Talk:American Boy Scouts

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1 Rename
2 U.S. Junior Military Forces
3 New York Supreme Court
4 Thanks for the rewrite!
5 US Boy Scouts

[edit] Rename

It appears that the actual name of this group was either "The American Boy Scout" or "American Boy Scout". See [1], [2], [3] and [4]. I can't figure out if "The" is properly part of the name. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 16:42, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Junior Military Forces

How long was the U.S. Junior Military Forces active? It should go in the article if known. --Jagz 08:15, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New York Supreme Court

Did the New York Supreme Court or a federal court issue the ruling? See [5], Early Actions section. --Jagz 08:08, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Rowan says New York state. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 20:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the rewrite!

Thanks for the rewrite. It was actually the Hearst group that was the paramilitary one with rifles and close order drill! GCW50 20:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes- I read this a couple of times and couldn't figure out the original sentence here, so I deleted it. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 20:18, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] US Boy Scouts

"In response to complaints from the Boy Scouts of America about the bad and erroneous publicity, the American Boy Scouts changed their name to the United States Boy Scouts around 1916 to help dispel the confusion. Unsatisfied, the Boy Scouts of America sued the group in 1917 and won." See [6]. --Jagz 21:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I think it more probable that it was a combination of the BSA and reorganizing that lead to the USBS name. None of the literature I have is quite clear on this. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 23:51, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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