<P> Boyce returned to the United States and with Edward S. Stewart and Stanley D. Willis he incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on February 8 , 1910 and applied for a congressional charter . The bill was tied up with a charter for the Rockefeller Foundation and Boyce withdrew it after many delays . Around this time , William Randolph Hearst , a rival newspaperman , formed the American Boy Scouts ( ABS ) , a group that lasted through 1918 . Between business and travel , Boyce did not spend much time on the new organization . Edgar M. Robinson , a senior administrator of the YMCA in New York City , learned of the new Boy Scout program and traveled to Chicago where he agreed to help Boyce organize the Boy Scouts as a national organization . Boyce pledged $1000 a month for a year to support the program -- but reports indicate only three or four payments were actually made . Robinson returned to New York to begin the search for members . After a series of meetings in early 1910 , the Woodcraft Indians led by Ernest Thompson Seton , the Boy Scouts of the United States headed by Colonel Peter Bomus and the National Scouts of America headed by Colonel William Verbeck were absorbed into the BSA . The National Highway Patrol Association Scouts headed by Colonel E.S. Cornell and the Boy Pioneers ( formerly known as the Sons of Daniel Boone ) headed by Daniel Carter Beard were folded . The BSA National Office opened in the 28th Street YMCA in New York City on June 1 , 1910 . The first managing secretary ( the precursor to the Chief Scout Executive ) was John Alexander , a YMCA administrator from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . By autumn BSA had 2,500 leader applications from 44 states and 150,900 youth inquiries . </P>
<P> Boyce returned to the United States and with Edward S. Stewart and Stanley D. Willis he incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on February 8 , 1910 and applied for a congressional charter . The bill was tied up with a charter for the Rockefeller Foundation and Boyce withdrew it after many delays . Around this time , William Randolph Hearst , a rival newspaperman , formed the American Boy Scouts ( ABS ) , a group that lasted through 1918 . Between business and travel , Boyce did not spend much time on the new organization . Edgar M. Robinson , a senior administrator of the YMCA in New York City , learned of the new Boy Scout program and traveled to Chicago where he agreed to help Boyce organize the Boy Scouts as a national organization . Boyce pledged $1000 a month for a year to support the program -- but reports indicate only three or four payments were actually made . Robinson returned to New York to begin the search for members . After a series of meetings in early 1910 , the Woodcraft Indians led by Ernest Thompson Seton , the Boy Scouts of the United States headed by Colonel Peter Bomus and the National Scouts of America headed by Colonel William Verbeck were absorbed into the BSA . The National Highway Patrol Association Scouts headed by Colonel E.S. Cornell and the Boy Pioneers ( formerly known as the Sons of Daniel Boone ) headed by Daniel Carter Beard were folded . The BSA National Office opened in the 28th Street YMCA in New York City on June 1 , 1910 . The first managing secretary ( the precursor to the Chief Scout Executive ) was John Alexander , a YMCA administrator from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . By autumn BSA had 2,500 leader applications from 44 states and 150,900 youth inquiries . </P>
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