The den chief position was held after he reached his star rank back in May of 2004. He had run for patrol leader but the SM said that only the youngest scouts were to be elected to positions. It didn't seem to matter that this scout was even there. The problem is that some of the adults who knew that the SM had taken the scout down into a little room in the basement of the church din't seem to think anything was wrong and even tried to console the scout after he came up crying! The committee chair has 2 scouts in the troop who have displine problems which the SM tends to overlook, so the c