSA Philippine Islands Council are:[53]
  • Harvey Albert Bordner
Charter Member, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • Guilford E. Campbell (d. 18 Feb 1945, Los Baños Internment Camp)[54]
2nd Lieutenant, 49th Volunteer Infantry, Philippine-American War, 1900–01. Trial lawyer, Campbell & Diaz, 32 Pasaje de Norzagaray, Binondo, Manila. Member, University of Michigan Club of Manila, 1933.
Charter Member, BSA Philippine Islands Council. Chairman, Committee on Petitions, Philippine Leprosy Commission, 1935.
  • Philip Durkee Carman
Founding President, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • Howard M. Cavender
Agent, Robert Dollar Company. General Manager, Manila Hotel. Chairman, Committee on Shipping, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands.
  • John E. Goo
  • J. W. Green
  • Joseph R. Greenan
Assistant Scout Executive, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • Henry Hermann
Founder of Electrical Supply Company and radio station KZKZ, Manila.
  • Elmer Kolso Higdon (14 Oct 1887, Clarence, Ford County, Illinois–15 Apr 1961, St. Luke's Hospital, Quezon City)
He and his wife Idella Eleanor Wilson Higdon (1889-1977) were Disciples of Christ missionaries in Manila, 1917–37. They would author From Carabao to Clipper.[55] Elmer would be a founding member of the National Christian Council and the Federation of Evangelical Churches in the Philippine Islands.[56]
  • Lucius Roy Holbrook (30 Apr 1875, Arkansaw, Wisconsin–19 Oct 1952, San Francisco, California)
First arrived in the Philippines in 1889. Participated in various military campaigns. Served in France during the Great War. Brig. Gen., 1925–33. Commander, Fort Stotsenburg, 1926–29. Maj. Gen., 1933–39. Commanding General, Philippine Department, 1936–38.[57]
  • Frank Bassett Ingersoll (29 Nov 1866, Greenville, Tennessee–25 Apr 1944, San Mateo, California)
He would serve as the Manila prosecuting attorney, a municipal court judge, a private lawyer in Manila, a Director in the Philippine Bar Association, a member of the Legislative Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands, President of the Rotary Club of Manila (1931–32), and a Philippine Islands Council delegate to the BSA National Council. He would return to the USA in 1940. [58]
  • A. S. Macfarlane
Scout Executive, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • S. J. Nesbitt
Chairman, Finance Committee, BSA Philippine Islands Council, late 1927.
Businessman. Proprietor of C.S. Salmon and Company, of Salmon, Dexter and Company, and of other businesses. Chairman, Finance Committee, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands.
  • Joseph Henry Schmidt (7 Oct 1880, Chicago, Illinois–26 Dec 1935, Manila)
16th Infantry, Spanish-American War. Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippine Islands, 1927–28. KCCH, 1929. 33°, 1933. Chairman, Finance Committee, BSA Philippine Islands Council, early 1927. Recipient, Silver Carabao.
  • William J. Shaw (20 Sep 1877, East Barnett, Vermont–1 Mar 1939, Caloocan)
Entrepreneur. Philanthropist. He worked as a busboy on a US Army transport ship to pay his passage to Manila, arriving in 1901 and never leaving hence. Became part owner of Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific. President, Rotary Club of Manila, 1925–26. Founder, Wack Wack Golf and Country Club, where his monument stands. Shaw Boulevard and Repertory's William J. Shaw Theater would be named after him.[59][60]
  • L. E. Stair
  • Harry Henderson Steinmetz (20 Jan 1878, Ohio–28 Feb 1940, San Diego, California)
Baptist minister, missionary, physician. Member, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.[61] Arrived in the Philippines in 1906 with his wife Edith Miller Steinmetz.[62] He became a member of the Manila Medical Society in 1917. Member, Hospital Board, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1920–21. President, Philippine Medical Association, 1921–22. President, Philippine Anti-Leprosy Society, 1935. Member, Committee on Petitions, Philippine Leprosy Commission, 1935. Member, Medicine and Science Committee, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands.
  • Henry Schuler Townsend (27 Jun 1856, Minsted–21 Sep 1937, Hawaii)
Teacher and education administrator in Hawaii (1880s–1900) and the Philippines (1901–35). Head of the Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines. Follower of Francis Wayland Parker and John Dewey. Author of Primary Geography.[63]
  • Everett Stanton Turner
Charter Member, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • Francisco Ventura
Member, Methodist Episcopal Church, Manila.
  • Irving F. Wiltse
Assistant Scout Executive, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  Most interesting reports are received of the growth of Scouting which was recently organized in the Philippine Islands. There are 112 Troops with about 2,400 registered Scouts. The Scout Executives who help the Movement in the Philippines, were sent by the Boy Scouts of America, and Mr. A. S. Macfarlane, who is in charge, has sent some very interesting evidence of the real understanding with which the Philippine boy takes the Scout Oath and Law and does his Daily Good Turn.
  ...
  We are publishing on page 23 a photograph of the boys in the Leper Hospital, taking the Scout Oath. These boys are extremely poor and Mr. Macfarlane suggests that because it is impossible for these boys to earn any money toward their uniforms, it would be fine if some of our Troops, as well as individual scouts, would send old uniforms which could be used by members of this Troop. Parcels should be addressed to the Boy Scouts of America, Supply Dept., 121 West 19th Street, New York, N. Y. Please be sure to mark your parcels "For Philippine Scouts."
  • PI Council membership: 3352 boys.
1928
  • The annual meeting of the Philippine Islands Council, Boy Scouts of America is held on Monday evening, January 30, 1928, at the American Chamber of Commerce at 8:00 o'clock. The 1928 officers of the Council are presented:[64]
  • Honorary President: Eugene Allen Gilmore.
  • President: Joseph Henry Schmidt.
  • Vice-Presidents: Manuél Roxas Camus, Norberto Romualdez, Philip Durkee Carman.
  • Treasurer: S. J. Nesbitt.
  • Secretary: A. S. Macfarlane.
  • Chairman, Finance Committee: William J. Shaw.
  • Chairman, Leadership Training Committee: Elmer Kolso Higdon.
  • Chairman, Camping Committee: W. L. Patterson.
  • Chairman, Educational Committee: Harvey Albert Bordner.
  • Chairman, Court of Honor Committee: Everett Stanton Turner.
  • Chairman, Expert Examiners Committee: Howard M. Cavender.
  • Chairman, Publicity Committee: Carlos Peña Romulo.
  • Chairman, Activities Committee: Regino Ylanan.
  • Chairman, Inter-relations Committee: John E. Goo.
  • Chairman, Civic Service Committee: W. Trinidad.
  • Chairman, Reading Committee: G. Garcia.
  • The Philippine Education Magazine, Manila, March 1928, in a larger article by Assistant Scout Executive Irving F. Wiltse, features this "Summary of Annual Report":
   The first organization meeting of the council was held October 5, 1923, when a group of citizens headed by Major P. D. Carman got together and formed the present council. The minutes in the minute book of the council start July 2, 1924.
   The council ran with a part-time executive from this time until March, 1925. During this time Mr. Chas. Adams, Mr. David Ritchie and Mr. Thos. Fitzpatrick in turn served as executive.
   About this time Mr. E. S. Turner went to the United States and was commissioned by the council to consult with national headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America in regard to sending out a trained executive.
   In March, 1925, the present executive arrived in the Islands and took over the splendid work started by Messrs. Adams, Ritchie and Fitzpatrick. He was joined in 1926 by Messrs. Greenan and Wiltse.
   Major P. D. Carman has stood as a tower of strength at the head of the council in the Philippines and it is with regret that we have been forced to accept his resignation this year to permit him to give a little, more time to his own business.
   With the co-operation of the men who served on the Philippine council, your executive has been able to report in previous years a very substantial growth in membership, and 1927 is no exception to this rule.
     Year   Troops   Scouts   Adults
     1924   16       333      Less than 100
     1925   55       1,854
     1926   98       2,094
     1927   157      3,352    1,244
   There have actually been registered and active during these years a total of 190 troops, but we have dropped 23 of them as inactive at present although several that have thus been counted out have recovered and re-registered during this month. Ten new troops have come in since the end of December, 1927.
   As usual we have been somewhat handicapped by the lack of funds during the year 1927; however, both Mr. Joseph H. Schmidt, our chairman of finance for the first part of the year, and Mr. S. J. Nesbitt who relieved him during the latter part of the year, have added to their laurels by again doing the "impossible" and securing for the council ₱721.00 over and above the amount requested by the national headquarters.
     Total donations secured              ₱ 5,721.00 or $2,860.50
     Received from national headquarters   16,000.00
     Sale of supplies (revolving)           3,607.86
     Troop registrations (revolving)        3,249.78
     Stock on hand (supplies)                 108.04
   The total amount spent during the year including the salaries paid by the national scout headquarters was $10,613.12.
   Just to see what it is really costing us to organize and maintain our scouts it might be well to compare our figures with those of our nearest neighbor at Honolulu.
                           Troops  Scouts  Cost per boy  Budget
     The Honolulu council  39      1,227   11.08         $13,580.00
     Philippine council    157     3,352   3.16          $10,613.12
   It is sincerely hoped that our budget for 1928 can be greatly increased in order to permit us to reach and serve the ever widening field that stretches from northern Luzon down to Zamboanga and Jolo.
   Before touching briefly on the work of the standing committees of the council on which your three executives have served in the capacity of secretaries, it is in order to pay tribute to our scout commissioner, Judge Manuel Camus. Judge Camus has served efficiently during the four years of the life of the council, and although a very busy man, has never been too busy to put aside his own work and interests for those of the boys. He has been our good right hand in matters of administration and has guided us safely through the rough places and into the smooth harbors along the way. He has visited, inspected and taken part in the many activities of the Scouts, and in the minds of our boys in Manila, no scout affair is complete without the presence of their scout commissioner.
   By far the most out-standing committee of the year has been that headed by Rev. E. Higdon, the committee on leadership training. In order to maintain our growth and standards and spread scouting throughout the Islands it is necessary that we have trained leaders to serve as scoutmasters and assistants. Your executives through the committee headed by Mr. Higdon, have conducted three certified training courses. One at the Union Theological Seminary, an eighteen-week course conducted by Mr. I. F. Wiltse. A course conducted by Mr. J. R. Greenan at the Ateneo de Manila had over eighty members enrolled on the opening night, and a smaller group met with our executive at the University of the Philippines. One hundred and forty-five men were enrolled in these three courses and certificates of leadership were awarded by the national council to the men completing the courses. In addition to these three certified courses, six short period courses were held in the field by Messrs. Greenan and Wiltse at Cebu, Iloilo, Dumaguete, Vigan, Lingayen and Olangapo. Plans are now under way for reaching and training a much greater number during 1928.
   The camping committee under the leadership of Col. W. L. Patterson has had very little to do owing to the fact that it was decided early in the year not to try and conduct a council camp this year but to encourage the individual troops to conduct their own hikes and camps. The committee realized the impossibility of trying to bring the scouts that are scattered all over the Islands to one central camping point and so this idea was abandoned.
   The individual troops have not been idle during the vacation periods and reports received by the committee show that there have been conducted 18 camps of one week or longer; 44 short term camps running from two to six days; 248 overnight hikes were taken and 427 short hikes. At the time this was written nearly half of the troops had not mailed in their report blanks giving this data. The chairman of the camping committee has held many conferences with the executive covering the work of this committee, and has secured tents and other property for the use of the scouts at their service stations at the Carnival. It is with a keen regret that we gave him up in February for his return to the United States.
   The Chairman of our court of honor has spent a portion of the year in the United States and this is probably one reason that it is necessary for the committee to report falling off in advancement for 1927. We did not meet the standard set during 1926.
   A large part of the loss in advancement was due to a change in the method of conducting the court. Owing to the growth in attendance at the former meetings of the court; it was decided to break up the court and hold district meetings in different sections of the city so that the large crowd could be accommodated and at the same time the boys would not have to go so far from home to attend. Several of these district courts have functioned well, but some of them have not made the grade and so there will have to be a change made for 1928.
  • Activities: 1 Council meeting, 27 Council committee meetings, 69 training courses.
  • Socio-civic services rendered: assistance at Memorial Day commemoration, participation in Red Cross campaign, special service during typhoon in Leyte.
  • Council Headquarters burns on 11 December.
  • PI Council membership: 4724 boys.
1929
1930
  • Seven Scouts are awarded the BSA Lifesaving Medal.
  • Four Philippine Islands Council officers are appointed delegates to the BSA National Council:
Charter Member, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • James Edward Haggerty (d 1963)
Jesuit father. Vice-Rector (1937–40) and Rector (1940–49), Ateneo de Cagayan (later Xavier University). Chaplain, USFIP, 10th Military District, Mindanáo, 1942–45. Author, Guerrilla Padre in Mindanao.[65]
  • Joseph Henry Schmidt
  • Everett Stanton Turner
Charter Member, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • The Troop Rating Plan is adopted.
  • Typhoon relief service rendered in Leyte, Misamis, and Cebú.
  • The Philippine Boy Scout is discontinued.
  • The first two Sea Scout ships are started.
  • PI Council membership: 6092 boys and men.
1931
  • page 26: "The following safety good turns have been reported by individual troops: ... Troop No. 221 / Kabankalan, P.I. / Helped during the clean-up week by making the community clean and healthful."
  • page 26: A Certificate of Heroism is conferred on Serapio Moso, Libmanan, P.I.
  • page 61:
  Scout WILLIAM WARMSLEY, aged 15, tenderfoot scout of Troop No. 225, Tuguagarao, Cagayan, P. I., rescued two young ladies, Ruth Hawkins and Ida Schermerhorn from drowning. The accident occurred in the Cagayan River, where a party of picnickers were enjoying an outing. Miss Schermerhorn offered to teach Miss Hawkins to swim. By accident, however, Miss Hawkins slipped off the shelf of the basin of the river into a channel and was swept by the current into the deeper part of the river. Her friend, seeing her dangerous plight, went to her assistance. Miss Hawkins grabbed her and both of them sank. After a short struggle Miss Schermerhorn was able to free herself and swam to shallow water, but returned again to rescue her companion.
  On the top of the hill Scout Warmsley and another boy were cooking their lunch when they heard the cries and saw the two girls struggling for their lives in the water. He ran and plunged in without taking time to pull off his uniform or shoes. He was able to control the girls and towed them to shore by swimming. Only his prompt action and strong leadership in controlling the frantic girls prevented a fatality.
  • page 63: The BSA National Court of Honor (Daniel Carter Beard, George D. Pratt, Frederic Kernochan, Joseph M. Proskauer, Jeremiah T. Mahoney, James Edward West) confers the Life-saving Award Gold Medal on Scout William Warmsley of Tuguegaráo, Cagayán, P.I.
  • page 64:
  List of 52 Harmon Foundation scholarship scouts, 1931
  Name and council               | Age | Service as scout
                                         Yrs. Mos.
  Navarro, Manuel D., Philippine |  19 |   3    8
  Rivera, Gines, Philippine      |  17 |   3    6
  Soledad, Bernabe, Philippine   |  18 |   3
  • page 106:
  ACTIVITIES OF THE CATHOLIC COMMITTEE ON SCOUTING
  2. Several splendid articles on scouting in the Philippine Islands have appeared in Missions, the official organ of the Society of Jesuits. These articles were written by Father J. E. Haggerty, S. J., who has just returned from the Philippine Islands.
  • page 133–134:
  Scouting is not confined to the Unites States proper, but has had a notable development in our outlying possessions, especially the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.
  The council in the Philippine Islands was established early in 1925 under the direction of Mr. Macfarlane as Scout executive. Under his leadership, organization policies were established and procedures adopted under the necessity of meeting problems which had not before been encountered in scouting. This was genuine pioneering. During the three years of Mr. Macfarlane's incumbency, thousands of Filipino boys were brought in touch with scouting. Since the beginning of 1930, Mr. Ernest E. Voss has served the council as Scout executive with remarkable success. The organization is being stabilized, local financial support is being developed, Scout advancement has been stimulated, and training courses have been conducted. A fine start has been made in establishing district organization, with the result that already scouting has been taken to the furthest sections of the archipelago. Mr. Voss, without paid assistance but with the support of a devoted group of volunteers, has succeeded in establishing scouting not only extensively throughout the islands, but on a basis which has every appearance of being permanent.
  In Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands, special problems have had to be met due to frequent changes in troop leadership and to the presence of many different racial groups.
  • Antonio F. Garcia, 18, of 42 San Marcelino Street, Manila (Troop 19, Manila)
  • Leonardo del Rosario Osorio Jr., 18, of De La Salle College, Manila (Troop 20, Manila)
  • Moises P. Rulloda, 19, of 141 Arquiza Street, Ermita, Manila (Troop 53, Manila)
Chief Scout Executive James Edward West writes: "This year for the first time the Philippine Islands are represented by three Eagle Scouts of Manila." page 23.
Charter Member, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • Philip Durkee Carman
Founding President, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • Arthur Frederick Fischer (6 Feb 1888, Chicago–31 Oct 1962, San Diego, California)
Forester, Bureau of Forestry, 1911–16. Acting Director, Bureau of Forestry, 1916–17. Director, Bureau of Forestry, 1916–36. Assistant Professor of Forest Engineering, University of the Philippines, 1912–17. Professor of Tropical Forestry and Dean of the School of Forestry, University of the Philippines, 1917–36. Delegate, 4th Pacific Science Congress, Batavia and Bandoeng, Djava, Nederlands-Indië, 16–25 May 1929. Adviser on natural resources, Commonwealth of the Philippines. Introduced cinchona in the Philippines in 1924 for the production of quinine. Author of The Forester.[67] Contributor to Minor Products of Philippine Forests edited by William Henry Brown (1884-1939). Brown and Fischer authored Philippine Bamboos[68] and Philippine Mangrove Swamps.[69] Fischer would serve as President, Rotary Club of Manila, 1934–35. Reviewer of business conditions for lumbering for the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands. He would also serve as a Colonel in the US intelligence service in WW2. The shrub Eugenia fischeri / Syzygium fischeri Merr. and the Fischer's pygmy fruit bat, Haplonycteris fischeri, would be named after him. [70]
  • Frank Bassett Ingersoll
  • The Philippine territory is divided into twelve field Scouting districts.
  • The commissioner staff is expanded.
  • Organization of administrative committees is started.
  • The Five-Year Program is adopted.
  • Experiments in Sea Scouting and Cub Scouting are conducted.
  • Work on a Philippine Boy Scout handbook is started, with Honorio Pobladór as Chairman of the Editorial Board.
  • Fr. Edward James Haggerty, S.J. receives the first Silver Carabao.
  • PI Council membership: 7881 boys and men.
1932 
The National Court of Honor has recently made an award of six Gold Honor Medals to Boy Scouts for outstanding bravery in saving lives at extreme personal risk. ...
Scout William Warmsley, fifteen, a Tenderfoot Scout of Troop No. 225, Tuguegarao, Cagayan, P. I., rescued the Misses Ida Schermerhorn and Ruth Hawkins from drowning in the Cagayan River. The first named girl was trying to teach her friend to swim. Both got into deep water. Without removing his clothing, Warmsley leaped in and dragged them to safety.
  • Four sections of the Commissioner's Handbook are released.
  • The Ten-Year Program is adopted.
  • Three Boy Scouts of the PI Council are awarded the Gold Medal for saving life.
  • The BSA Shanghai District is placed under the jurisdiction of the BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  • Ninety-five percent of the year's objectives are achieved.
  • Boys' Life, Vol. XXII, No. 7, July 1932, page 50, announces the award of the Silver Buffalo on Dwight Filley Davis for active "support of Scouting in the Philippines while Governor General of the Islands", 1929–32.
  • PI Council membership: 8421 boys and men.
1933

