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The BSA's stated purpose at its incorporation in 1910 was "... to teach [boys] patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred values ...".<ref name="honor">{{cite book |last=Townley |first=Alvin |authorlink=Alvin Townley |url=http://www.legacyofhonor.com/|title=Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts |publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|year=2007 |isbn=0-312-36653-1 |accessdate=2008-06-22 |page= 12}}</ref>{{rp|7}} Later, in 1937, [[Chief Scout Executive|deputy Chief Scout Executive]] [[George J. Fisher]] expressed the BSA's mission, "Each generation as it comes to maturity has no more important duty than that of teaching high ideals and proper behavior to the generation which follows".<ref name=Jambo37>{{cite book|title=The National and World Jamborees in Pictures|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|location=New York|year=1937|page=131}}</ref> | The BSA's stated purpose at its incorporation in 1910 was "... to teach [boys] patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred values ...".<ref name="honor">{{cite book |last=Townley |first=Alvin |authorlink=Alvin Townley |url=http://www.legacyofhonor.com/|title=Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts |publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|year=2007 |isbn=0-312-36653-1 |accessdate=2008-06-22 |page= 12}}</ref>{{rp|7}} Later, in 1937, [[Chief Scout Executive|deputy Chief Scout Executive]] [[George J. Fisher]] expressed the BSA's mission, "Each generation as it comes to maturity has no more important duty than that of teaching high ideals and proper behavior to the generation which follows".<ref name=Jambo37>{{cite book|title=The National and World Jamborees in Pictures|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|location=New York|year=1937|page=131}}</ref> | ||
Other Scouting organizations were also started around 1910 and continued for some time. These include the [[Scouting in Rhode Island|Rhode Island Boy Scouts]] (merged 1917), | Other Scouting organizations were also started around 1910 and continued for some time. These include the [[Scouting in Rhode Island|Rhode Island Boy Scouts]] (merged 1917), the Salvation Army Life Saving Scouts (merged 1929),<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sloan|first=Bill|title=Partners in Service|journal=Scouting|issue=September 2001|url=http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0109/a-salv.html|accessdate=2008-07-0/}}</ref>, and the [[Young Men (organization)|YMMIA Scouts]] of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (merged 1913).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boyacks.com/scouting/LDS%20Scouting%20Story.htm |title=The Story of Scouting in the L.D.S. Church |work=L.D.S. Relationships, Boy Scouts of America |accessdate=2008-02-12}}</ref> | ||
Boyce created the [[Lone Scouts of America]] in 1915 and merged them into the BSA in 1924. The [[Boy Rangers of America]], an organization for younger boys, was created with help from the BSA and mainly merged in 1930.<ref name="americanadv"/> | Boyce created the [[Lone Scouts of America]] in 1915 and merged them into the BSA in 1924. The [[Boy Rangers of America]], an organization for younger boys, was created with help from the BSA and mainly merged in 1930.<ref name="americanadv"/> | ||
