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There were other scout like organizations that arose over the years in the United States.

Girl Scouts of America

Girl Scouts of America
Headquarters	Des Moines, Iowa
Founded	1910
Founder	Clara A. Lisetor-Lane
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Girl Scouts of America (GSA) was an early USA girl Scouting organization that operated starting in 1910.

History

The Girl Scouts of America was established in Des Moines, Iowa by Clara A. Lisetor-Lane. In 1911, the GSA and the Girl Guides (Spokane, Washington) planned to merge with the Camp Fire Girls to form the Girl Pioneers of America, but relationships fractured and the merger failed.

Juliette Gordon Low attempted in 1913 to merge her organization with the GSA. With the groups similarities, Low thought this would be easy, but Lisetor-Lane felt Low copycatted her organization and threatened a lawsuit. With Low's group's growth, Lisetor-Lane thought that Low used underhanded tactics to lure troops away. The GSA never grew beyond a few troops as Lisetor-Lane had limited social connection nor financial resources to grow the organization national. The GSA eventually died out.

Boy Scouts of the United States

Boy Scouts of the United States
Owner	National Highway Protective Association
Founded	5 May 1910 (1910-05-05)
Defunct	1910
Founder	E.S. Cornell Peter S. Bomus
Chief Scout	Peter S. Bomus
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Boy Scouts of the United States (BSUS) was a boys Scouting organization that operated in 1910.

Boy Scouts of the United States was formed by the National Highway Protective Association on May 5, 1910 by E.S. Cornell and Peter S. Bomus. Troops were to be operational by mid-summer 1910 on a small scale. The BSUS soon merged with the Boy Scouts of America with Bomus becoming a member of the National Council and National Scout Commissioner.

In addition to the Boy Scout program of Baden-Powell, the BSUS troops were to advocate for good roads, drilled in a military style and study the nation's topography.

LifeSaving Guards-Boys

LifeSaving Guards-Boys
Owner	Salvation Army
Founded	1913
Founder	William Booth
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The LifeSaving Guards-Boys, or the Life Saving Scouts of the World, was a boys Scouting organization that operated starting in 1910.

Salvation Army founder William Booth met with Baden-Powell for discussion about a possible Salvationist Scouting program. The Salvation Army thus began its Life Saving Scouts of the World in 1913. After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the BSA's rights to the "Scouting" service mark, several scouting organizations were forced to change their names. In 1918, the Life Saving Scouts changed its name to LifeSaving Guards-Boys which led to many Life Saving units transferring to the BSA. LifeSaving Guards leader began to press for affiliation with the BSA. In 1929, a special charter was granted to the Life Saving Guards-Boys from the BSA to join the two organizations together.

Medical Cadet Corps

Medical Cadet Corps
Owner	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Founded	1934
Defunct	1972
Founder	Everett Dick
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Medical Cadet Corps (MCC) was Seventh-day Adventist Church college age program that prepared Adventist for noncombat military services. The program had spread to the Far East, Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Lebanon.

The College Medical Corps was founded by Everett N. Dick at Union College in 1934 as a way to train males for noncombatant medic military service. The Medical Cadet Corps was founded for students of the College for Medical Evangelist in 1936 by Cyril B. Courville. In 1937, Dick present his program to other Adventist educators which led to other college adopting the program. In 1937 in Glendale, California, a new Scout-like organizations in the United_States#Pathfinders|Pathfinder]] group was founded which also added military drills from the MCC. With other Adventist colleges following suit by installing similar programs, the Fall Council of the General Conference Executive Committee in 1939 gave it official sanction and centralization under the name of Medical Cadet Corps. In various places, a Women's Cadet Corps also existed. The GC appointed Dick as the denominational program director and recommended that all Adventist colleges start a MCC program. With the end of World War II, the program ended. The Corps was reactivated in 1950 in response to the reestablishment of the draft continuing in parallel with the draft with its end in 1972 in the US. In other countries with mandatory military service or a draft, their similar program still operates.

The corps had a national annual camp held in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

References

1. ^ Miller, Susan A. (2007). Growing Girls: The Natural Origins of Girls' Organizations in America. Rutgers.
2. Lane, Joseph J., ed. (July 1911). "Now Come the Girl Scouts to Emulate the Boy Scouts". Boys' Life. 1 (5). George S. Barton & Co.: 30. ISSN 0006-8608. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
3. Chirhart, Ann Short (2007). Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times. University of Georgia Press. p. 381. Retrieved 11 January 2014. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
4. ^ (May 6, 1910). ASK MAYOR TO CLEAR STREETS OF CHILDREN; Highways Protective Association Joins the Movement to Obtain Playgrounds for Them. New York Times. Accessed on January 17, 2014.
5. Richardson, Norman Egbert (1915). The boy scout movement applied by the church. C. Scribner's sons. p. 9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
6. Sloan, Bill. "Partners in Service". Scouting (September 2001). Retrieved 2008-07-0/. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
7. ^ "Medical Cadet Corps". Library Heritage Collections. Union College. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

• Land, Gary (January 1, 2005). Historical Dictionary of Seventh-Day Adventists. Scarecrow Press. Retrieved January 23, 2014.

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2. page 81.
3. Land, Gary (January 1, 2005). Historical Dictionary of Seventh-Day Adventists. Scarecrow Press. p. 228. Retrieved January 23, 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
4. Page 215.

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