10TH ANNIVERSARY (1923–1933) OF THE BSA PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COUNCIL.

1934
  • Arthur Frederick Fischer, Director of the Bureau of Forestry, issues Special Order No. 52, March 27, 1934, directing Forestry staff to prepare a Boy Scout forestry handbook.
  • General progress is noted in several phases of Boy Scouting.
  • The Rover scheme is introduced in the Philippine Islands Council.
  • The 10th Far Eastern Championship Games are held in Manila, 16–20 May, with Boy Scouts assisting.
  • PI Council membership: 10,691 boys and men.
1935
  • BSA Chief Scout Executive James Edward West appoints Ernest Earl Voss, Jr. (1895-1969) as the Scout Executive of the Philippine Islands Council (1935–38).
  • The first (Silver Jubilee) National Jamboree of the BSA, scheduled for 21–30 August in Washington, D.C., is cancelled due to a polio outbreak. The Philippine Islands Council contingent of 32 boys and 3 men tour the USA making presentations of Philippine culture.[72] In the BSA's Boys' Life magazine Vol. XXV, No. 11, November 1935, BSA Chief Scout Executive James Edward West, in words and photographs, reports on the tour and exhibitions by the Philippine Islands Council contingent.
  • The Five-Year Program concluded.
  • PI Council membership: 15,178 boys and men.
1936
1937
  • Exequiél Villacorta, Scoutmaster of the Philippine Islands Council contingent to the aborted 1935 BSA National Jamboree, goes to the USA to attend the BSA National Training School and what becomes the first BSA National Jamboree (30 June–9 July). He stays for six months, attending courses and conferences in the USA and Canada.
  • The BSA Philippine Islands Council meets on 11 October and resolves to transfer its jurisdiction, authority, and assets to the Boy Scouts of the Philippines organization.
  • The President Quezon Membership Campaign launched.
  • The National Building Fund Campaign is started.
  • The BSA's Boys' Life magazine Vol. XXVII, No. 12, December 1937, page 57, announces the separation of the Philippines from the Boy Scouts of America.[76]
  • The BSA Philippine Islands Council 545 turns over its jurisdiction for Filipino boys to the Boy Scouts of the Philippines on 31 December. (The BSA Philippine Islands Council 802 would continue to function until 1942.)

Boy Scouts of the Philippines, US Commonwealth of the Philippines

YEAR EVENTS
1938 
   Star Scout Florencio Suzara, 17, of Troop 7, Manila, Philippine Islands, rescued Paulina Gablin from burning to death following the explosion of a fireworks factory at Pasay on March 15, 1937. Three Troops of Scouts were holding a Court of Honor when they heard the blast. Before the fire brigade reached the factory, which was almost entirely surrounded by a swamp, the Scouts had arrived and helped to drag women employees from the morass. By extinguishing fires outside the building the Scouts prevented the flames from reaching another building, fifty feet distant, which contained high explosives. In the midst of the excitement Scout Suzara heard shouting and saw a woman inside the blazing building. He waded across the creek and despite the peril of a possible second explosion entered the building and carried the woman out. The Scout then collapsed from heat exhaustion and had to be taken to a hospital where he recovered.
   Maximo Flor, 14, a Second Class Scout of Troop 599, Allen Samar, Philippine Islands, rescued Adolfo Avelino, 16, from drowning at Parola Beach on March 14, 1937. Avelino was amusing himself in a banca, a native Philippine canoe, when a small boy jumped on the outrigger and overturned the craft. Avelino, who was unable to swim, sank. Scout Flor, playing on shore nearby, heard cries for help and plunged into the sea. He swam to the overturned banca and dove for the boy. He grasped Avelino by the hair, brought him to the surface, and swam with him to shore where he applied artificial respiration with success.
  • The National Building Fund Campaign is concluded.
  • Thirty-seven provincial councils are registered.
  • Field organization revised: the archipelago is grouped into 12 regions of 3 or more provinces each.
  • The first BSP Anniversary Period is celebrated from 31 October to 15 November.
  • The manufacture of local badges and insignia is started.
  • The President J.E.H. Stevenot Membership and Advancement Campaign is launched.
  • 3653 men graduate in adult training courses.
  • Work on Scouting for Filipino Boys is started.
  • National Scout Commissioner Manuél Roxas Camus, in his Welcome Remarks at the Foundation Day Campfire, 31 October, honors the Boy Scouts of America:
   Let us, this evening, pay tribute and grant recognition to those who have worked hardest in our behalf, who have unselfishly toiled in behalf of Filipino Youth.
   We would be extremely ungrateful indeed, if, after having achieved our present state of progress and achievement, we deliberately disregard what that great organization — the Boy Scouts of America — has done for us. We would be extremely ungrateful indeed, if, in this hour of recollection over the triumphs we have attained, we lose memory or omit mention of what the Boy Scouts of America has accomplished in the Philippines.
   Let us give tribute to the Boy Scouts of America, my friends — tribute to that magnificent host of noble American Scouters who compose the National Staff of the Boy Scouts of America, to Dr. James E. West, their beloved Chief Scout Executive, to Mr. Walter W. Head, their distinguished President, to the capable directors of their various divisions and services, and most important of all, to one of their best Scout Executives, Major Ernest E. Voss, who worked side by side with us, who suffered and sweat in the firing line amongst us, whose memory we will cherish forever...
  • Dr. Felix Velasco, head of San Lazaro Hospital and Chairman of the hospital's Boy Scout Troop 181, talks on KZRM (KZ Radio Manila) about the leper boys and girls at the hospital's Leprosy Department. He mentions Irving Hart[78] and that: "There are at present twenty-six Camp Fire Girls and forty-two Boy Scouts in this Leprosarium." —Philippine Scouting, Vol. I, No. 8, November 1938.
  • BSP membership: 32,513 boys and men.
1939
  • Nine lifesaving medals are conferred.
  • Summer camps are organised.
  • The first BSP National Rover Moot is held at the Fort of San Antonio Abad, Manila.
  • Many provincial rallies are held.
  • Council organization is bolstered.
  • The Manila Council and Negros Occidental Council become the first councils to employ full-time Scout Executives.
  • The national staff is reorganised into four divisions: Operations, Business, Records, and Publications.
  • The Lone Scout Bulletin is started.
  • BSP membership: 33,880 boys and men.
1940
1941
  • In the BSA's Boys' Life magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 5, May 1941, page 21, BSA Chief Scout Executive James Edward West, in his column "The Scout World," publishes a photograph of Irving Hart in uniform and Boy Scouts in uniform. The caption reads:
SCOUTS ARE BRAVE: A Philippine Island Scout Troop, whose members are patients in a Manila lepers' hospital, earned an achievement streamer which Frank Murphy, former Governor General of the Philippines, presented. Commissioner Irving Hart at left.
Major J. E. H. Stevenot, Manila, Philippines. Electrical engineer, business executive, philanthropist.  Member of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America since 1933. He was chiefly responsible for the retirement of all outstanding obligations of the Philippine Council, as chairman of its Finance Committee in 1933. Elected president in 1934, and has remained as such up to the present time. Scout Membership in the Philippines has grown to 36,201 men and boys. Secured the approval of Commonwealth Act 111 which created the Boy Scouts of the Philippines and laid the foundation for an independent, National Boy Scout Organization for the Philippines. Has co-ordinated the objectives of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines with those of the Philippine Government as they relate to the training of youth for the responsibilities of citizenship. His enthusiasm, his application and business acumen have been a large factor in bringing the Scout Movement in the Philippines to its present high state of efficiency. A dynamic leader, whose inspiration for Scouting has challenged the imagination of the Filipino people.
  • The year focuses on emergency service preparedness activities.
  • The Emergency Service Corps is organised in local councils.
  • A Field Scout Executive for Cub Scouting is hired.
  • The first National Training School is held in Baguio City.
  • Two Scout Executives’ Conferences are held.
  • In faithfulness to the ideals of Scouting, and in the absence of orders from higher authorities, Scouter McCormick and Scout Cesar Gepigon stand by their post at a first aid station in Jolo Central School, Sulu, despite warnings to evacuate. They are shot and killed by invading Japanese, 25 December.[79]
  • BSP membership: 36,201 boys and men.
1941–44
  • Scouting activities are disrupted by the war.
  • BSA and BSP records in the Philippines are damaged or lost.
1944
  • During the United States Navy's assault on Leyte on 18 October, three former Boy Scouts, Valeriano Ibañez Abello, Antero Junia, and Vicente Tistón, mobilize and take action due to the extreme danger to the civilian populations posed by the naval bombardment. Acting as sender, receiver, and paddler respectively, Abello, Junia, and Tistón establish communication with ship 467 using signalling (learned in youth as Scouts of Troop 11), identify themselves "Boy Scouts of America," push out by bangkâ (outrigger canoe), get capsised by Japanese fire, swim to the ship, and are taken aboard. They provide information pinpointing Japanese installations and diverting shelling away from populated areas of Tolosa, Leyte.[80] Their intrepid actions make good copy for war correspondents on board ship. For their heroism, Abello would be conferred the Philippine Legion of Honor, Rank of Legionnaire by Pres. Ramón Magsaysáy in 1956, a statue of Abello would be erected in Telegrafo, Tolosa, Leyte, and Signal Day would be observed annually on 18 October.
1945
  • The BSP National Council is re-established on 24 February.
  • The American Legion Magazine, Vol. 38, No. 3, March 1945, features Valeriano Abello in the article "Abello of Leyte" by Boyd Blynn Stutler.[81]
  • In the BSA's Boys' Life magazine Vol. XXXV, No. 7, July 1945, Irving Crump, in the article "Scouting Rises Again", writes about the resurgence of Scouting in France (page 16) and the Philippines (page 26), and recounts the heroic actions of Valeriano Abello and his two friends during the bombardment of Leyte by the US Navy in October 1944.
  • The Boy Scouts of the Philippines and the Girl Scouts of the Philippines hold a joint fundraising campaign.
  • BSP membership: 8128 boys and men.

Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Republic of the Philippines

YEAR EVENTS
1946

10TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–1946) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

  • The 7th Annual National Council Meeting is held in Manila.
  • Guillermo R. Padolina, Regional Scout Executive for Luzon, attends the Boy Scouts of America National Training School.
  • The 2nd National Airplane Model Contest is held.
  • National Camps are held.
  • BSP membership: 54,734 boys and men.
  • The Boy Scouts of the Philippines becomes a member of the Boy Scouts International Conference. The citation reads:
Boy Scouts International Bureau
FOUNDED 1920

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT

Boy Scouts of the Philippines

BEING the National Scout Organisation in Philippines & having complied with the international requirements as laid down by the Boy Scouts International Conference and International Committee, is hereby granted Recognition as a Member Organisation of the Boy Scouts International Conference and Registration at the Boy Scouts International Bureau, with effect from 1–10–1946

GIVEN UNDER OUR HAND & SEAL THIS Fifteenth DAY OF August NINETEEN HUNDRED & Fifty seven.

