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Handbook for Boys
by Boy Scouts of America
by Boy Scouts of America
Appendix: Index M–R
- Machinery, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - Mad Dog................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
260 - Man-Hunt Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
301 - Manners, Good................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
243 - Maple, Red................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
132 - Maps for Hiking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
145 - Mariner's Compass, The................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
52 - Marksmanship, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - Masonry, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - Material Used in Equipment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
47 - Meadow Mouse................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
199 - Measurement, Hand................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
368 - Measuring Distances................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
64 - Measuring Height of Tree................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
64 - Measuring, Suggestions for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
368 - Medical Examinations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
224 - Memorial Day—May 30th................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
341 - Menu for Camp and Hike................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
152 - Merit Badges................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
14, 23–43 - Agriculture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
24 - Angling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
24 - Archery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
24 - Architecture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
25 - Art................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
25 - Astronomy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
25 - Athletics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26 - Automobiling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26 - Aviation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26 - Bee Farming................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27 - Blacksmithing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27 - Bugling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27 - Business................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27 - Camping................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
28 - Carpentry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
28 - Chemistry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
28 - Civics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
29 - Conservation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
30 - Cooking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
30 - Craftsmanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
31 - Cycling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
31 - Dairying................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
31 - Electricity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
32 - Firemanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
32 - First Aid................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
32 - First Aid to Animals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
33 - Forestry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
33 - Gardening................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34 - Handicraft................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34 - Horsemanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34 - Interpreting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35 - Invention................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35 - Leather Working................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35 - Life Saving................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - Machinery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - Marksmanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - Masonry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - Mining................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
37 - Music................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
37 - Ornithology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
37 - Painting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
38 - Pathfinding................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
38 - Personal Health................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
39 - Photography................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
39 - Pioneering................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
39 - Plumbing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - Poultry Farming................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - Printing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - Public Health................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - Scholarship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41 - Sculpture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41 - Seamanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41 - Signalling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42 - Stalking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42 - Surveying................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42 - Swimming................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42 - Taxidermy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
43
- Mess-kits................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
364 - Mexican Cession and Purchase from Texas (1848)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
324 - Military Academy, West Point................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
343 - Militia, Naval................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
344 - Militia, State................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
308 - Mining, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
37 - Mink................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
140 - Models for Tents................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
164 - Modern Knighthood................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
240 - Mollusca, Shells and Shellfish................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
94 - Monarch Butterfly................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
102 - Moon, The................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
85 - Moose................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135 - Morgan's Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
311 - Morse Telegraph Alphabet................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
202 - Moss on North Side of Tree................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
68, 121 - Moths................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
103 - Motto, The Scout................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
12 - Mountain Goat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135 - Mountain Scouting Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
316 - Mule Deer................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
134 - Mumbly Peg Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
318 - Mushroom Poisoning, Remedy for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
124 - Mushrooms, Common................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
125 - Mushrooms, Coprinus................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
125 - Mushrooms, Delicious Morel................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
126 - Mushrooms, Fall Tests................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
122 - Mushrooms, Fungi or Toadstools................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
122 - Mushrooms, Inky Coprinus................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
125 - Mushrooms, Poisonous, How Determined................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
123 - Mushrooms, Puff Balls................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
126 - Mushrooms, Symptoms of Poisoning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
124 - Muskrat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
136 - Music, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
37 - Mussels................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
96 - Myer Code................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
204 - Myer Code, Rememberable................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
205 - National Association of Audubon Societies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
87 - National Council, The................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10 - Native Wild Animals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
133 - Naval Academy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
344 - Naval Enlistment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
343 - Navajo Feather Dance, Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
302 - Navy of United States................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
343 - Neckerchief................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
360 - Neck Grip................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
283 - Nesting Boxes for Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
91 - Nesting Season of Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
88 - New States, (1845–1861)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
333 - Norfolk Coat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
362 - North American Trees................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
127–133 - "Northwest Territory"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
335 - Nose and Throat, Care of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
229 - Nosebleed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
274 - Oak, Red................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
130 - Oak, White................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
131 - Oath, The Scout................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
14 - Observation of Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
87 - Observation Practice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
148 - Open Outing Tent................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
170 - Opossum................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
