The Church indicated to Dr. Luther H. Gulick, the Camp Fire Girls founder, that it would not be officially involved with them, for a number of reasons related to the need of the Stake and General Boards to administrate all activities.

The Girl Scouts of America was established in Des Moines, Iowa by Clara A. Lisetor-Lane in 1910.

[7] Juliette Gordon Low attempted in 1913 to merge the Girl Scouts of the USA with the GSA.

The GSA never grew beyond a few troops as Lisetor-Lane had limited social connections and no financial resources to grow the organization on a national level.

In addition to the Boy Scout program of Baden-Powell, the BSUS troops were to advocate for good roads, drilled in a military style and study the nation's topography.

Salvation Army founder William Booth met with Baden-Powell for discussion about a possible Salvationist Scouting program.

The Salvation Army thus began its Life Saving Scouts of the World in 1913 for boys and in 1915 a parallel organisation, Life-Saving Guards, for girls.

In 1929, a special charter was granted to the Life Saving Guards-Boys from the BSA to join the two organizations together.