$(document).ready(function(){

     $(".scroll").click(function(event){
         //prevent the default action for the click event
         event.preventDefault();
         //get the full url - like mysitecom/index.htm#home
         var full_url = this.href;
         //split the url by # and get the anchor target name - home in mysitecom/index.htm#home
         var parts = full_url.split("#");
         var trgt = parts[1];

         //get the top offset of the target anchor
         var target_offset = $("#"+trgt).offset();
         var target_top = target_offset.top;
         //goto that anchor by setting the body scroll top to anchor top
         $('html, body').animate({scrollTop:target_top}, 500);

    });

});