141 - Order of Business—Camp................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
153 - Oregon Territory Acquired (1846)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
324 - Organization, The Boy Scout................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10 - Original Territory (1783)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
323 - Orion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
83 - Ornithology, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
37 - Otter................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
139 - Outdoor Exercises................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
223 - Overhand Knot................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
49 - Pack, for Camping Trip................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
146 - Paddling a Canoe................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
174 - Pain................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
224 - Painting, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
38 - Panics, Prevention of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
255 - Panther................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
137 - Pathfinding Games................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
316 - Pathfinding, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
38 - Patriotism and Citizenship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
323–356 - Patrol flags................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
364 - Patrol, How to Start a................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
12 - Patrol Leader's Badge................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
44 - Patrol Signs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
19–23 - Parol Work with Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
94 - Peace................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
339 - Peace Treaty (1783)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
291–292 - Perch................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
107 - Perpetuation of Plants................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
118, 120 - Personal Health, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
39 - Photography of Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
89 - Pickerel................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
106 - Pilgrim Fathers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
238, 325 - Pine Islands Acquired (1898)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
324 - Pine, White................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
127 - Pinkster Flower................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
119 - Pioneering, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
39 - Pioneers, America................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
239 - Plant Characteristics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
120 - Plant Race Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
305 - Plants, Ferns and Grasses................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
117 - Plants of Interest to Scouts................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
120 - Plants, Uses of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
121 - Pleiades................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
84 - Plumbing, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - Poison Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
303 - Poisoning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
272 - Poisoning and Unconsciousness................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
270 - Poisoning, Blood................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
266 - Poisoning, Ivy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
274 - Poisoning, Mushroom, Remedy for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
124 - Poisoning, Mushroom, Symptoms of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
124 - Poison Ivy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
119 - Poisonous Snake Bites, Treatment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
100 - Poisonous Snakes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
100 - Pole-Star, Finding Latitude by................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
57 - Pole-Star Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
299 - Pole-Star, How to Identify the................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
82 - Politeness................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
243 - Politics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
347 - Ponchos................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
364 - Porto Rico Acquired (1898)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
324 - Position of Various Badges................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
19 - Potatoes, Roast................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
150 - Poultry Farming, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - Practical Citizenship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
353 - Precautions Against Fire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
158 - Prehistoric Plant Life................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
118 - President—Term of Office, Salary, etc.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
341 - Preventing Forest Fires................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
158 - Prevention of Accidents................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
255 - Prevention of Fires................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
255 - Prevention of Panics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
255 - Prices on Equipment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
47 - Printing, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - Prisoner's Base Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
313 - Program, Scout Camp................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
153 - Proper Carriage................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
219 - Property—Real, Personal—Relationship to Government................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
348 - Protecting the Birds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
93 - Public Domain................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
322 - Public Health, Merit Badge for................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - Puffballs, Edible................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
126 - Punk for Making Fire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
71 - Purchase from Texas (1850)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
324 - Puttees................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
364 - Quick Sight Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
298 - Rabbit, Cottontail................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
137 - Rabbit Hunt Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
300 - Rabbit, Jack or Black-tailed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
137 - Raccoon................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
141 - Ration List for Over-night Camp................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
152 - Rattlesnakes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
100 - Receiving Apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
210–211 - Red Cedar................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
128 - Red Cross First Aid Outfit................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
264, 266 - Reefing Sail................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
183 - Register of Deeds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
348 - Relay Race Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
308 - Religion of a Boy Scout................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
250 - Remedies for Camping Trip................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
146 - Rememberable Morse, or Re-Morse Aiphabet................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
203 - Reptiles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
97–101 - Requirements of Scouts................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
16–18 - Rescue from Fire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
257 - Rescue from Gas................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
260 - Rescure from Shore or Boat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
284 - Restoring Breathing—Artificial Respiration................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
286–288 - Restoring the Drowning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
286–288 - Resuscitation, Shaefer Method................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
287 - Right Angle, How to Make................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
64 - Right of Way in Sailing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
184 - Rivers, Measuring Width of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
64 - Roadside Cribbage Game................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
304 - Rocks and Pebbles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
111–117 - Rocks, Formation of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
111 - Rocks, Fossils in................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
113, 116 - Rocks, Quartz Vein................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
113 - Rocks, Startified................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
112 - Rocks, Pudding Stone................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
116 - Row Boats................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
180 - Coming alongside................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
181 - Feathering................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
180 - Going Ashore................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
181 - Keeping Ashore................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
181 - Rowing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
181 - Sculling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
181 - Steering................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
181 - The Salute................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
181 - Turning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
180
- Rubbing Sticks to Make Fire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
70 - Runaway Horses................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
260
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