Scouting Magazine

In April 1913, Scoutmasters and other Scouting "registered officials" across the United States received their first copy of Scouting, a new publication sent directly from the headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America in New York City.

The editors of the semimonthly bulletin outlined its "purpose and scope" on page one of the eight-page publication. The need for a national publication for Scout leaders was obvious. Three years after the BSA's founding in February 1910, it had become too costly for national headquarters to continue informing the growing number of registered leaders about developments by sending special bulletins and "circular letters."