Rhode Island Boy Scouts

Rhode Island Boy Scouts
Location	Rhode Island
Country	United States
Founded	August 29, 1910
Founder	Col. Charles E. Mulhearn
Membership	1200 (10/1911)
Affiliation	American Boy Scouts (1910-1911) Boy Scouts of America (1917-present)

The Rhode Island Boy Scouts (RIBS), formerly American Boy Scouts of Rhode Island , was a Scouting organization in the United States from 1910 until its merger with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1917.^[1] RIBS still exists as a trustee organization.^[2]

History

The American Boy Scouts of Rhode Island was founded by Charles E. Mulhearn on August 29, 1910 with the meeting of an executive committee. The next day, the committee requested a charter from the New England Department Headquarters of the American Boy Scouts. At a September 8, 1910 executive committee meeting, the organization selected its first officers. On March 12, 1911, the organization voted to break away from the American Boy Scouts and was renamed as the Rhode Island Boy Scouts.^[3] The State issued a state charter to the RIBS as a state institution.^[4]

In 1917 RIBS merged with the BSA with the BSA granting all members of RIBS back service.^[2]

RIBS kept its corporate identity after the merger allowing it to continue receiving bequests, funds, and properties, creating the RIBS trustee organization.^[2] The trustee organization exists today and owns much of the properties and camps operated by the Narragansett Council. This excludes Camp Cachalot which the council owns outright as a result of a merger with the former Moby Dick Council in Massachusetts.

Chief officers

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