Requirements February 1914 until December 1916

To become a second-class scout, a tenderfoot must pass, to the satisfaction of the recognized local scout authorities, the following tests:

1. At least one month’s service as a Tenderfoot.

2. Elementary first aid and bandaging; know the general directions for first aid for injuries; know treatment for fainting, shock, fractures, bruises, sprains, injuries in which the skin is broken, burns and scalds; demonstrate how to carry injured, and the use of the triangular and roller bandages and tourniquet.

3. Elementary signaling: Know the semaphore, or the International Morse alphabet.

4. Track half a mile in twenty-five minutes; or, if in town, describe satisfactorily the contents of one store window out of four, observed for one minute each.

5. Go a mile in twelve minutes at scout pace – about fifty steps running and fifty walking, alternately.

6. Use properly knife and hatchet.

7. Prove ability to build a fire in the open, using not more than two matches.

8. Cook a quarter of a pound of meat and two potatoes in the open without the ordinary cooking.

9. Earn and deposit at least one dollar in a public bank.

10. Know the sixteen principle points of the compass.

Requirements December 1916 until December 1917

 A tenderfoot scout may, upon passing the following tests to the satisfaction of the proper local scout authorities, be enrolled as a second-class scout. He is the entitled to wear the second class badge of the Boy Scouts of America.

1. At least one month’s service as a Tenderfoot.

2. Elementary first aid and bandaging; know the general directions for first aid for injuries; know treatment for fainting, shock, fractures, bruises, sprains, injuries in which the skin is broken, burns and scalds; demonstrate how to carry injured, and the use of the triangular and roller bandages and tourniquet.

3. Elementary signaling: Know the alphabet of the Semaphore or the General Service (International Morse) Code.

4. Track half a mile in twenty-five minutes; or, if in town, describe satisfactorily the contents of one store window out of four, observed for one minute each.

5. Go a mile in twelve minutes at scout pace – about fifty steps running and fifty walking, alternately.

6. Use properly knife and hatchet.

7. Prove ability to build a fire in the open, using not more than two matches.

8. Cook a quarter of a pound of meat and two potatoes in the open without the ordinary cooking.

9. Earn and deposit at least one dollar in a public bank.

10. Know the sixteen principle points of the compass.

Requirements December 1917 until June 1921

A tenderfoot scout may, upon passing the following tests to the satisfaction of the proper local scout authorities, be enrolled as a second-class scout. He is the entitled to wear the second class badge of the Boy Scouts of America.

1. At least one month’s service as a Tenderfoot.

2. Elementary first aid and bandaging; know the general directions for first aid for injuries; know treatment for fainting, shock, fractures, bruises, sprains, injuries in which the skin is broken, burns and scalds; demonstrate how to carry injured, and the use of the triangular and roller bandages and tourniquet.

3. Elementary signaling: Know the alphabet of the Semaphore or the General Service (International Morse) Code.

4. Track half a mile in twenty-five minutes; or, if in town, describe satisfactorily the contents of one store window out of four, observed for one minute each.

5. Go a mile in twelve minutes at scout pace – about fifty steps running and fifty walking, alternately

6. Use properly knife and hatchet.

7. Prove ability to lay and light a fire in the open, using not more than two matches.

8. Cook a quarter of a pound of meat and two potatoes in the open without the ordinary cooking.

9. Earn and deposit at least one dollar in a public bank. (Liberty Loan subscriptions and war savings certificates are acceptable)

10. Know the sixteen principle points of the compass.