JSWilson
HONORARY PRESIDENT
Boy Scouts International Committee

Olave Baden-Powell
HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENT
Boy Scouts International Committee

Certified   D. C. Spry   DIRECTOR

BOY SCOUTS INTERNATIONAL BUREAU, 132 EBURY STREET, LONDON, S.W.1.
1947
  • The 8th Annual National Council Meeting is held on 10–11 May.
  • Sixty scholars graduate from the BSP National Training School.
  • President Roxas Food Production Campaign medals and streamers are awarded to qualified Scouts and Units.
  • Junior Leaders Training Conferences are started.
  • BSA Eagle Scout Moises P. Rulloda attends the BSA National Training School.
  • By Presidential Proclamation, the annual Boy Scout Anniversary Period (31 October–15 November) is replaced by Boy Scout Week, 31 October through 6 November. Community good turns, fellowship meetings, and rallies are held in celebration.
  • A Boy Scout Alumni Association is organised.
  • The Emergency Service Corps is reactivated.
  • The Lorillard Spencer Trophy is offered.
  • The first BSP contingent to a Boy Scouts World Jamboree, composed of 28 Scouts and 6 adults, attends the 6th World Scout Jamboree in Moisson, Yvelines, France.
  • The 3rd National Airplane Model Contest is held.
  • The Boy Scouts of America confers the Silver Buffalo on Boy Scouts of the Philippines President Manuél Roxas Camus.
  • The Boy Scouts of the Philippines confers the Silver Tamaraw on Boy Scouts of America Chief Scout Executive Elbert Kirtley Fretwell.[82]
  • BSP membership: 139,681 boys and men.
  • The BSA's Boys' Life magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, February 1947, page 50, reports:
  Not long ago we received a letter from a Philippine Boy Scout, who resides at Tacloban, Leyte, just a handful of kilometers from San Jose where American troops first landed on their return to the Islands. In our reply, we expressed our surprise, when, on that eventful October 20th day, we found a statue of a Boy Scout at the crossroads of San Jose.
  Back in those days of 1944, thousands of miles from home, many a GI was inclined to wonder just what he was fighting for. But we noticed that almost every mud-splattered, grimy GI, turned to look back at the Scout statue. We like to feel, that just as we discovered, they too realized that among other things we were fighting that boys the world over might have the privilege of growing into manhood in the firm soil of Scouting.
  In our letter to our Filipino friend, we tried to tell him what the Scout statue had meant to us and the other Yank doughfeet. The other day we received a reply, stating that his Scout Troop had solemnly promised to repair the now battle-scarred statue, that future generations may see it and remember.
  We can't think of a more reassuring thought for Scout Anniversary Week than the realization that the Scout statue at San Jose looks down once more on the carabao carts and caratellas, and serves to remind the citizens of a new nation that their Scouts are united with brother Scouts, the world over, in the ideas of the Scout Oath and Law.
1948
  • The BSP National Rover Moot is held in Baguio City, 7–11 May, attended by 269 Rovers and Scouts.
  • The 3rd National Training School is held at Camp Gre-Zar,[83] Bagbág, Novaliches on 15 May–15 June.
  • The BSP contingent of 21 Scouts and 3 Scouters, including Dr. Mariano Villarama de los Santos, attends the Pan-Pacific Jamboree in Australia, 29 December 1948–9 January 1949.
  • BSP membership: 175,057.
1949
  • The Ave Maria Cross is conferred for the first time, on Scouts Carmelo Baltazár, Antonio Benedicto, Benito C. Guzon, and Vicente Molina.
  • The BSA's Scouting magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, March 1949, features the articles "Life in the Philippines" (pages 10–11), "Philippine Den Doings" (page 12), "Philippine Pack Meeting" (page 13), and "Philippine Games" (page 14).
  • The American Legion Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 4, April 1949, page 7, features this bit titled "Making Men" in the column "The Editors' Corner":
   Boyd Stutler, who served as this magazine's Pacific War Correspondent in War Two and is now our Managing Editor, recalls the story of the Filipino, Valeranio Abello, former member of Boy Scout Troop 11, Tacloban, Leyte. Abello, with two companions, appeared on the shores of Leyte on D-Day. Using his scouting knowledge he semaphored a U. S. destroyer to permit him to direct the shelling of Jap shore installations, which he had helped construct as a slave-laborer of the Japanese. Under heavy fire from the Japs, Abello and his companions reached the destroyer in their little outrigger and spent the day putting the finger on hidden Jap guns. His scouting knowledge put him in a position to eradicate enemy fire and to prevent random shelling of towns by our naval guns.
  • The story of Valeriano Abello and his two friends, and their heroic actions during the bombardment of Leyte by the US Navy in 1944, is recounted by Hilary Aidan Saint George Saunders in Chapter IV of his famed work The Left Handshake: The Boy Scout Movement During the War, 1939–1945.[84]
  • On 18 June 1949, His Excellency Elpidio Rivera Quirino, President of the Republic of the Philippines, signs Republic Act 397, An Act Granting the Boy Scouts of the Philippines Ten Thousand Hectares of Public Agricultural Land for Additional Support and Maintenance of Said Corporation.
  • President Quirino issues a Presidential Proclamation reserving a portion of the former Sternberg General Hospital site[85] for the use of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines for its National Headquarters building.
1950 
July 20, 1950. Dear Miss Vivian Parlade, I saw this letter on the road. I picked it up and found that it must have been dropped and lost unknowingly by the owner. Since your address is on the envelop, I am respectfully returning it with the money, fifty dollars, untouched. I am a Boy Scout and I feel good that I am doing this. I am not after any reward nor compensation. That is why I am not giving you my name nor my address, only my initials. I hope you are happy.[90]
  • BSA leader and Alpha Phi Omega member Sol George Levy (1891-1976)[91] is sent to the Philippines to promote Alpha Phi Omega. Inspired by his presentation, Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) is founded by Librado Inocencio Ureta[92] of Far Eastern University, Romeo Y. Atienza, Alfredo de los Reyes, Lamberto T. Dominguez, Ralph G. Hawkins, Bonifacio Vitan Lazcano,[93] Godofredo Palencia Neric, Leonardo R. Osorio Jr., Guillermo R. Padolina, Ignacio J. Sevilla, and Max M. Velasco at Room 214, Nicanor Reyes Hall, Far Eastern University, Nicanór Reyes Avenue, Sampaloc, Manila on 2 March 1950.[94]
  • Guillermo R. Padolina, representing Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) and the Boy Scouts of the Philippines addresses the 11th National Convention of Alpha Phi Omega, Hotel Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa, USA, 28–30 December 1950.
  • From 1950 to 1975, the National Office of Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) is located at the BSP National Office, Concepcion Street, Ermita, Manila, across the street from the Manila YMCA.
  • BSP membership, 31 October: 106,444 Scouts and 18,584 Scouters.
1951
1952
1953

30TH ANNIVERSARY (1923–1953) OF THE DEFUNCT BSA PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COUNCIL.

  • The BSP delegation of three Scouts and three Scouters attends the BSA National Jamboree, Irvine Ranch, California, 17–23 July.
  • The first Wood Badge course in the Philippines is held at Camp Gre-Zar, Bagbág, Novaliches, 23–31 May, with Javiér Ponce de León as Course Leader.
  • The BSP's Philippine Scouting magazine, May–June, features the story of Valeriano Abello and his two friends and their life-risking actions on 18 October 1944 during the US naval bombardment of Leyte. The story is presented in comics style, making it appear that the three were still young boys when they paddled out to Leyte Gulf during the Battle of Leyte.
1954 
The First National Jamboree of the Philippine Boy Scouts took place in the Philippines, April 23–30, 1954. Although this was a National Jamboree, most of the countries of southeast and eastern Asia sent contingents. The Boy Scouts of America was represented by officials from the Far East Council in Tokyo and a Troop of the Boy Scouts of America living in the Philippines. Shortly before the opening of the Jamboree, the Philippine Post Office announced that it would over-print the five-centavo of the Famous Filipine stamp and the 50-centavo of the republic issue with the words "First National Jamboree, April 23–30, 1954. The 50-centavo stamp was surcharged 17-centavo.
  • The cornerstone of the BSP National Headquarters is laid on 6 November.
  • The 7th National Training School is held at Camp Gre-Zar, Bagbág, Novaliches, 15 November–14 December.
1955
  • The BSP contingent attends the 8th World Scout Jamboree, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, 18–28 August.
  • On 17–18 December, the 2nd National Convention of Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) is held at the BSP National Office, Manila.
  • On 19 December, Guillermo R. Padolina is appointed BSP National Scout Director.
  • On 30 December, the BSP National Office building, Concepcion Street, Ermita, Manila is inaugurated, with President Ramón del Fierro Magsaysáy as guest speaker.
1956

20TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–1956) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

  • The BSP contingent of 10 Scouts and 2 Scouters and the BSA contingent of 12 Explorers and 2 Scouters participate in the Far East Airlift of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • The BSP contingent of 18 Scouts and 2 Scouters and the BSA contingent of 15 Explorers and 4 Scouters participate in the BSA’s Sea Lift.
  • The BSP’s Guillermo R. Padolina is appointed by the Boy Scouts International Bureau as Traveling Commissioner for the Far East. José A. Panlilio takes his place as BSP National Director.
  • The 11th Annual Scout Executives’ Training Conference is held in Baguio City, 2–5 April.
  • The 2nd Wood Badge Course is held in Baguio, 7–15 April.
  • The first National Patrol Jamborette is held in Baguio, 18–22 April.
  • The first National Green Bar Training Conference is held in Baguio, 25–30 April.
  • The 8th National Training School is held at Camp Gre-Zar, Bagbág, Novaliches, 1–31 May.
  • The BSP delegation of 7 Scouts and 9 adults attends the 4th National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of Japan, Karuizawa, 3–9 August.
  • The BSP contingent of 14 Scouts and 11 adults attends the 3rd National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of China, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 29 October–3 November.
  • The Scout Family Christmas Rally is held 16–22 December, featuring a Cubmobile derby, bicycle race, kite flying, airplane model contest, aquatics, and literary-musical contest.
  • The first National Scouting Conference for Catholic clergy and lay leaders is held in Manila, 3–5 December.
  • Emergency service is rendered by local Scouts and Scouters during floods on Mindanáo in the last week of December.
  • BSP membership: 201,183.
1957

GOLDEN JUBILEE (1907-1957) OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT.

1958
  • Pre-Jamboree training at Local Councils accelerate hiking and camping activities which hit an all-time high this year, with 77,239 Scouts and Scouters participating.
  • The 10th National Training School is held in Baguio City, 5 May–19 June, with attendees from Ceylon and Malaysia.
  • The first Far East Scout Conference is held in Baguio City.
  • The 3rd National Convention of Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) is held at the BSP National Office, Ermita, Manila, 6–7 December.
  • In the case of Boy Scouts of the Philippines vs. Juliana V. Araos, G.R. No. L-10091, January 29, 1958, the Supreme Court of the Philippines en banc votes for affirmance of the decision rendered October 10, 1955 by the Court of Industrial Relations denying the motion by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines for reconsideration of the CIR order to reinstate Juliana V. Araos as an employee of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
  • BSP membership: 211,228.
1959
  • BSP President Jorge Bartolomé Vargas receives the Bronze Wolf.
  • The jamboree logo features a Filipino salakót.
  • The Manila firm of Charles W. Miller Sons Studio takes formal photographic portraits of a representative Scout from each of the national contingents.
  • The Tenth World Jamboree Song:
     From every clime and region, we crossed mount, vale, and sea
     We're in the Philippines now for our World Jamboree.
     Here East and West are meeting, as Heaven so decrees
     We live and work and play in true fellowship and peace.
     Mabuhay to all Scouts who are here
     Let the message of BP now resound loud, long, and clear.
     I am your brother and friend, so take my hand
     For God and Country, Mankind and Scouting
     We shall stand, forever stand.
Tenth World Jamboree Stamps. Special stamps were issued by three Asian countries to commemorate the Tenth World Jamboree which was held in the Philippines during the past summer. As announced in last month's BOYS' LIFE, the host country, the Philippines brought out an issue of five semi-postal stamps a tete-beche pair of the two lower values and a souvenir sheet. In addition, a set of three stamps was issued by Nationalist China (Formosa) to honor the jamboree from that country and a set of seven stamps was issued by Indonesia.
  • BSP membership: 220,345.
1960
  • The BSP National Executive Board appropriates Ph₱120,000 for the development of the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna into a top-class training center.
  • The 1st Cub Wood Badge Course is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 1–6 April.
  • The 6th BSP National Rover Moot is held at Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City, 18–23 April.
  • The first National Junior and Elected Leaders Training Conference is held at Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City, 24–30 April.
  • The 3rd Scout Wood Badge Course is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 25 April–3 May.
  • The 11th National Training School is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 4 May–10 June.
  • The 4th Scout Wood Badge Course is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 22–30 October.
  • The 2nd Cub Wood Badge Course is held at Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City, 28 November–3 December.
  • The 5th Scout Wood Badge Course is held in Davao, 6–14 December.
  • The 3rd Cub Wood Badge Course is held at National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 18–23 December.
  • The National Executive Board approves and adopts the Revitalized Cub Scouting Program. The new program discards the Wolf Cub, Bear Cub, and Lion Cub badges, and replaces these with the Young Usa Badge, Lauan Badge, Molave Badge, Narra Badge, and Leaping Usa Badge.
  • The contingent of 7 Scouts and 5 Scouters led by BSP International Commissioner Hermenegildo B. Reyes attends the Golden Jubilee Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 22–28 July.
  • Ralph G. Hawkins is appointed Acting National Director on 31 October by the National Executive Board after the resignation of José A. Panlilio.
  • BSP membership: 322,377.
1961

25TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–1961) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

  • The 2nd BSP National Jamboree is held in Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City, 2–8 May, with an attendance of 4087, with representatives from China, Israel, and the USA. Postage stamps are issued on 21 May to commemorate the event.
  • On 17 April, the National Executive Board approves and adopts the Revitalized Boy Scouting Program, officially launched 19 June. The new program discards the Star Scout, Life Scout, and Eagle Scout ranks, and replaces these with the Maginoo Scout and Jose Rizal Scout ranks.
  • The first Far East Training School for Scout Executives is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 14 May–12 June.
  • The 22nd Annual National Council Meeting is held at Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City, in May.
  • BSP International Commissioner Hermenegildo B. Reyes is elected member of the Boy Scouts World Committee during the 18th Boy Scouts World Conference in Lisboa, Portugal.
  • The 6th Scout Wood Badge Course is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 20–28 October.
  • The 4th Cub Wood Badge Course is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 21–26 October.
  • The 5th Cub Wood Badge Course is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 18–23 December.
  • The 7th Scout Wood Badge Course is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 18–24 December.
  • Jorge Bartolomé Vargas receives the Mount Makiling Award.
  • BSP membership: 353,282.
1962
  • BSP International Commissioner Hermenegildo B. Reyes attends the 7th World Rover Moot, Clifford Park, Victoria, Australia, 27 December 1961—7 January 1962.
  • BSP International Commissioner Hermenegildo B. Reyes attends the National Jamboree of New Zealand, 6—13 January.
  • The Revitalized Rover Scouting Program is launched on Saint George's Day, 23 April.
  • Antonio Concepción Delgado is elected to the Far East Advisory Committee during the 3rd Far East Scout Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 5–12 December.
  • Godofredo Palencia Neric is appointed National Scout Executive after the resignation of Ralph G. Hawkins.
  • The contingent of 7 Scouts and 4 Scouters led by National Scout Executive Godofredo Palencia Neric attends the Scout Jamboree in Gotemba, Nihon, 2–7 August.
  • Gilwell Camp Chief Richard Francis "John" Thurman (1911-1985) conducts Training-the-Team Course at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 28 November–20 December.
  • Presidential Proclamation moves Boy Scout Week from the week of 25 October to the week of 31 October.
  • After transition periods, the Revitalized Boy Scouting and Cub Scouting Programs go into full implementation.
  • The Eagle Scout rank becomes the Jose Rizal Scout rank.
  • BSP membership: 379,674.
1963

40TH ANNIVERSARY (1923–1963) OF THE DEFUNCT BSA PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COUNCIL.

