Requirements September 1944 until June 1946

1. Have at least two months service as a Second Class Scout and be able to identify the rank, length of service and position of leadership of Scouts and local Scouters by means of their Badges and Insignia.

2. Swim fifty yards. (Jump overboard, feet first into deep water slightly over the head, swim twenty-five yards, make a sharp turn about, and return to the starting point.)

3. Earn and deposit at least $2 in a public bank or other savings institution (U.S. War Savings Bonds or Stamps, also premiums paid on life insurance if earned, are accepted.), or plant, raise and market a farm crop or earn and contribute at least two dollars or the equivalent to the family budget or to welfare work in the community.

4. Send and receive a message by Semaphore, including conventional signs, thirty letters per minute, or by the General Service Code (International Morris), 16 letters per minute, including conventional signs; or send and receive a message by the Manual Alphabet for the Deaf, thirty signs per minute.

5. Make a round-trip alone (or with another scout) to a point of at least seven miles away (fourteen miles in all), going on foot or rowing boat, and write a satisfactory account of the trip and things observed.

6. (1) Tell what First is and what are its limitations. (2) Review second class first aid requirements including demonstrations. (3) Describe symptoms of various degrees of shock when to expect and how to deal with them. (4) Show what to do for heat exhaustion and sunstroke, describing difference in appearance. (5) Tell what to do for freezing. Show what to do for frost bitten foot. (6) Tell what to do for internal poising from food or drug. (7) Poison caused by poison ivy, poison sumac, or poison oak. (8) Snake bit on hand. (9) Mad dog bite. (10) Show how to apply finger pressure (digital) to control arterial bleeding of wrist, ankle, and temple. (11) Apply tourniquet on upper arm and upper leg at correct pressure points and control venous bleeding below knee. (12) Explain necessity for immediate use of finger pressure control of bleeding; its advantages over tourniquet, and danger and necessary precautions in use of tourniquet. (13) Show how to use triangular bandages as sling and (14) As directed for four of the following injuries – head, eye, hand, chest, hip, knee, foot. (in each case with dressing over wound). (15) Apply splint to broken upper arm and place properly in cravat sling. (16) Immobilize broken collar bone. (17) Use neckerchief over shoe to support sprained ankle. Demonstrate with another person. (18) Four-hand carry and blanket or coat-litter carry. (19) A two-man carry with a chair. (20) With three other persons, method of lifting and transporting through a door and through a narrow passage a man who is unconscious, the Scout himself acting as captain of the team. (21) Fireman’s drag.

7. Prepare and cook satisfactorily in the open, using camp cooking utensils, at least one of each of the following three classes of food, as may be directed: (1) Eggs and bacon, hunter’s stew, fish, fowl, or game; (2) pancakes, cornbread, biscuit, or a “twist”, baked on a stick; (3) oatmeal or other hot cooked cereal. Give an exact statement of the amount and cost of materials used and the number of persons intended to serve.

8. Read a map correctly, and draw, from field notes made on the spot and intelligible rough sketch map, including by their proper marks important buildings, roads, trolley lines, main landmarks, principal elevations, etc. Point out a compass direction without the help of the compass.

9. Use properly and ax for felling or trimming light timber; or produce an article of carpentry, cabinet-making, or metal work made by himself; or demonstrate repair of a decaying or damaged tree. Explain the method followed.

10. Judge distance, size, number, height, and weight within 25 per cent.

11. Be able to identify in the field (1a) 10 species of trees or plants, including Poison Ivy, noting such characteristic things as bark, leaves, flowers, fruit and scent; or (1b) 6 species of wild birds noting such characteristics as plumage, notes, tracks, and habits; or (1c) 6 species of native wild animals, noting characteristic form, color, call, track and habits. (2) Be able to point out the North Star, and be able to name and point out at least 3 constellations of stars.

12. Furnish satisfactory evidence that he has put into practice in his daily life the principles of the Scout Oath and Law.

13. Enlist and train a boy as a Tenderfoot for his own or any other Troop, Tribe, or Neighborhood Patrol, or as a Lone Scout; or enlist and train a boy as a Bobcat in a Cub Pack, or as a Lone Cub. OR If such enlistment is impossible because of Local conditions, train another Scout in at least three Second Class requirements involving Scout Skills.

