05 October, 1923
TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines, was formally established as a branch of the Boy Scout of America (BSA). Lt. Kiser got the idea of putting up a boy scout in the Philippines upon the suggestion of American charity worker Caroline Spencer of whom he was initially assigned to escort in Sulu. Realizing the benefits that Scouting was bringing to the boys, Assemblyman Tomas Confesor of Iloilo sponsored a bill in the National Assembly providing for the establishment of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines to replace the Boy Scout of America.
The bill was signed into law as Commonwealth Act No. 111 by President Manuel L. Quezon on October 31, 1936, thus marking the month of October as Scouting Month. Hence, it was formally established on January 1, 1938, and recognized on October 1, 1946, by the Boy Scouts World Bureau.
(Ref: Philippine News Agency)