1964
  • The first National Evangelical Conference on Scouting is held, fittingly, at Silliman University, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, 15–17 January, with some 100 delegates representing various Protestant denominations.
  • On 14 April, the City Council of Quezon City adopts Resolution No. 6692, s-64, introduced by Councilor Mison and Councilor Lapus, renaming streets in the South Triangle District after the Scouts and Scouters who perished on the way to the 11th World Jamboree.
  • The first Intermediate Course for Professional Leadership at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 4–18 May, led by World Bureau Field Commissioner Abdul Kader, is attended by 35 Scouting professionals from the National Office and 14 Local Councils.
  • The first Rover Wood Badge Course is conducted at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 9–15 June, with 27 trainees.
  • The BSP contingent attends the BSA National Jamboree, Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania, 17–23 July.
  • BSP membership: 534,179.
1965
  • Four Scouts (Rey Alvaréz of Iloilo City, Emmanuél Corpus Castór of Quezon City, and Romeo Bocaling and Agustín Olmedo of Manila Council) and one Scouter (Godofredo Palencia Neric ) attend the 7th Australian National Scout Jamboree, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 31 December 1964 – 8 January 1965.
  • The 3rd BSP National Jamboree is held at Capitol Hills Scout Camp, Cebú City, Cebú, 12–19 June, with an attendance of 4844, with representatives from China and the USA.
  • On the 108th birth anniversary of the Founder, Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell, 22 February, the BSP names Second Class Scout Reno Palongpóng of Barrio Alinsolong, Iloilo, of Troop 406, as the 500th registered Scout.
  • On 15 March, the National Executive Board approves the Three-Year Program.
  • Chief Scout Gabriel A. Daza heads the eight-man BSP delegation to the World Scout Conference on Paseo de la Reforma, Ciudad de México, Mexico, 27 September–2 October. He receives the Bronze Wolf during the Conference.
  • The 7th National Rover Moot is held 18–23 December at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, with attendance of around 250.
  • The Maharashtra State Association of the Bharat Scouts and Guides sets up a memorial tablet in memory of the Filipino Scouts and Scouters who perished on the way to the 11th World Jamboree. On 4 July, the tablet is unveiled by Lakshmi Mazumdar, National Commissioner of the Bharat Scouts and Guides. The tablet reads: "In memory of the twenty-four Boy Scouts & Scouters of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines who perished in an airplane crash over the turbulent waters of the Arabian Sea near Bombay before dawn of Sunday, July 28th 1963 on their way to the 11th Boy Scouts World Jamboree in Marathon, Greece."
  • BSP membership: 571,211.
1966

30TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–1966) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

  • Scout Ernesto M. Lim attends the first Australian National Senior Scout Venture, Perth, Western Australia, 29 December 1965 – 8 January 1966.
  • Scout Arthur A. Tuazon and BSP Vice President Antonio Concepción Delgado attend the Progress Jamboree, New Zealand, 5–13 January.
  • The first Commissioners' Wood Badge course, held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 3–7 March, is conducted by the Gilwell Camp Chief, Richard Francis Thurman / John Thurman.
  • His Excellency Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, President of the Republic of the Philippines is inducted at Malacañan Palace as Honorary President of the BSP, 28 March.
  • Scouts Edwin Z. Bravo and Rodolfo L. Nitoliama and officials Rogelio M. Aguas, Rusticó N. Navarro, Rogelio R. Vicencio, and Federico J. Zaide attend the 4th Nippon Jamboree, Okayama, Nihon, 5–9 August.
  • BSP officials Rusticó N. Navarro and Rogelio R. Vicencio attend the Freedom-From-Hunger Conference, Seoul, Dae Han Min Guk, 12–13 September.
  • BSP officials Rusticó N. Navarro, José Plaridel A. Silvestre, Fr. Jean-Marie Tchang (1922-2015), and Rogelio R. Vicencio attend the 15th Far East Training-the-Team Course, Youngminshan, Taiwan, 4–8 October.
  • BSP officials Luís Ablaza, Raymundo Alvaréz, Fidél Anacta, Gabriél A. Daza, Victór de Guia, Antonio Concepción Delgado, Josias K. Guinto, Ramón O. Nolasco, Hermenegildo B. Reyes, José Plaridel A. Silvestre, Fernando E. V. Sison, Jean-Marie Tchang, and Rogelio R. Vicencio attend the 15th Far East Scout Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 9–15 October.
  • Scouts Dewey L. Choachuy, Rubén J. Martinez, and Rodolfo P. Morelos and Scouter Maximó de Jesus attend the first Malaysian Jamboree, Penang, 4–10 December .
  • BSP membership: 585,624.
1967
  • On February 22 (birthday of Baron and Baroness Baden-Powell of Gilwell) a Special Court of Honor is held at the Far Eastern University Auditorium, Nicanór Reyes Street, Sampaloc, Manila. Awards are presented to the Scouters responsible for the study and final adoption of the Revitalized Cub Scouting Program.
  • The 3rd National Cub Scouters' Pow-Wow is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, May 23–31, attended by 199 female Scouters and 86 male Scouters from 45 Local Councils, one delegate from the Boys Scouts of America, and three participants from the Boy Scouts of China.
  • For the first time, the "Scout Ideals Award" is presented to outstanding Scouts and Scouters at a special ceremony at the San Miguel Corporation Auditorium, Makati, Rizál, on October 29 in conjunction with the celebration of Boy Scout Week.
  • The Ricardo Limso Memorial Training Camp at the BSP land grant in Asunción, Davao del Norte is inaugurated on November 24 and commissioned a National Training Center by Gabriél A. Daza (President and Chief Scout, BSP). Members of the Program and Training Committee of the National Executive Board and officials of Davao del Norte and the Municipality of Asunción act as sponsors.
  • The BSP is represented at these international events:
  • World Assembly of Youth Leadership Seminar, Baguio City, April 26–May 10. Delegate: Purita I. Pagkalinawan (Cub Scout Leader, Rizal Council & Member, National and International Training Teams.) (There are 23 delegates from 11 countries: Ceylon, West Germany, Bharat, Indonesia, Nihon, Han Guk, Nepal, Pākistān, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines.)
  • 12th World Scout Jamboree, Farragut State Park, Idaho, USA, August 1–9. Delegates: Contingent Scoutmaster Manuél A. Camará (Member, National Executive Board & President, Manila Council), Contingent Assistant Scoutmasters Mariano Alcíd (Scout Executive, Manila Council) and Juan R. Belgicá (Deputy Commissioner, Albay Council), Contingent Chaplain Fr. Jesús B. Estonilo (Member, Nueva Ecija Council), and 30 Scouts.
  • World Youth Visit Exchange Association, Nihon, August 1–30. The lone BSP delegate is Carlos de la Cruz (National Office).
  • 3rd Korea Jamboree, Seoul, Dae Han Min Guk, August 10–15. Delegates: Atty. Rogelio Aguas and Manuél del Rosario.
  • 21st World Scout Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, August 11–18. Delegates: Gabriél A. Daza (President and Chief Scout, BSP), Manuél A. Camará, Antonio Concepción Delgado, William Howard Quasha, Hermenegildo B. Reyes, José Plaridél A. Silvestre, and Fernando E. V. Sison. Observers: Juan R. Belgicá, Hector Orendain del Rosario,[102] Santiago Dumaliáng, and Dr. Clodoaldo H. Leocadio.[103] Secretary: Godofredo Palencia Neric (National Scout Executive).
  • Far East Regional Executive Commissioner Guillermo R. Padolina and International Committee Member Hermenegildo B. Reyes receive the Bronze Wolf.
  • BSP membership at year’s end is 624,983 – an increase of 39,359.
1968
  • The Presidential Humanitarian Award (Second Order) is presented to the BSP, through National Scout Executive Godofredo Palencia Neric, for the response rendered by some 2580 Scouts and Scouters after the 1968 Luzón earthquake on 2 August (1 August GMT) and consequent collapse of the Ruby Tower residential apartment building, Doroteo José and Teodora Alonso Streets, Santa Cruz South, Manila, in which some 329 people died.
  • The first BSP Management Course is conducted at the National Office, August 19–September 4.
  • The BSP is represented at these international events:
  • World Assembly of Youth Advanced Leadership Training, University of Malaysia, March 31–April 21. The lone BSP delegate is Manuél L. Sison (Program Executive, National Office).
  • "Spare No Effort" Rover Camp, near Bagor City, West Java, Indonesia, August 9–16, coinciding with the anniversary of the Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia and the Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Indonesia (Proclamation of Indonesian Independence). Delegates: Joel V. Jimenez (Scout Executive, Camarines Norte) and Gaudencio Rodriguez (Rover Scout, Isabela Council).
  • 16th Far East Training-the-Team Course, Seoul, Dae Han Min Guk, September 22–26. Delegates: José Plaridél A. Silvestre (Vice President, BSP), Hector O. del Rosario (Far Eastern University, Manila Council), Inocencio Sison Jr. (Assistant National Scout Executive, BSP), and Agustín Olmedo (Far Eastern University).
  • 2nd Far East Training Conference, Walker Hill, Seoul, Han Guk, September 27. Delegates: José Plaridél A. Silvestre (Vice President, BSP), Dominadór B. Rañeses (Board Member), Fructuoso R. Yanzón, Hector O. del Rosario,[104] Inocencio Sison Jr. (Assistant National Scout Executive, BSP), and Agustín Olmedo.[105]
  • 6th Far East Scout Conference, Walkerhill, Seoul, South Korea, September 28–October 5. Delegates: Dr. Vitaliano Bernardino (President and Chief Scout, BSP), Josias K. Guinto (Vice President & International Commissioner, BSP), Dominadór B. Rañeses (Assistant National Scout Commissioner, BSP), Inocencio Sison Jr (Assistant National Scout Executive, BSP), Agustín Olmedo (Far Eastern University, Manila Council), and Manuél K. T. Chua (Manila Council).
  • The 7th National Convention of Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) is held at Far Eastern University, Manila, 15–16 December.
  • BSP membership at year’s end is 701,423 – an increase of 76,440.
1969
  • In response to an appeal by Baroness Baden-Powell, wife of the Founder, on her birthday, the BSP initiates a campaign with the slogan "Each One Recruit One" ("Bawat Isa, Isa Pa") with President Ferdinand Marcos launching the campaign at Malacañan Palace on February 23. By year's end, 2330 have been recruited.
  • The 4th BSP National Jamboree is held in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, 10–18 May, attended by 7805, with representatives from Australia, China, Israel, Nippon, Malaysia, Pākistān, Thailand, and the USA. This is the first National Jamboree attended by handicapped Scouts and ethno-cultural minorities.
  • The National Training School is renamed the National Executive Institute. The curriculum is updated in time for a new professional course, stressing Council and District Operations Staff Management and initiating the 50-day training hours, July 7–August 25. Attendance at the first NEI 17th Session is accounted to Local Councils of Basilan City, Capiz, Pangasinán, Ilocos Norte, Cebú, Isaróg, Bulacán, Quezon City, Lanáo del Sur, San Pablo City, and China, the Boy Scouts World Bureau Far East Office, and the BSP National Office, with a total of 15 trainees.
  • The BSP is represented at these international events:
  • 7th BSA National Scout Jamboree, Farragut State Park, Idaho, July 3–12. Delegates: Contingent Scoutmaster Engr. Juanito Casimiro (Bataan), Scout José Maria Castro (Manila Council), Scout José Eduardo Chuidian Delgado (Manila Council), and Scout Theodore D. Robles (Olongapo City Council).
  • 22nd World Scout Conference, Helsinki, Suomi, August 21–28. Delegates: President & Chief Scout Vitaliano Bernardino, Past President & Chief Scout Gabriél A. Daza, Vice Presidents Fernando E. V. Sison, José Plaridél A. Silvestre, and Alfredo J. Andál, Board Members Fr. Jesús B. Estonilo and William Howard Quasha, Committee Members Virgilio Hilario, Jorge Maria Cui, Dr. Manuél Navarro, and Makiling National Scout Reservation Superintendent Rogelio R. Vicencio.
  • BSP membership at year’s end is 803,610.
1970
  • BSA International Summer Camp Staff Program, 22 June–15 August. The participating Scouters, who serve as counselors in various Scout camps in the USA, are: Scout Executive Joel V. Jimenez (Camarines Norte Council), Scout Executive Froilan Jovellanos (Catanduanes Council), Unit Leader Conrado Marasigan (Batangas Council), and Unit Leader Agustín Olmedo (Far Eastern University, Manila Council).
  • The first Asia-Pacific Scout Youth Conference and 5th Nippon Jamboree, Asagiri, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Nihon, August 3, 5, 6 and 10. The lone BSP delegate is Scout Ramón Borromeo (Manila Council).
  • 7th Far East Scout Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, October 30–November 3. Delegates: Dr. Vitaliano Bernardino (President and Chief Scout, BSP), Jorge Maria Cui (Executive Director, Golden Jubilee), Frederick Loring (President, Confesor Council), and Godofredo Palencia Neric (National Scout Executive).
  • 4th National Jamboree, Boy Scouts of China, Pine Hill, Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 9–15. Delegates: Scout William E. Brooks, Scout Manuél G. Mendoza, Scouter Augusto Tanghál, Scouter Bonifacio G. Tong (all Manila Council), Simón Ting (NECCOS), Felix de Guzmán (Olongapo City Council), and National Scout Executive Godofredo Palencia Neric (Guest of Honor of the Nippon Organizing Committee).
  • BSP membership at year’s end is 600,807, a decrease of 202,803.
1971
  • On February 19, at the Golden Jubilee Fund Campaign Kick-Off Ceremony at Malacañan Palace, President Ferdinand Marcos issues Presidential Proclamation 815 designating the years 1971, 1972, and 1973 as Golden Jubilee Years of Philippine Scouting.
  • To give out-of-school youths an experience of the fun in Scouting, the Bay Area Region conducts its first Scout Kapatiran Camp at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, June 14–20, attended by 1750 Scouts and an equal number of non-Scouts. Logistical support is extended by the Presidential Arm on Community Development, the Department of Social Welfare, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the National Manpower Commission.
  • The Senior Scouting Program, launched in 1970 to replace the Explorer Scouting Program, is approved by the National Executive Board on November 15. The Four-Phased Scouting Program is restored and revised.
  • The BSP is represented at these international events:
  • The first Asia-Pacific Full-Time Scouters Institute, Hong Kong, March 20–April 7, sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Regional Office, Boy Scouts World Bureau. Delegates: Regional Scout Executive Jovito E. Angcaco, Scout Executive Marciano Alcíd (Manila), Scout Executive Socratés C. Tañafranca (Quezon City), and Scout Executive Raymundo Heruela (Leyte Council). Ricardo L. Morelos, BSP Assistant National Scout Executive for Technical Scouting, serves on the staff of the Institute.
  • The Hong Kong Jubilee Jamboree and BSWB Asia-Pacific Public Relations Seminar, July 22–29 and 31 are attended by the lone BSP delegate, Manuél K. T. Chua (Member, Executive Board, Manila Council).
  • 13th World Scout Jamboree, Asagiri Kōgen, Fujinomiya shi, Shizuoka ken, Nihon, August 2–10. The BSP sends the second largest contingent (after the Boy Scouts of America), with 454 Scouts, 101 Troop Leaders, 29 contingent staff, 4 Scouters at Jamboree General Headquarters, and 17 accompanying Scouters / relatives, totaling 605 delegates and non-delegates.
1972
  • The first Regional Scout Executives Conference is held at Dominic Savio Hall, BSP National Office, Ermita, Manila, 11–15 January. The purpose of the conference is to make the Home Office Personnel and the Regional Scout Executives communicate and coordinate effectively with each other on BSP projects.
  • The first Advancement Workshop sponsored by Quezon Council is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 24–28 January. 71 male and female Scouters complete the course.
  • The BSP is represented at the International Sports Youth Assemblage, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Nihon, 1–13 February. Delegates: Carlos de la Cruz (Chief, Publications and Relationships Division, BSP) and archer Marcelo de Guzmán (Quezon City Council, BSP).
  • On 28 February, the National Executive Board approves the Rover Scout auxiliary program, otherwise known as the Roverette program, for young women.
  • By the initiative of Bishop Pedro Bantigue (Chairman, National Catholic Committee on Scouting), the Commissioner’s Basic Training Course for Catholic Chaplains is held at San Pablo Seminary, 19–23 June, with attendance from 28 dioceses.
  • The Korean Golden Jamboree, Chokyoung Dan, Jeonju, South Korea, 10–16 August, is attended by the lone BSP delegate, Victor Bernaldez Serrano (Scout Executive, Misamis Oriental Council).