Requirements June 1946 until June 1948

1. Have at least two months service as a Second Class Scout and be able to identify the rank, length of service and position of leadership of Scouts and local Scouters by means of their Badges and Insignia.

2. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. Swim fifty yards. During the swim, stop, make a sharp turn, level off and resume swimming.

3. Earn and deposit at least $2 in a public bank or other savings institution (U.S. War Savings Bonds or Stamps, also premiums paid on life insurance if earned, are accepted.), or plant, raise and market a farm crop or earn and contribute at least two dollars or the equivalent to the family budget or to welfare work in the community.

4. Send and receive a message by Semaphore, including conventional signs, thirty letters per minute, or by the General Service Code (International Morris), 16 letters per minute, including conventional signs; or send and receive a message by the Manual Alphabet for the Deaf, thirty signs per minute.

5. Make a round-trip alone (or with another scout) to a point of at least seven miles away (fourteen miles in all), going on foot or rowing a boat, and write a satisfactory account of the trip and things observed.

6. (1) Tell what First is and what are its limitations. (2) Review second class first aid requirements including demonstrations. (3) Describe symptoms of various degrees of shock when to expect and how to deal with them. (4) Show what to do for heat exhaustion and sunstroke, describing difference in appearance. (5) Tell what to do for freezing. Show what to do for frost bitten foot. (6) Tell what to do for internal poising from food or drug. (7) Poison caused by poison ivy, poison sumac, or poison oak. (8) Snake bit on hand. (9) Mad dog bite. (10) Show how to apply finger pressure (digital) to control arterial bleeding of wrist, ankle, and temple. (11) Apply tourniquet on upper arm and upper leg at correct pressure points and control venous bleeding below knee. (12) Explain necessity for immediate use of finger pressure control of bleeding; its advantages over tourniquet, and danger and necessary precautions in use of tourniquet. (13) Show how to use triangular bandages as sling and (14) As directed for four of the following injuries – head, eye, hand, chest, hip, knee, foot. (in each case with dressing over wound). (15) Apply splint to broken upper arm and place properly in cravat sling. (16) Immobilize broken collar bone. (17) Use neckerchief over shoe to support sprained ankle. Demonstrate with another person. (18) Four-hand carry and blanket or coat-litter carry. (19) A two-man carry with a chair. (20) With three other persons, method of lifting and transporting through a door and through a narrow passage a man who is unconscious, the Scout himself acting as captain of the team. (21) Fireman’s drag.

7. Prepare and cook satisfactorily in the open, using camp cooking utensils, at least one of each of the following three classes of food, as may be directed: (1) Eggs and bacon, hunter’s stew, fish, fowl, or game; (2) pancakes, cornbread, biscuit, or a “twist”, baked on a stick; (3) oatmeal or other hot cooked cereal. Give an exact statement of the amount and cost of materials used and the number of persons intended to serve.

8. Read a map correctly, and draw, from field notes made on the spot and intelligible rough sketch map, including by their proper marks important buildings, roads, trolley lines, main landmarks, principal elevations, etc. Point out a compass direction without the help of the compass.

9. Use properly and ax for felling or trimming light timber; or produce an article of carpentry, cabinet-making, or metal work made by himself; or demonstrate repair of a decaying or damaged tree. Explain the method followed.

10. Judge distance, size, number, height, and weight within 25 per cent.

11. Be able to identify in the field (1a) 10 species of trees or plants, including Poison Ivy, noting such characteristic things as bark, leaves, flowers, fruit and scent; or (1b) 6 species of wild birds noting such characteristics as plumage, notes, tracks, and habits; or (1c) 6 species of native wild animals, noting characteristic form, color, call, track and habits. (2) Be able to point out the North Star, and be able to name and point out at least 3 constellations of stars.

12. Furnish satisfactory evidence that he has put into practice in his daily life the principles of the Scout Oath and Law.

