The New England Boy Scouts (NEBS) was an early American

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organization that split off from the

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in 1910 and merged with the

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by 1916.

History

The

were organized in May 1910 by publisher

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. In June 1910, the ABS started organizing the Department of New England which was operational in August or September under chief department scout General William H. Oakes. In December 1910, Hearst resigned, citing mismanagement on the part of the ABS directors. The New England Division left the ABS at the same time and formed the New England Boy Scouts. NEBS member George S. Barton, of Somerville, Massachusetts, founded ''

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'' magazine in January 1911. The magazine covered the three Scouting organizations of the time: the Boy Scouts of America, the American Boy Scouts and the New England Boy Scouts. In 1912, the Boy Scouts of America purchased the magazine, making it an official BSA magazine. The NEBS merged into the BSA in 1916.

References

Non-aligned Scouting organizations in the United States Disbanded Scouting organizations Associations related to the Boy Scouts of America Youth organizations established in 1910 Organizations disestablished in 1916 1910 establishments in the United States {{scout-stub