The New Society Era: Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas

YEAR EVENTS
1972
  • The first National Trainers' Course is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 16–21 October.
  • The BSP hosts the 8th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference and ancillary events, 5–17 November, attended by 17 Scout associations, the Boy Scouts World Committee, and the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. The 123 BSP attendees are composed of delegates (members of the National Executive Board) and observers (Scouters from various Local Councils). Postage stamps are issued 13 November to commemorate the event.
  • The membership of the BSP exceeds one million (1,106,798) Scouts and Scouters due to the organization's attachment to the school system. (Scout units are based in schools. Non-school sponsors are extremely rare.)[106]
1973

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF PHILIPPINE SCOUTING (1923-1973) celebrating the establishment of the defunct Boy Scouts of America Philippine Islands Council.

  • The Golden Jubilee song Kapatirang Paglilingkod promotes Pres. Marcos's "Bagong Lipunan" / "New Society."
  • On 9–11 February, some 3000 Boy Scouts camp out and conduct a massive clean-up of the old Spanish walls of Intramuros, Manila.
  • The 24th World Scout Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa, 15–21 July is attended by the BSP delegation: Clodoaldo H. Leocadio,[107] Hector O. del Rosario,[108] Vicente O. Novales, P. S. Reyes, Vitaliano Bernardino, Porfirio V. Sison, Josias K. Guinto, William Howard Quasha, and Godofredo Palencia Neric.
  • The 8th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference is held at the Manila Hilton Hotel, 13–17 November.
  • The Mount Makiling Award is conferred on President Richard Milhous Nixon and President Ferdinand Edralín Marcos.
  • Units in Chinese schools transfer registration from the Boy Scouts of China to the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
  • Alfonso J. Aluit's book about Philippine Scouting, Bequest of Hope, is published.
  • The National Convention of Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) is cancelled due to Martial Law restrictions.
1973–74
  • The 50th anniversary (1923–1973) of the defunct BSA Philippine Islands Council is celebrated at the BSP Golden Jubilee Jamboree and 1st Asia-Pacific Regional Jamboree (the largest Philippine Scouting event since the 10th World Jamboree), held at the 10th World Jamboree site, National Scout Reservation, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Makiling, Laguna, 28 December 1973 – 4 January 1974, with the participation of 22,475. Five members of the defunct Lorillard Spencer Troop (Abdurrahman Indasan Amping, Pangilan Abtahi, Alian Mohammad, Maha Isnani, Takaki Ping, and Abubakar Atima) attend as guests of the BSP. Also gracing the occasion are Hermenegildo B. Reyes, Antonio Concepción Delgado, Vitaliano Bernardino, Carlos Peña Romulo, Gabriél A. Daza, and Nagy László.[109] Postage stamps are issued 28 December to commemorate the event. News of the event are featured everyday in the Philippines Daily Express.
1974
  • The first Fil-Am Scouts Historical Camporee is held on Corregidór Island, involving BSP units, GSP units, and BSA units in the Philippines and Japan.
  • The Boy Scouts of America confers its Silver Buffalo on William Howard Quasha.[110]
  • President Ferdinand Marcos issues Presidential Decree 460, May 17, 1974, amending Commonwealth Act 111. Whereas in the past, the President of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines also held the title of Chief Scout, Marcos changes this by appropriating the title of Chief Scout for himself. (In The Scout Association, the Scout organization founded by the Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell, and the Boy Scouts of America, the parent organization of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, no head of state has ever held the position of Chief Scout. In the Boy Scouts of America, only three persons have been named Chief Scout: Ernest Thompson Seton, James Edward West, and Elbert Kirtley Fretwell.) Section II, Section 5 of PD 460 states: "...all members of the National Executive Board shall be either by appointment or cooption, subject to ratification and confirmation by the Chief Scout, who shall be the Head of the State..."
  • The first Training Methods and Techniques Seminar is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 11–13 October.
  • The cornerstone of a new building on the BSP National Office grounds is laid, with Defense Secretary (later Defense Minister) Juan Ponce Enrile representing Pres. Marcos as guest of honor, and Far Eastern University Boy Scout troops in gala uniform forming the guard of honor — but the building would never be built.
  • Antonio Concepción Delgado receives the Mount Makiling Award.
1975 
Thousands of Boy and Girl Scouts in the Philippines are participating in Project Corn Belt. In this effort they plant corn and other staple crops on the right of way beside tracks of the Philippine National Railway. More food is produced, an income is generated for the Scout units and idle land is turned productive.
  • After a quarter of a century (1950–75), the National Office of Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) moves out of its first home in the BSP National Office.
  • The Scouts Royale Brotherhood (SRB) fraternity is founded, appropriating the word "Scouts," the three-fingered Scout sign (invented by the Founder Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell and adopted by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines and the Girl Scouts of the Philippines), and other Scouting traditions, without authorization. It would soon be reputed for alleged neophyte hazing and fraternity rivalry. "It was founded by the Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) Alpha Delta Chapter due to the tension of Fraternity War between APO and Beta Sigma."
1976

40TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–1976) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

1976 ff
  • President Ferdinand Marcos orders the restructuring and renaming of all organizations in the Philippines.
  • In compliance with Pres. Marcos's order, the name of the Scout organization is changed to "Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas" (literally meaning "Scout Brotherhood of the Philippines"). Unfortunately, its acronym KSP, spoken [keɪɛspi], is also the popular shorthand for the Tagalog putdown "kulang sa pansín."[111]
  • The four-level BSP Program (1–Cub Scouts, 2–Boy Scouts, 3–Senior Scouts, Sea Scouts, Air Scouts, 4–Rovers & Roverettes) is replaced with the two-level KSP Program (1–KAB Scouts, 2–Service Scouts and Community Scouts). "KAB Scout" is a renaming of "Cub Scout," "KAB" being an alphabetic Filipinization of "Cub" (before the letter "C" was made a component of the Filipino alphabet). Since "kab" is not a word, it is contrived as an acronym for "Kabataan Alay sa Bayan."[112] The KAB Scout program is for boys 8 to 11 years of age, while the Service Scout and Community Scout programs are for boys 11 to 17 years of age: Service Scouts in school-sponsored troops, Community Scouts with non-school sponsors such as LGUs, clubs, NGOs, companies, etc. (The Community Scout program, however, does not prosper: most, if not all, units would still be based in schools, and hardly any adult, other than school teachers, would be interested or compelled to organize Scout units).[113]
  • The Scout Oath and the Scout Law are reworded.[114]
  • The Boy Scout advancement program (Tenderfoot Scout, Second Class Scout, First Class Scout, Maginoo Scout, Jose Rizal Scout) is replaced with the Service Scout / Community Scout ranks (Membership Badge, Skill Badge, Progress Badge, Service Badge, Scout Citizen Award).
  • The Boy Scout uniform is changed: all its patches are altered; its beautiful khaki color replaced with an ugly olive green.
  • Scoutmasters' training is restructured into a five-phase program.
  • The Scout National Headquarters building, at Concepción Street, Ermita, Manila (across the street from the Manila YMCA) becomes the government's Department (later Ministry) of Public Information building.
  • A large part of the Makiling National Scout Reservation and 10th World Jamboree Site is appropriated for the construction of the National Arts Center of First Lady Imelda Marcos.
1977
1977–78
  • The 6th National Jamboree is held in three venues:
  • Tumauini, Isabela, Luzón, 27 December 1977–3 January 1978, attended by 11,680.
  • Capitol Hills Scout Camp, Cebú City, Visayas, 28 December 1977–4 January 1978, attended by 12,579.
  • Camp Mariano Marcos, Davao, Mindanáo, 29 December 1977–5 January 1978, attended by 11,340.
Delegations from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand attend.
  • Postage stamps are issued 28 December 1977 to commemorate the National Jamboree.
1978
1979
  • The Annual Corregidor Scout Camporee is held 30 April–6 May.
  • The 2nd International Trainers' Course is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 5–11 November, with Leader Trainer Amor B. Peñalosa as Course Leader.
  • Jorge Maria Cui receives the Bronze Wolf.
1982

75TH ANNIVERSARY (1907–1982) OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT.

  • Postage stamps are issued on 22 February to honor 75 years of the Scout Movement.
1983

60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEFUNCT BSA PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COUNCIL.

  • The 7th National Jamboree is held in three venues:
  • Postage stamps are issued 13 April to commemorate the National Jamboree.
1985
  • Korean War veteran and retired Philippine Army colonel Cezar Iguidez Batilo is appointed BSP Secretary General and would serve until 1989.
  • The 13th National Convention of Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) is held at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, 14–16 December.

The new Boy Scouts of the Philippines

YEAR EVENTS
1986

GOLDEN JUBILEE (1936–1986) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, reckoned from the signing of Commonwealth Act 111 by Pres. Manuél Luís Quezon on 31 October 1936, although the BSP organization started to function only on 1 January 1938.

1986 ff
  • In the aftermath of the 1986 People Power Revolution, reorganization is started, and would continue for several years, to discard the programs and systems of the Marcos-controlled KSP. The most immediate change is dropping of the name "Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas." (By itself, the name "Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas" proves to be reprehensible because its acronym "KSP" also stands for the pejorative phrase "kulang sa pansín."[115]) The Philippine Scout organization reverts to its original name "Boy Scouts of the Philippines" as stipulated in Commonwealth Act 111. In 1990, "Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas" would be dropped from membership cards and would no longer have any official or legal basis after. (Some persons, however, continue writing that "Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas" or the baseless concoction "Kapatirang Iskawt ng Pilipinas" is the Filipino name of the organization, causing confusion for Scouts and Scouters of other countries who then mistakenly think that these names are official. For example, see: "C'est pas des bandes BSA mais BSP (Boy Scouts of the Philippines) ou KSP (Kapatirang Scout Ng Pilipinas) en tagalog." in La Fraternité du Scoutisme.) Other changes would follow through the years, particularly through Republic Act 7278. In 1992, the KSP badge would be removed from membership cards, and replaced with the original BSP Scout badge. A very apparent change would come in 1994 with the dropping of the Scout Citizen Award and its replacement with the Eagle Scout rank.
1987
  • The 8th BSP National Jamboree is held in Baguio City, Iloilo City, and Zamboanga City.
  • Postage stamps are issued 28 October to commemorate the golden jubilee (50th anniversary) of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (1936–1986).
1988
  • The Australian Scout and Guide Gang Show comes to the Philippines for a series of performances at the Meralco Theater. The finale presents the entire company, in full Scout and Guide uniforms, delivering a splendid and unforgettable rendition of Bayan Ko.
  • Scouter Samuel Salter takes a number of refugee Vietnamese Scout leaders from the Philippine Refugee Processing Center (Sabang, Moróng, Bataán) on a visit to Scout offices in Metro Manila. The group gets an abrupt, withering reception from José Plaridél A. Silvestre at the World Scout Bureau Asia-Pacific Regional Office (ODC International Plaza, Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati), is very warmly received at the Office of the President, National Headquarters, Girl Scouts of the Philippines (Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila), gets no reception at the National Office of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (Concepcion Street, Ermita, Manila), and is welcomed at the Far Eastern University Scouting Unit (Sampaloc, Manila) by Scouter Roland Tiu Yu.
1989
  • Col. José Victor Hugo Banzon (PA Ret),[116] BSA Scoutmaster William Applegate, Manila Scout Executive Cris Castro, BSP/BSA Unit Leader Rodrigo B. Corpus, Refugee Teacher Lawrence Dy Ong,[117] ASM Samuel Salter, and others organize the Bataan Battlesites Commemorative Hike-Camp, attended by units of the Boy Scouts of America (International School Manila; Subic Bay Naval Base; Việt, Lao, and Hmong refugee Boy Scouts at the Preparation for American Secondary Schools, Philippine Refugee Processing Center), Boy Scouts of the Philippines (Manila; Moróng), Girl Scouts of the Philippines (Moróng, Bataan), and the Hung Vung Troops of the Hướng Ðạo Việt Nam (co-ed Việt refugee Scouts at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center, Sabang, Moróng, Bataán). Many Scouts join the hike through Bataan Death March routes, conduct cleanup of Death March monuments and markers, and receive Bataan Battlesites Commemorative Hike medals.
1991 
While the BSP may be seen to be a mixed type of entity, combining aspects of both public and private entities, we believe that considering the character of its purposes and its functions, the statutory designation of the BSP as "a public corporation" and the substantial participation of the Government in the selection of members of the National Executive Board of the BSP, the BSP, as presently constituted under its charter, is a government-controlled corporation within the meaning of Article IX. (B) (2) (1) of the Constitution.
1992
1993

70TH ANNIVERSARY (1923–1993) OF THE DEFUNCT BSA PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COUNCIL.

