Girl Guides in America, enrolling
the first patrols in Savannah, Georgia, in March, 1912.

In 1913 National Headquarters were established in Washington, D.C., and
the name changed to Girl Scouts.

In 1915 the organization was incorporated with the legal title, Girl
Scouts, Incorporated.

In 1916 National Headquarters were moved to New York and the methods and
standards of what was plainly to be a nation-wide organization became
established on a broad, practical basis.

The first National Convention was held in 1915, and each succeeding year
has shown a larger and more enthusiastic body of delegates and a public
more and more interested in this steadily growing army of girls and
young women who are learning in the happiest way to combine patriotism,
outdoor activities of every kind, skill in every branch of domestic
science and high standards of community service.

Every side of the girl's nature is brought out and developed by
enthusiastic captains, who join in the games and various forms of
training and encourage team work and fair play. For the instruction of
the captains, national camps and training schools are being established
all over the country; and the schools and churches everywhere are
co-operating eagerly with this great recreational movement, which they
realize adds something to the life of the growing girl that they have
been unable to supply.

Colleges are offering fellowships in scouting as a serious course for
would-be captains, and prominent citizens in every part of the country
are identifying themselves with local councils in an advisory and
helpful capacity. At the present writing, nearly 60,000 girls and more
than 3,000 captains represent the original little troop in
Savannah--surely a satisfying sight for our Founder and National
President, when she realizes what a healthy sprig she has transplanted
from the Mother Country!

_Aims._ While the aims of Scouting are similar to those of the schools,
the church and the home, its methods are less direct and success depends
upon the attraction which the program has for the girls. Belonging to an
organization, the uniform, such novel activities as knot-tying, hiking,
signalling and drilling, the chance for leadership, the laws to which
they voluntarily subscribe and the recognition of ability by the system
of giving badges are the distinctive elements of Scouting. They succeed
in bringing about improved health, approved standards of behavior
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