"To help the Scoutmaster and to ensure that the standards of Scouting practices and Scout Advancement be upheld, organization is necessary. To have the boy meet his Requirements under conditions where he and the other boys respect them requires organization.

Institutional Organization

"The first step of Scouting organization is on an institutional basis. An institution adopts the Scout Program as a part of its scheme of work with boys, forms a Troop Committee and organizes a Scout Troop under a charter from the Boy Scouts of America. The Troop Committee has the responsibility of preserving the traditions and idealism of the Scout Movement and of the parent institution, and of stimulating the Scoutmaster and aiding him in his work.

Local Organization

"To establish the Institutional Organization, direction must be given. This work and the subsequent servicing of each Troop, is done by the Local Council

As a Scout pushes out into the wilderness his camping ability keeps pace. He learns the How of outdoor living and becomes self-reliant.

Organization, which is charged also with the responsibility of conducting Courts of Honor, for the purpose of reviewing Requirements and awarding Badges of Advancement on a high plane of effectiveness.

Regional Organization

"The Local Council, in turn, does not create itself, but operates under a charter from the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Each Local Council is developed and supervised by a Regional Organization, which stimulates it to better planning, greater achievements. Twelve Regional Organizations throughout the country-field offices, so to speak, of the National Council-perform this important function through their Regional Staffs.

National Organization

"The Regional Organization, as indicated, is a part of the National Organization, which has the authority to determine whether Councils are qualified to be chartered for service to boys through Scouting, which promotes Scouting on a National basis, develops and presents the National goals and guides its constituents toward the accomplishment of these goals.

International Organization

"And then, the Boy Scouts of America and the national organizations of all the Scout countries around the globe have consolidated themselves into an International Organization-the International Bureau -for inspiration, for service, and for the fostering of World Brotherhood in the growing generation.