1993–94
  • The first ASEAN Jamboree is held at the Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling, 28 December–4 January.
1994
  • The greatest Boy Scout hero of the Philippines gives his life: On 30 January, in faithfulness to the ideals of Scouting, Aris Canoy Espinosa, Boy Scout, Troop 60, Rupagan Elementary School, Lanáo del Norte Council, aged 13, drops down on a live hand grenade, sacrificing his life to save the lives of children playing in the vicinity of the fatal explosion.
  • The KSP Scout Citizen Award is dropped, and the BSP Eagle Scout rank is re-instituted.
  • After decades of being among the most active in Scouting, Far Eastern University (birthplace of Alpha Phi Omega Philippines) closes its doors on Scouting. The last Scoutmaster, Roland Tiu Yu, a Chinese Filipino, retires after many years of service as a unit leader.[121]
1995
  • The 10th BSP National Jamboree, Lipata, Surigáo City, 10–16 July, is attended by 10,615.
1996

60TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–1996) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

  • Jose Rizal Centennial Jamboree in Dapitan City, Mindanáo, commemorating the execution of national hero José Protacio Rizál y Alonso in Manila in 1896.
  • The BSP publishes its most ambitious book project, the Diamond Jubilee Yearbook. The work disseminates a mass of historical information preserved only in personal archives and collections of old living members of the BSP. It also inaccurately declares the defunct Lorillard Spencer Troop as "The First Filipino Troop" (page 41).
1997
1998
1999
  • On 1–5 February, the first National Senior Scout Venture is held at Illan Hills, San Nicolás, Iriga City, Camarines Sur, Bicol Region, attended by 3479 Senior Scouts.
  • In April, the Boy Scouts of America confers the Silver World Award on His Excellency Joseph Estrada, President of the Republic of the Philippines.
  • On 21–25 May, the BSP Annual National Council Meeting is held at Crown Peak Gardens Hotel and Leisure Center, Subic Bay Freeport Zone. BSP National President Jejomar Binay receives the BSP's Silver Tamaraw. On 24 May, eleven Scouters are given trophies at a "Tribute to the Scoutmaster".
  • In June, 38 Scouters participate and graduate at the 25th National Training School, Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling. On 19 June, by directive of the National Training Director / National Training School Instructor Rogelio Seraspe Villa Jr., Scouter Samuel Salter conducts the first modern cooperative team challenge activities and processing at the National Training School.
  • In July, Samuel Salter drafts proposals and requirements for Scout Mountaineers, for Adventure-Based Counseling in the BSP, and for the creation of a National Outdoor Leadership Team.
  • On 26–31 July, BSP National President Jejomar Binay and BSP national officials attend the 35th World Scout Conference in Durban, South Africa.
  • On 1–10 August, one Scouter and two Regional Scout Representatives attend the Jamboree of the Scout Association of Japan.
  • On 16–21 August, the BSP conducts a Camp and Hostel Management Seminar at the Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling, with local and foreign participants.
  • On 19 August, the Commission on Audit issues Resolution 99-011, "Defining the Commission's Policy with Respect to the Audit of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines," resolving "to conduct an annual financial audit of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards" and further resolving that "the Boy Scouts of the Philippines shall be classified among the government corporations belonging to the Educational, Social, Scientific, Civic and Research Sector under the Corporate Audit Office I, to be audited, similar to the subsidiary corporations, by employing the team audit approach."
  • On 23–29 August, a Special Commissioners Training Course for DECS officials is conducted at the Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling. The participants are conferred two Wood Badge beads in November.[122]
  • On 1–5 September, the BSP hosts the 42nd Asia-Pacific Basic Management Course for Professional Scout Executives, attended by 21 participants from Bangladesh, Brug.yUl, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nihon, Pākistān, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.
  • Civil engineer Rogelio Seraspe Villa, Jr. builds the first BSP climbing wall at the BSP National Office, Manila, inaugurated 1 October.
  • National Training Director / Deputy Gilwell Camp Chief Rogelio Seraspe Villa, Jr. organizes the Scout Mountaineers, composed of BSP National Office employees.
  • On 1 October, the Balik-Scouting Program (BSP) is launched to convince Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) members to participate in Scouting – in keeping with the tradition of active involvement in Scouting by the original Alpha Phi Omega, American Scouting's national service fraternity.[123]
  • On 16–21 November, the BSP leadership conducts the 41st BSP Annual National Scout Executives' Conference (ANSEC) in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, with sightseeing in Hong Kong and the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China.
  • On 28 November–4 December, the BSP conducts the 2nd Asia-Pacific Advanced Management Course for Professional Scout Executives, Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling, with BSP Secretary General Carlos Cervantes Escudero as Course Leader.
  • The Mount Makiling Award is conferred on Felix Li Tai Ho of Singapore and Park Kun Bae of South Korea.
2000
  • By directive of the National Training Director Rogelio Seraspe Villa, Jr., adventure educator Samuel Salter conducts Outdoor Discovery Course, incorporating cooperative challenges with processing, for De La Salle University educators and counselors on the BSP National Office grounds, 19 March.
  • The BSP Annual National Council Meeting is held at Balanghai Hotel, Butuan City, Mindanáo.
  • The BSP National Rover Moot is held at Barangáy Hukay, Calatagán, Batangas, 11–14 July.
  • The July–August issue of Philippine Scouting magazine makes history: through collaboration with PSM Editor Nixon Canlapan, all articles, features, and illustrations are authored and provided not by adults but by young people, i.e., Senior Scouts and Senior Girl Scouts of Chiang Kai Shek School of Tondo, Manila, under the very able leadership of Scoutmaster Judelio L. Yap.
  • On 1–5 August, the BSP National Junior Leaders Encampment is held in Adovis, Casiguran, Sorsogón, Bicol Region.
  • The Boy Scouts of the Philippines is reputed to be the third largest Scout organization in the world, after the Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia and the Boy Scouts of America.
2001
  • One Scout (Robert William Jessup) and one Scouter (Moses Conde) represent the Philippines at the 22nd Asia-Pacific Jamboree in Australia, 3–13 January.
  • The BSP Border Jamboree in Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone, San Ramón, Zamboanga City, Mindanáo 7–12 January, is attended by 1392 Scouts and 971 Scouters.
  • Senior Scout Marvin Boni Ang Go (Chiang Kai Shek College, Manila Council) receives the first Asia-Pacific Regional Award for Outstanding Scouts.
  • On My Honor: Stories of Scouts in Action[124] is published by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
  • The Palayan City Boy Scout Camp, Nueva Ecija is renovated through the support of Gov. Tomas Noriel Joson III, with the installation of fencing, electricity, stage, Governor’s Rest House, and three cottages, and the improvement of the water supply system.
  • The 45th Annual National Council Meeting is held at Cebu Plaza Hotel, Cebú City, Cebú, 26–28 May.
  • The BSP Library and Museum at the BSP National Office is inaugurated on 21 April.
  • The Asia-Pacific Conference in India, 7–11 October, is attended by BSP officials Francisco S. Román, Salvadór D. Pangilinan, Henry Dy, Vincent H. Piccio III, and Ernesto Aspillaga, and Secretary General Carlos Cervantes Escudero.
  • Tragedy: Cesar V. Platon, Mayor of Tanauan City, Batangas since 1992 and Senior Vice President of the BSP, is assassinated 7 May.
2001–02
  • The 12th BSP National Jamboree in Palo, Leyte, 27 December 2001 – 2 January 2002, is attended by 15,603.
  • The BSP 2001 Annual Report (issued 2002) recounts: "The year 2001 will be written in the book as one of the most difficult in the 65-year history of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. ... The Department of Education... issued Memorandum Order No. 22 prohibiting the collection of fees from public school students during enrollment period. The department order caused massive confusion among school authorities, Scout leaders and the public, thus resulting in an immense drop in our Scout membership. From a total of 3,508,340 in December 2000, membership... spiraled down to 1,789,305. The figure was a stunning decrease of 1,719,035 or a 49% difference from the previous year's total. The membership drop was noted as the highest in BSP's history. ... The downfall in membership proves that the majority of our Scout units are school-based."
2002
  • The 46th Annual National Council Meeting is held at Dusit Hotel Nikko, Makati, 16–18 May.
  • The International Patrol Jamboree, on the tourist island of Jejudo, Dae Han Min Guk, 24–29 July, is attended by BSP officers Mariano Blanco III, William de la Paz Chavez, Sofronio Doloritos Hontanosas, José Rizál Cuba Pangilinan, Augusto P. Reál, and Armando Tecson, and by Scout Metodio Maraguinot.
2003

80TH ANNIVERSARY (1923–2003) OF THE DEFUNCT BSA PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COUNCIL.

  • The Southern Tagalog Regional Jamborette in Sitio Abuyod, Barangáy Dalig, Teresa,Rizál, January to February, features a climbing wall built by civil engineer Rogelio Seraspe Villa, Jr.
  • On 25 August–1 September, the National Senior Scout Venture is held in Sorsogón, Bicol Region, attended by 5497 participants and 500 staff and guests.
  • On 14–21 October, the BSP National Rover Moot is held in Palo, Leyte, attended by 1715 Rovers and 300 staff and guests.
2004
  • The BSP Annual National Council Meeting is held at Waterfront Hotel, Lahug, Cebú City, Cebú, 25–27 May.
  • A 3-day Basic Training Course (BTC) for 25 BSP National Office employees is held at the Cub Wood Badge area, Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling. The course is also attended by five employees of the Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) Balik-Scouting Program, and by Ronald McDonald, McDonald's Restaurant's clown mascot who is hence regarded as a Scout leader. The Course Leader is Deputy Gilwell Camp Chief Rogelio Seraspe Villa, Jr. The Senior Patrol Leader is Regional Director William de la Paz Chavez. Other course staff include: Florencio Basalong Atinyao, Ernesto Baluyot, George Galang, and Lito Lualhatì. At the closing of the course, in accord with tradition, Scoutmaster Christopher Ragudo, the only unit leader among the participants, is elected the training troop's permanent Senior Patrol Leader.
  • The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, and the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, with their reputations for honesty, are tapped to assist the Department of Education in monitoring the National Textbook Delivery Program.
2004–05
  • The 13th BSP National Jamboree is held at the Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling, 27 December 2004 – 3 January 2005.
2005
2006

70TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–2006) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

  • A BIMP-EAGA Jamboree is held in Davao City, 26 May–2 June.
  • The 3rd National Scout Venture is held at Capitol Hills Scout Camp, Cebú City, Cebú, 22–28 October.
  • Like many other Scout organizations around the world, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines decides to become co-educational to make its programs available to all youth, with a consequent name change to "Scouts Philippines." The name change requires legislation because the organization's charter is a law enacted by the former National Assembly. The request for name change is killed in the committee in Congress due to vehement opposition from the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. The BSP, nevertheless, starts accepting girls officially in the Senior Scout program (after years of authorised and unauthorised participation by girls, Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts, and young women in BSP activities).
  • As in 2004, the NAMFREL, the BSP, and the GSP, with their reputations for honesty, are tapped to assist the Department of Education in monitoring the National Textbook Delivery Program.
2007

CENTENNIAL (1907-2007) OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT.

  • BSP national officials and national officers attend the 21st / Centennial World Scout Jamboree in England.
  • The 14th BSP National Jamboree is held at the Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling, 21–27 October.
2008
  • By arrangements with the BSP leadership, a business organization constructs condominium buildings on the BSP National Office grounds.
  • The first full treatment of the topic of modern "Processing" (traditionally, not conducted in Scouting), describing its nature, rationale, mechanics, and conduct,[125] is published in the Crew Leader's Training Course manual.
2009
  • The 4th National Venture Camp is held in Mambajáo, Camiguín.
  • The Eagle Scout Association of the Philippines changes its name to Eagle Scouts Organization of the Philippines.
  • A reunion for participants of the 10th World Jamboree in Makiling is held on 28–29 December on the occasion of the Jamboree's 50th anniversary (1959–2009).
2009–10
  • The 26th Asia-Pacific Jamboree is held at the 10th World Jamboree site, Philippine Scouting Center for the Asia-Pacific Region, Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, 28 December 2009 – 3 January 2010.
2010
  • The Boy Scouts of America organization and the Scout movement in the Philippines are both 100 years old.
  • The 7th BSP National Rover Moot is held in Maasin, Southern Leyte, 22–28 October.
  • Scout leaders from the country of Việt Nam attend a training course at the Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling.
2011

75TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–2011) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

  • The 15th BSP National Jamboree is held at the Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling, 26–31 May.
  • In the case of Boy Scouts of the Philippines versus Commission on Audit, G.R. No. 177131, June 7, 2011, the Supreme Court of the Philippines en banc decides that
Since the BSP, under its amended charter, continues to be a public corporation or a government instrumentality, we come to the inevitable conclusion that it is subject to the exercise by the COA of its audit jurisdiction in the manner consistent with the provisions of the BSP Charter.
and renders the BSP petition for reconsideration as "DISMISSED".[126][127]
  • The 1st BSP Mindanao Scouts Jamboree is held at the Provincial Complex, Dao, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, 23–27 November.
  • Scout leaders from the country of Việt Nam attend a training course at the Philippine Scouting Center, Makiling.
  • Hazing Prevention Philippines includes Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) in a list of persons who have died allegedly of hazing conducted by different fraternities. Incomplete List of Fraternity Hazing Deaths
2012
  • The 5th National Venture Camp is held at Camp Malagos, Davao City.
  • The BSP publishes Good Morning!, a yearbook celebrating the 75th anniversary (1936–2011) of the organization.
  • The Commission on Audit starts examining BSP financial operation and transactions. The audits foster efficiency, standardization, rationalization, and elimination of irregularities.
  • The Boy Scouts of the Philippines Annual Audit Report for CY 2012 Executive Summary states:
The BSP is a government controlled corporation by virtue of the Supreme Court Decision dated June 7, 2011.  The decision became final and executory on March 14, 2012 when the Supreme Court denied with finality the motion for reconsideration filed by the BSP.
2013

90TH ANNIVERSARY (1923–2013) OF THE DEFUNCT BSA PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COUNCIL.

