Boy Scouts of America interests in the United States Virgin Islands was served in the early 20th century through National Council Direct Service. Later troops were added via the Virgin Island District in the "Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands Council". The Virgin Island District was separated from the Puerto Rico Council in 1964-65. In 1965, the new Virgin Islands Council chartered its own Order of the Arrow Lodge, Arawak Lodge 562. Rudolph Valentino (Rudy) Sille, Sr. was Scout Master of Troop 17, and later Troop 100, in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands from the 1970s to the 1990s .