1. J. Alexander Moreau
and
J. Adam Moreau

2. for Boys”.
In 1908, he founded
Brown Sea Island
Scout Camp-
The beginnings of
Scouting.

3. First Boy Scouts of America Emblem
By 1910, the idea
had spread to the
United States.
By 1912, the BSA
was formed as it
is today.

4. By 1929, Adam and
Alex’s grandfather,
James Adam
“Jimmie” Moreau,
achieved the Rank of
Eagle Scout.
Jimmie’s favorite
possession was his
Boy Scout Knife.
14 years later, he

5. 14 years later, as a
U.S. Marine Officer,
he brought his Boy
Scout motto,
training, and that
knife, with him to
a Pacific War
“to do duty... to my
country”.

6. Colonel Moreau later
said that being a Boy
Scout not only helped
him, as a Combat
Officer, to adapt and
thrive in a miserable
environment, but by
the effort it took to be
an Eagle Scout, he
was able to teach his
men to do the same.

7. In its first 99 years,
Boy Scouts,
in the United States alone,
has had 70 million
youth members.
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8. There are currently 6 Million active
Boy Scouts in the United States.
There are 25 Million world wide.

9. Scouts Account for:
•64% of Air Force Academy
grads
•68% of West Point grads
•70% of Annapolis grads
•72% of Rhodes Scholars
•85% of FBI Agents
•26 of the first 29 Astronauts

10. •
•85% of Student Council Presidents
•89% of Senior Class Presidents
•
•80% of class Presidents
•71% of football Captains
•
• ALL Involved in Scouts.
•

11. For every 100 boys who join:
•12 will have their FIRST contact with a
church.
•RARELY will one be brought before the
Juvenile Court System.
•18 will develop a a lifelong hobby.
•8 will enter a vocation learned in a Merit
Badge.

12. For every 100 boys who join:
•17 will become future Scout Leaders.
• 1 will use Scouting Skills to save his own life.
•1 will use Scouting skills to save the life of
another person.
•1 will enter the Clergy.

13. But, for every 100 boys who join:
• Only TWO, will do enough
to become -
EAGLE SCOUTS.