  • Four Rovers of Chiang Kai Shek College (Bea Danica Glory, Mariel Rae Kho Fangre, Oliver John Christian Liu, and Dann Julius Tan) attend the Indonesia Scout Peace Camp, Cibubur National Camp, 25–31 March.
  • BSP National Executive Board Members, led by BSP Vice President Wendel E. Avisado, and BSP National Office employees, led by BSP Secretary General José Rizál Cuba Pangilinan, attend the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Environment Education in Scouting (Fo Guang Shan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan), 2–6 June.
  • The International Catholic Committee on Scouting holds its 9th Asia-Pacific Conference at the BSP National Office, Manila, 21–24 October.
  • The Governance Commission of the Office of the President issues Memorandum Order 2013–42, dated 5 November 2013, "Classifying the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) and the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) as sui generis GOCCs."
  • BSP National Executive Board Members and BSP National Office employees attend the World Scout Education Congress, BP International House, Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 22–24 November.
  • The BSP 10th National Rover Moot, Kalibo, Aklán, is held 26 November–2 December with an attendance of 939.
2014
  • In January His Majesty Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, King Carl XVI of Sverige, Patron of Scouting and Honorary Chairman of the World Scout Foundation from 1977, visits destitute children in Manila, the Regional Jamborette in Makiling, and Scouts in Tacloban. He presents a check of US$100,000 from the World Scout Foundation for the Ticket to Life project, and another US$100,000 to the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. He receives the Mount Makiling Award from the BSP.
  • The 6th BSP National Scout Venture Camp is held in Lingayén, Pangasinán, 5–10 May.
  • The 2nd One Mindanao Scouts Jamboree, Energy Park, Tagum City, Metro Davao, Davao del Norte, is attended by over 3500 Scouts from 23 cities and provinces of Eastern and Western Mindanáo.
  • The 11th BSP National Rover Moot is held at the Provincial Government Center, Dao, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, 23–29 October.
  • The Lorillard Spencer Troop Centennial (1914–2014) is commemorated at a Philippine Scouting Centennial Jamboree[129] held in three venues:
2015
  • Senior Scout Jayvy R. Gamboa (Batangas City) is elected to the Young Adult Member Group (YAMG) of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee for 2015–18 during the 8th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Youth Forum.
  • Senior Scout Jayvy R. Gamboa receives the sixth Asia-Pacific Regional Award for Outstanding Scouts.
  • The BSP Annual National Council Meeting is held at Big 8 Corporate Hotel, Tagum City, Davao del Norte, 20–22 May 2015.
  • The 16th BSP National Jamboree is held in Energy Park, Apokon, Tagum City, Davao del Norte, 24–30 October.
  • The Senate of the Philippines conducts a televised probe of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in connection with transactions on the BSP National Office grounds and other matters.
  • On 1 August, China-born religious priest Rev. Fr. Jean-Marie Tchang, CICM (24 Sep 1922–26 Jul 2015), Leader Trainer and Gold Tamaraw Awardee (2000), who arrived in the Philippines in 1954, dedicated his life to the Catholic faith, Scouting, and service in the Philippines, and acquired Philippine citizenship in 1977, is laid to final rest at Maryhurst Seminary, Baguio.
  • In the case of Dandy L. Dungo and Gregorio A. Sibal, Jr. v. People of the Philippines, G.R. No. 209464, July 1, 2015, the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Second Division, renders DENIED the petition of the petitioners, "members of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity," to set aside the April 26, 2013 Decision and the October 8, 2013 Resolution of the Court of Appeals finding petitioners guilty of violation of Republic Act 8049, and renders AFFIRMED in toto the April 26, 2013 Decision and the October 8, 2013 Resolution of the Court of Appeals, in connection with the alleged hazing death of one Marlon Villanueva y Mejilla. Supreme Court records first conviction under anti-hazing law For 1st time, frat men convicted of violating Anti-Hazing Law
2016

80TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–2016) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

  • The national leadership of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines declares "Membership Growth" as the organization's "major final" goal until 2025.
  • Habitat for Humanity and the Boy Scouts of America Far East Council will build houses in Cebú as part of BSA Scout Build 2016.
2023

CENTENNIAL (1923–2023) OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 545, THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COUNCIL.

2026

90TH ANNIVERSARY (1936–2026) OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

2036

CENTENNIAL (1936–2036) OF COMMONWEALTH ACT 111, CREATING THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

2038
  • Centennial (1938–2038) of the Inauguration and start of function of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines organization.
2046
  • Centennial (1946–2046) of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines under the Republic of the Philippines.
2053
  • Centennial (1953–2053) of the first Wood Badge Course in the Philippines.
2059
  • Centennial (1959–2059) of the first World Jamboree in Asia.