13. Enlist and train a boy as a Tenderfoot for his own or any other Troop, Tribe, or Neighborhood Patrol, or as a Lone Scout; or enlist and train a boy as a Bobcat in a Cub Pack, or as a Lone Cub. OR If such enlistment is impossible because of Local conditions, train another Scout in at least three Second Class requirements involving Scout Skills.

Requirements June 1948 until November 1959

To become a FIRST CLASS SCOUT, you do the following;

I. Scout Sprit

While a Second Class Scout, satisfy your Scout leaders that you do your best, in your everyday life, to live up to:

1. The Scout Oath or Promise
2. The Scout Law
3. The Scout Motto
4. The Scout Slogan
5. Scout Participation

II. Scout Participation

While a Second Class Scout, show to the satisfaction of your Scout leaders that you:

1. Work actively in Patrol and Troop meetings, outdoor activities and service projects.
2. Do your share in helping in your home, your school, your church and your community.
3. Take care of things that belong to you, the property of others, and your county’s natural resources.
4. Maintain a personal savings plan (such as regular payments into a savings account or into a savings project sponsored by your family or Troop).

III. Scoutcraft

1. Prepare for Scout Camping

1. Clothing and Equipment – Present yourself for inspection suitably clothed for the locality, season and the weather, and equipped and packed for an overnight camp.
2. Health Protection – Explain methods used in camp for care of food and drinking water, fire protection and waste disposal.
3. First Aid – Give artificial respiration for three minutes. Explain danger of taking laxative for pain in stomach. Improvise a sterile dressing. Use triangular bandage for arm sling and as binder for wounds on head, hand, knee and foot. Demonstrate first aid for one problem from each of the following groups (problems to be chosen by your leader after you have trained for all of them):

Arterial bleeding from face, throat, arm, leg.
Shock, heat exhaustion, sunstroke, frostbite, internal poisoning.
Puncture wounds from splinter, nail, fishhook, dog bite, poisonous snake bite.
Fracture of collarbone, upper arm, forearm, lower leg.

Explain under what circumstances a person should or should not be moved. Improvise a stretcher and, with helpers, under your direction, transport a presumably unconscious person.

2. GET THE LAY OF THE LAND

1. Directions – Lay out on the ground a true north-south line with the help of a watch and the sun by day and the North Star by night, and a magnetic north-side line using a compass.
2. Measuring – With simple means and using your own personal measurements, determine a height you cannot reach (such as a tree) and a width you cannot walk (such as a river or a canyon).
3. Map Sketching – Select a site suitable for a Patrol camp and make a map sketch for laying it out. Make a map sketch by which someone unfamiliar with your camp location can find his way to it over a distance of at least two miles.

3. LIVE IN CAMP

1. Camp Making – Sharpen an axe and use it for cutting light wood into tent pegs. Locate a tent site and pitch a tent, fastening the guy line with a taut-line hitch. Prepare a comfortable ground bed. Improvise a piece of camp equipment requiring lashings.
2. Wood Lore – Find and identify ten different shrubs or trees Tell their uses.

4. COOK YOUR MEALS

1. Camp Cookery – Prepare in the open, for yourself and a companion from raw ingredients, a complete breakfast of fruit, hot cereal and bacon-and-eggs (or griddle cakes); and a complete dinner of meat (or fish or poultry), vegetable, dessert, and bread (or biscuits, or a twist baked on a stick).
2. Edible Wild Plants – Find and identify four different edible wild greens, roots, or fruits.

5. Go Swimming

Swimming – Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. Jump feet first into water over your head in depth. Swim fifty yards. During the swim, stop, make a sharp turn, level off and resume swimming.

6. Get a Signal Through

Morse Signaling – Morse Signaling – Know the International Morse Code, including necessary procedure signals. Using this code, send and receive, by any suitable means, a message of 20 words (100 letters) over a distance of at least 100 yards.

7. Go Camping

The First Class Camp – After you have done the above, prove yourself a Scout Camper by camping, properly clothed and equipped, on a suitable camp site for not less than twenty-four hours with your Patrol (or, if this is impossible, with at least one companion approved by your Scoutmaster). During this camp, cook at least one hot meal, sleeping in tent or improvised shelter or under the stars, keeping camp clean and safe, and leaving campsite in good condition.