Notes

  1. ↑ although the term "Boy Scouts of the Philippines" was first used by Theodore Roosevelt in 1911 and by Sir Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell in 1912.
  2. ↑ Pre-Scouting trivia: In 1899, while Col. Baden-Powell was commanding the Mafeking garrison, Giuseppe Camillo Pietro Ricchiardi (1865-1940), commander of the foreign fighters under Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy from 1895 to 1899, got bored with the progress of the Philippine-American War, abandoned the Filipinos, and joined the Boers in the South African War.
  3. ↑ Manuel Camus, co-founder of the BSA Philippine Islands Council and the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, was President of the Philippine YMCA.
  4. ↑ Although the American YMCA and the BSA would eventually part ways, due to James Edward West's high-handedness, YMCA Scout and Guide organizations would function for several decades in several European countries, such as Norge, Danmark, Sverige, and others.
  5. ↑ In 1914 William Boyce and Mary Jane Beacom (1865-1959) would visit the Philippines on their honeymoon, and Boyce's book Illustrated Philippine Islands would be published by Rand McNally.
  6. ↑ The Rhode Island Boy Scouts founded in 1911 merged with the BSA in 1917. William Boyce's Lone Scouts of America founded 1915 merged with the BSA in 1924. James West vehemently made sure that no other organization would use the word "Scout" in its name. In this West would be almost entirely successful, with one exception alone: he campaigned and failed to effect a name change against the Girl Scouts of the USA.
  7. ↑ as opposed to the Spiritual Director who takes charge of religious education
  8. ↑ The History of Volleyball in the Philippines The Volleyball Story London Olympic Media Guide Volleyball Early Development Volleyball: Striking the interest of Filipinos since 1910 The Volleyball Story Vball Trivia History of Volleyball Memorandum to Colonel Bruce Palmer Giving the Game Away
  9. ↑ On 2 January 1911 the BSA National Council is organised.
  10. ↑ The Scout Association of Japan recognizes Clarence Griffin (1873-1951) as Japan's first Scoutmaster and his 1st Yokohama Troop as Japan's first recognized Scout unit. Unfortunately, no such richly-deserved recognition is given to Elwood Stanley Brown and his three YMCA troops by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
  11. ↑ The YMCA had been started in the Philippine Islands in 1898 to serve the needs of US soldiers. In 1904 the YMCA started programs for the public.
  12. ↑ The Manila Carnival, an exposition and festival showcasing American and Philippine culture, commerce, industry, politics, military, and tourism, would last from 1908 to 1939, and would be copied by other cities and towns across the islands. The Carnival is held 5–14 February 1910 and 21 February–4 March 1911 .
  13. ↑ Despite evidence, however, many would remain fixated still on the historical error that Scouting in the Philippines started with the Lorillard Spencer Troop in 1914.
  14. ↑ The article would be reprinted in Chapter 6 of Baden-Powell's compilation Boy Scouts Beyond the Seas: "My World Tour", 1913, but with BP's date-sensitive reference to Brown excised. Boy Scouts Beyond the Seas
  15. ↑ Presidente, Asamblea Nacional de Trabajadores de Filipinas
  16. ↑ Representante por el Norte de Manila
  17. ↑ Calle El Dorado, Quiapo = Quezon Boulevard, Quiapo
  18. ↑ The Far Eastern Championship Games (1913–38) is the brainchild of Elwood Stanley Brown, also the founder of basketball, volleyball, and Boy Scouting in the Philippines. He had proposed a "Far Eastern Olympic Games" which became the Far Eastern Championship Games. Cf: Muscular Christianity and the "Western Civilizing Mission": Elwood S. Brown, the YMCA, and the Idea of the Far Eastern Championship Games in Diplomatic History, Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 2013.
  19. ↑ Scouting, Vol. I, No. 1, April 15, 1913, page 4
  20. ↑ The Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, December 5, 1913.
  21. ↑ Sherman Kiser would serve at the Battle of Bud Bagsak under Gen. John Joseph Pershing. As an artillery battalion commander in WW1, he would win decorations from the USA and France. In 1946, the US Army 14th Major Port commanded by Col. Kiser would be honored by the Borough of Southampton, England for operation of the Port of Southampton during WW2.photo Later, Col. Kiser would be honored with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his WW2 service. After retirement, he would author The American Concept of Leadership (New York: Pageant, 1954, 1955) and Americanism in Action (New York: Exposition, 1964). In 1955 Kiser would gift a copy of The American Concept of Leadership personally inscribed to US Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson (later the Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Bronze Wolf awardee). Presumably, Kiser's photographs of the Lorillard Spencer Troop (in his scrapbook) would be in the possession of his familial descendants. While yet lauded in BSP publications and releases, Kiser would never be invited for a return visit to the Philippines.
  22. ↑ The 38 charter members of the Rotary Club of Manila are composed of 35 Americans, 2 Filipinos, and 1 Chinese.
  23. ↑ Leon J. Lambert: Sergeant, 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War (Aug 1898) and Philippine-American War (Feb–Aug 1899). Owner of Lambert Sales Co. and other businesses. Philippine delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932. Honorary Vice-President, Democratic Party, 1912. Member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, Democratic Party, 1912. Member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, Democratic Party, 1924.
  24. ↑ Alfonso SyCip / Xue Fenshi (1883-1969): The one Chinese charter member. Chairman, Philippine Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, 1934–41.
  25. ↑ Edwin Emil Elser: Brother of Manila businessman Henry W. Elser.
  26. ↑ Fred N. Berry (1884-1955): Served in US Army, Spanish-American War; arrived in the Philippines in 1898. Became agent of Procter and Gamble. During WW2, Berry would be detained at Santo Tomas Internment Camp by the Japanese, while his wife Mary M. Leadbetter Berry (1885-1953) would be living with Gladys Becker Slaughter Savary (1893-1985). (Cf: Savary, Gladys, Outside the Walls, New York: Vantage, 1954. Cf: Kaminski, Theresa, Angels of the Underground, Oxford, 2015.)
  27. ↑ Gregorio Nieva: One of the two Filipino charter members, the other being Gabriel Lao.
  28. ↑ Edwin Emil Elser (21 Feb 1867, Hartford, Connecticut–17 Jul 1962): Arrived in Manila 1901 as agent of E.C. McCullough & Co. Became the leader in the Philippine insurance business, and an officer in some 20 companies and the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands. Co-Founder, Rotary Club of Manila. Member, Philippine Council of National Defense. Grand Master, Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines, 1921. Philippine alternate delegate to Republican National Convention, 1920, 1936.
  29. ↑ Edwin Emil Elser: RCM President 1922–23.
  30. ↑ Charter Member, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  31. ↑ Charter Member, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  32. ↑ Alfa Walter Beam (1878-1944): Arrived in the Philippines 1902 to join Post Office. President, Benguet Consolidated Mining Company. His daughter Eugenia Beam (1920-1945) would be born in Manila.
  33. ↑ Charter Member, BSA Philippine Islands Council.
  34. ↑ Horace B. Pond (b. 1882): Arrived in the Philippines 1902 as government stenographer. Joined Appleby Nauman, rose in the ranks, became VP of Pacific Commercial Co. Member of many organizations; a founding Director of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands.
  35. ↑ Samuel Stagg's wife Mary Boyd Stagg would found the Camp Fire Girls (sister organization of the Boy Scouts of America) in the Philippines, become the first female pastor in the Philippines, and become a Christian martyr executed by the Japanese in 1944. Cf: Webb, Mary (1920-1996), Not My Will, Pasig: Anvil, 1997. ISBN 9712705609. ISBN 978-9712705601. In 1925, the Camp Fire Girls of Manila would receive the Grace Carley Medal.
  36. ↑ Scouting for Filipino Boys gives the names of 20 men. The Diamond Jubilee Yearbook adds the name of Dee C. Chuan.
  37. ↑ Henry W. Elser (d 18 Jun 1923): Brother of Edwin Emil Elser.
  38. ↑ Carman would be detained at Santo Tomas Internment Camp where he would be a member of the music committee tasked with the daily broadcast of music by loudspeaker in the camp. He would be killed by a Japanese artillery barrage some four days after the camp's liberation.
  39. ↑ The Harvey A. Bordner papers 1902–1936 (correspondence, articles, reports, speeches, general information, photographs, clippings, diary, yearbooks, certificates, awards, memorial materials) would be preserved in the Archives of Indiana University.
  40. ↑ Their son Albert John Brazee, Jr. (1904, Philippines–1984, San Francisco, California) would become a Boy Scout and Assistant Scoutmaster, study at Ateneo de Manila and Far Eastern University, and would serve as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines in 1948. He and his wife Nancy Agnes Erwin Brazee (1901-1963) would be incarcerated at Santo Tomas Internment Camp and then Los Baños Internment Camp by the Japanese. (Cf: Henderson, Bruce, 2015, Rescue at Los Baños, New York: William Morrow, HarperCollins, p 327.) Consuelo Palma Brazee and her daughters Consuelo Brazee (1903- ), Elizabeth Brazee (1913-2002), and Florence Catherine Brazee (1920-1999), and granddaughter Consuelo Carmen Ford (1933- ), all born in the Philippines, would also be detained at Santo Tomas Internment Camp.
  41. ↑ O'Neill, Charles & Joaquín María Domínguez, Diccionario Histórico de la Compañía de Jesús, Madrid: Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 2001.
  42. ↑ His son Andrew Bruce Cresap, Jr. would be born in the Philippines.
  43. ↑ His mother Segunda Solis Katigbák (Mrs. Luz) was Rizal's first love.
  44. ↑ Manila: Philippine Education Co., 1922.
  45. ↑ "Chief is Ordered North," Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, July 2, 1930, page 13: "Col. George H. Seaver of Oakland, enforcement chief in the northern California prohibition district under Administrator William G. Walker, has been named assistant administrator... He was a member of Roosevelt's Rough Riders in Cuba and later went to the Philippines where he was chief of mounted scouts. He served for 25 years in the Philippine police and was chief of the Manila police department for 13 years before joining the prohibition bureau here. During the World War he was a colonel of Infantry and is now a reserve officer. His home is at 4669 San Sebastian Avenue, Oakland."
  46. ↑ Manila: Capitol, 1965.
  47. ↑ Cf: Taylor, Carson [founder of Manila Daily Bulletin and Member of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands] (1875-1962), History of the Philippine Press, Manila: n.p., 1927; digitised, University of Michigan, 2005.
  48. ↑ Cf: "Journalists to Hear Zeininger" in The Daily Nebraskan, Lincoln: University of Nebraska, Vol. XXVI, No. 48, November 21, 1926, front page.
  49. ↑ Cf: "Zeininger Talks to Journalists" in The Daily Nebraskan, Lincoln: U Nebraska, Vol. XXVI, No. 49, November 23, 1926, front page.
  50. ↑ Cf: "Zeininger Talks to Journalists" in The Daily Nebraskan, Lincoln: U Nebraska, Vol. XXVI, No. 50, November 24, 1926, front page.
  51. ↑ His son Charles Russell Zeininger, Jr. (14 Dec 1916–2002) was born in Manila.
  52. ↑ Before coming to the Philippines, A. S. Macfarlane was Scout Executive of Jacksonville Council in Jacksonville, Florida. At the same time, he ran the racist secret society Pathfinders of the Golden Trail. Possibly, he had been deputed to the Philippines to discourage the PGT. He would later become the first BSA Scout Executive of Puerto Rico.
  53. ↑ Philippine Education Magazine, Manila, March 1928.
  54. ↑ Cf: Henderson, Bruce, 2015, Rescue at Los Baños, New York: William Morrow, HarperCollins, p 328.
  55. ↑ Higdon & Higdon, From Carabao to Clipper, New York: Friendship, 1941.
  56. ↑ Idella Higdon would serve as supervisor of nurses at a mission hospital, the first Principal of Union High School in Manila, and secretary of a Christian literature distribution committee, and become a faculty member (1945–47) of the Kennedy School of Missions.
  57. ↑ Quartered at Camp Murphy.
  58. ↑ His wife Joshena Stone Mekeel Ingersoll would author Golden Years in the Philippines (Palo Alto: Pacific, 1971. ISBN 978-0-87015-188-0). Their son Frank Bassett Ingersoll, Jr. (1912-2003) was born in Manila.
  59. ↑ Gleeck, Lewis Edward Jr. (1912-2005), Bill Shaw: The Man and the Legend, San Juan: William J. Shaw Foundation, 1998.
  60. ↑ Zafra, Jessica, The Life and Legacy of William J. Shaw, San Juan: William J. Shaw Foundation, 2009.
  61. ↑ Hjertstedt, Virginia Lee, "History of American Baptist Missions in the Philippines", MA thesis, Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, Berkeley, California, 1952.
  62. ↑ Edith Miller Steinmetz worked in Christian education in the Philippines. She and her former pupil Victor Carreon would co-found Christian Friends for Racial Equality (CFRE) in Seattle in 1942. Cf: Steinmetz, Edith & Ethelyn Hartwich, "Twenty Years History of the Christian Friends for Racial Equality, Seattle, Washington, 1942–1962," Christian Friends for Racial Equality Records, University of Washington Library Special Collections. Cf: McClees (Phillips), Johanna, "Christian Friends for Racial Equality: a unique approach to race and religious relations in Seattle, 1942–1970," Senior thesis, University of Washington, 2000.
  63. ↑ Townsend, Primary Geography, New York: American Book, 1917.
  64. ↑ Philippine Education Magazine, Manila, March 1928.
  65. ↑ Haggerty, Guerrilla Padre in Mindanao, New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1946. Fr. Haggerty, James McNeil Crawford, and Edward Norris Wadsworth (1903-1990; BSA/LDS Boy Scout) attempted to save the Ateneo de Cagayan's 15,000 books, some rare, that were ultimately destroyed by the Japanese.
  66. ↑ Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America, 1931, page 235–238
  67. ↑ Manila: Rotary Club of Manila.
  68. ↑ Brown & Fischer, Philippine Bamboos (Bureau of Forestry Bulletin 15), Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1918.
  69. ↑ Brown & Fischer, Philippine Mangrove Swamps (Bureau of Forestry Bulletin 17), Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1918.
  70. ↑ His son Arthur Frederick Fischer, Jr. (1915-2010) would spend youth in the Philippines.
  71. ↑ Authored by Stuart P. Walsh. Copyright by the Boy Scouts of America, New York, 13 January 1931.
  72. ↑ "Philippine Fete Staged by Scouts" in The New York Times, August 30, 1935
  73. ↑ "Almost single-handed, President Stevenot worked for the gradual grant of autonomy to our Boy Scout Organization,..." — Scouting for Filipino Boys, page 11.
  74. ↑ Guingona, Teofisto, The Gallant Filipino, Manila: Anvil, 1991.
  75. ↑ Working for the South West Pacific Area Command (SWPA), Stevenot would die in a plane crash in the New Hebrides, and would be buried at La Loma Cemetery where his grave would be for the most part neglected and forgotten, unknown and unseen by most Scouts and Scouters of the Philippines. (One notable exception to this would be Scoutmaster Rodolfo Gutierrez [Wood Badge Course 1], of Florentino Torres High School, Trinity College of Quezon City, and Far Eastern University, who would take his Boy Scouts to visit the grave of the BSP Founder.)
  76. ↑ <<On and after January 1, 1938, the Philippine Islands will have its own Boy Scout organization with Exequiel Villacorta as Chief Scout Executive. He will take over the administration of Scouting throughout the islands begun by the Boy Scouts of America in 1925 which has grown to a present membership of 13,318 Scouts and 758 Cubs. After an extended tour of inspection of American Scouting activities, he presented a carved statue of a "carabao," native Philippine beast of burden, to the Chief Scout Executive "as a token of deep appreciation for what you have done for the promotion of Scouting in the Philippines.">>
  77. ↑ the same position created in the BSA by James Edward West
  78. ↑ Irving S. "Daddy" Hart (10 May 1871, Carmel, Putnam, New York–5 Sep 1954, San Lazaro Hospital, Sta. Cruz, Manila) of Gastambide, Sampaloc, Manila: Spanish-American War veteran. Arrived in the Philippines in 1899. A great humanitarian; founded the Balik-Balik Welfare Association in 1920, the Philippine Band of Mercy in 1937, and the leper Boy Scout troop. Author, The Enigmatic Dr. Jose Raizal, Manila, 1934. Buried at Manila North Cemetery.
  79. ↑ Their memory lives on in the name of the McCormick-Gepigon Sulu Council, BSP.
  80. ↑ The bombardment reportedly kills hundreds of civilians in various places, notably Dulag, Leyte.
  81. ↑ Boyd Blynn Stutler (1889-1970): Journalist, West Virginia historian, John Brown scholar. Managing Editor, The American Legion Magazine, 1936–54.
  82. ↑ "Dr. E.K. Fretwell Honored for Boy Scout Rehabilitation Work," The New York Times, June 13, 1947.
  83. ↑ later lost through neglect to squatters
  84. ↑ Saunders, The Left Handshake, London: Collins, 1949.
  85. ↑ The Battle for Manila between the Sixth United States Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy 31st Special Base Force (marines) resulted in massive devastation and carnage. The Japanese commander Rear Admiral Iwabuchi Sanji in revenge for the sinking of his ship in 1942, and in direct violation of Yamashita Tomoyuki's order to evacuate Manila, ordered his marines, known for their viciousness and ill-discipline, to fight to death and to kill all non-Japanese, resulting in the deliberate slaughter of somewhere between 100,000 and a half million men, women and children (Malay Filipinos, Chinese Filipinos, Americans, Europeans), for which Yamashita was ultimately held responsible and executed. Another estimated 200,000 Manilans died from US aerial and artillery assaults. Sternberg General Hospital, on Arroceros and Concepcion Streets in Ermita, was destroyed. After the war, the large hospital site became the location of the GSIS, the Court of Appeals, and the BSP headquarters. After years of use, the GSIS and Appeals Court would relocate elsewhere. The BSP grounds would be put to commercial use under the administration of BSP National President Jejomar Binay and occupied with condominium buildings.
  86. ↑ "Philippines to Get Model of 'Liberty': For the Boy Scouts of the Philippines" in The New York Times, March 8, 1950.
  87. ↑ "Philippine Boy Scouts Get Statue of Liberty," in Boys' Life, April 1950, page 61
  88. ↑ The replica would be erected in Intramuros near the mouth of the Pasig River, Manila. After several attacks by leftist protesters in the 1960s, the replica would be kept in a dingy, decrepit storeroom at the National Scout Reservation, Makiling, for about two decades. In 2002, the BSP Public Relations Office, headed by journalist Nixon A. Canlapan, would take the initiative of retrieving the fragile heirloom from Makiling and transferring it to the small museum at the BSP National Office, Manila.
  89. ↑ Kevin Nadál, Filipinos in New York City
  90. ↑ The story of B.H. would be forgotten for half a century until given wide publicity in 2001 in the book On My Honor: Stories of Scouts in Action, produced by the BSP Public Relations Office headed by journalist Nixon A. Canlapan.
  91. ↑ Sol George Levy
  92. ↑ Librado Inocencio Ureta (1905-1991)
  93. ↑ Physician and Scoutmaster of the ill-fated Philippine contingent which would perish on the way to the 11th World Scout Jamboree
  94. ↑ Unfortunately, Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) would soon lose association and orientation with the ideals of Alpha Phi Omega and Scouting, and become just another school fraternity reputed for alleged involvement in neophyte hazing and fraternity rivalry.
  95. ↑ later Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
  96. ↑ after Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, the 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell and Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-Cocks, the 6th Baron Somers of Evesham.
  97. ↑ Ramón Valdés Albano, Patricio Dulay Bayoran, Gabriél Nicolás Borromeo, Roberto Corpus Castór, Henry Cabrera Chuatoco, Victór Oteyza de Guia, José Antonio Chuidian Delgado, Felix Palma Fuentebella, Pedro Hermano Gandia, Antonio Mariano Limbaga, Roberto del Prado Lozano, Paulo Cabrera Madriñán, José Fermín G. Magbanuá, Romeo Rafaél Rallos, Filamér Santos Reyes, Wilfredo Mendoza Santiago, Benecio Suarez Tobias, Antonio Rios Torillo, Ascario Ampíl Tuason, Rogelio Celis Ybardolaza
  98. ↑ Dr. Bonifacio Vitan Lazcano, Librado L. S. Fernandez, Fr. José Agcaoili Martinez, Florante Lirio Ojeda
  99. ↑ P&CS Gabriél A. Daza, VP Hermenegildo B. Reyes, VP José Plaridél A. Silvestre, NSE Godofredo Palencia Neric, Vicente F. Delfín, Miguél Gatusláo, Benjamín C. Limso, Pedro I. Malonda, Loreto Vallora, and Fernando S. Vinzons.
  100. ↑ Nicasio Fernandez, Guillermo Flores, and Luís Santiago.
  101. ↑ Much of the memorial would be dismantled during the incumbency of Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, a staunch political opponent of BSP National President Jejomar Binay.
  102. ↑ Far Eastern University
  103. ↑ Schools Division Superintendent, Sorsogón.
  104. ↑ Far Eastern University
  105. ↑ Far Eastern University
  106. ↑ Many education officials undergo a truncated Wood Badge training course which does not demand a high level of physical fitness.
  107. ↑ Schools Division Superintendent, Sorsogón.
  108. ↑ Far Eastern University
  109. ↑ Nagy would later report that he had been asked to swallow a balút whole, and that it had been one of the travails of working as the Secretary General of the World Scout Bureau. Cf: Nagy László, 250 Million Scouts, Dartnell, 1985.
  110. ↑ William Howard Quasha (1912-1996): American lawyer, civic leader, and Mason in the Philippines. Born Manhattan, NY; BS mechanical engineering and master's degrees (1933, 1935), New York U; LLB, St. John's U, 1936. Joined US Army 1942; arrived in the Philippines on staff of MacArthur; lt col at age 33; received Bronze Star. 1946, founded William H. Quasha and Associates. Member of American Legion, Army and Navy Club, Elks, Jaycees, Knights of Rizal, Lions, Republicans Abroad, Toastmasters, Fulbright Committee. Licensed lay leader, Episcopal Church in the Philippines. Endeavored to create rapprochement between Masonry & Catholic Church; visited Vatican for this. Grand Master, Grand Lodge, F&AM Philippines; visited lodges around the country. Scoutmaster, Troop 1, American School, BSA Far East Council. Joined Executive Board, Manila Council, BSP, 1949; conferred Silver Tamaraw. Volunteer Chairman, President, CEO, St. Luke's, 1975–96. The hospital named its medical school St. Luke's College of Medicine William H. Quasha Memorial. In Republic of the Philippines and/or Solicitor General v. William H. Quasha, August 17, 1972, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that US citizens could not own land in the Philippines beyond July 3, 1974 – that would compel Quasha to give up his residence at Forbes Park. The "Quasha law" was overturned by Pres. Marcos. The Revised Minnesota Paper Form Board Test of Rensis Likert and William Quasha (1941, 1970, 1995) assesses spatial-visual intelligence.
  111. ↑ "kulang" means "lacking." "sa" is an all-purpose preposition that can mean "in," "on," "at," "through," "from," etc. "pansín" means "attention." Hence, the phrase "kulang sa pansín" ("deprived of attention"), or "KSP" for short, is a popular Tagalog pejorative label for a person who craves attention and acts out physically, or ruins other people's work or writing, or otherwise becomes an annoyance, in his/her effort to provoke and receive attention.
  112. ↑ Kawan Leader's Manual, Manila: Boy Scouts of the Philippines, 2001, 2007. ISBN 971-91769-9-7
  113. ↑ The Boy Scouts of America is a true community-based organization. The majority of its units are sponsored by churches and community groups. For most of the 20th century, the top sponsoring institution of BSA units was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  114. ↑ KSP Scout Oath: "On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout law, to help other people at all times, to keep myself physically sound, mentally alert, and morally upright." KSP Scout Law: "A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Considerate, Courageous, Resourceful, Industrious, Disciplined, Self-reliant, and a Brother to all Scouts."
  115. ↑ "Kulang sa pansín," literally "deprived of attention," is the state of an immature attention-seeker who is acting out or making trouble because he or she hankers to be noticed by others.
  116. ↑ 1913-1990
  117. ↑ Cf: Kaisa Research Division, ed, 2001, Bridge Builder in Our Midst, Manila: Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, 2001, ISBN 971-8857-23-0. Cf: Sūryadinata, Leo, ed, Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2012.
  118. ↑ Brian Anino, Errol Cadavero, Adonis Estomo, Bryan Función, Ryan Lee, Jan Marfe Mahinay, Darwin Herbas, Luís Labiál, Cleto Ray Palanca, Chacie Petalco, Cris Polgarinas, Wilmar Quijote, Edemár Sajór
  119. ↑ but would be torn down in 2008 to give way for the construction of condominium buildings.
  120. ↑ Langkay Leader's Manual, Manila: Boy Scouts of the Philippines. ISBN 971-91769-6-2
  121. ↑ The Far Eastern University Scouting Unit (FEUSU) had been composed of large groups called "neighborhoods" or "balangay" of about ten troops each, each troop consisting of around forty to fifty boys. These neighborhoods included: Dagohoy (led by Ricardo Dy & Tom Labios), Datu Puti (led by Alfredo Ong & Pablo Olmedo), Lakan Dula, Datu Lapu-Lapu, Datu Sikatuna (led by Sonny Orque & Pablito Brión), Raja Soliman (led by Rolly Quintero & Robert Tiu Yu), and Datu Sumakwel (led by Rodolfo Gutierrez), plus the Drum and Bugle Corps (led by motorcycle policeman Mos Panaguiton) and the Cub Scouts (led by Godofredo V. Quemuel & Angél T. Ramos). Roland Yu was the founder (1973) and Neighborhood Leader of Magat Salamat Neighborhood.
  122. ↑ Education and government officials may be exempted from requisites, such as training and training studies, for conferment of the 2, 3, or 4 Wood Badge beads.
  123. ↑ Unlike the original Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) and its members in general (except for its 11 founders) have not actively involved themselves with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. Over the years, Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines), and its offshoot Scouts Royale Brotherhood (SRB), would be reputed for alleged involvement in neophyte hazing and fraternity rivalry, not Scouting. APO Philippines would be especially known for its famous "Oblation Run," a media event, where members, wearing face masks, run or walk naked in public.
  124. ↑ edited by Samuel Salter
  125. ↑ authored by Scouter Samuel Salter
  126. ↑ This is the first time that many employees learn that the BSP had been declared a government corporation.
  127. ↑ In the USA, the granting of a Congressional charter does not include congressional oversight. Hence, the Supreme Court of the United States would NOT conclude that the BSA's Congressional charter makes the Boy Scouts of America a government-owned corporation, although the BSA makes a report to Congress annually (unlike the BSP which reports to itself). In Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000), the US Supreme Court would rule that the BSA is a private organization and could make its own rules.
  128. ↑ brigadier general
  129. ↑ Due to the lack of correct information in the Philippines, Scouting is usually mistaken to have started in the country in 1914 with the Lorillard Spencer Troop, although other troops of Filipino boys had been organised before then, notably those by Elwood Stanley Brown and by Mark Thompson, Antonio Torres, Domingo Ponce, and Francisco Varona.
  130. ↑ David Scott reports that he has copies of the certificates and letters sent to medal recipients in the Philippine Islands Council.

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