The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-08-25

Great movements have silent begin.
ningsl And 80 Il Is not strangr that
the organization of ths Boy scouts In
the United States should have been
passed over with q hare mention In the
press The soeiety had It's birth IN
Washington. The latter part Of April.
and in sponsors were Col. =. J.. spen
Ger and Mr. William n. Thomson. Of
s. Louis. aud Or. cnnsanlus. ". ID.
boyoe. r. o West and G. II. stoddard,
Of chicago. and the BIN Of i~noorpora-
ton was introduced 10 the HOUSE o.
Representative BY Congressman Graf.
Of Illinois. . member OF the COMMITTEES
On Edncation.
To the superficial observer the or.
~Eanilation o. a ssmi-militnrT society
among young boys may not appear Of
great moment We have only 70 fol
lou ne effects Of tha society 10 Great
Britain 10 forsshadou ~ effects here.
The boy l. fhs same. the world over.
and be Il % b. appealed 20 IL much
he same manned on bofh sides o. the
Atlantic Il must not b. supposed that
The appeal - 10 his savage instinct. 70
The native barbarian that Il IA him
Indeed fhe Fevrrse Of this - true The
neouts arr liiiis soldiers. but they are
taught 40 many ether things besides
aoontinr that The soldier f. almost
Wholly lost IN ne embryo
The British society. ~ancording 70 .
writer 10 ghe 81 Louis Globe Democrat.
was founded b. SIR RGbert naden.poa.
eii. ghe hero o. MnfekinE who had seen
aervice IN India. AfghAnhSan and AT
the British provinces ~ Africa before
the Doer var and whose side aFperi.
snos a. = soldier vas linked with the
most sympaihefic understanding Of the
timber Of which armies are made The
ceed Tor some such equalization among
Enailsh boys was made Enthusiastically
plain 70 him ~ tho timber that pre-
=Sfed Itself ~ The outbreak of hos
ifillS In South Africa. o. rather 81
The time When he fight assumed such
proportions that volunteers nere called
for. To hia surprise and chagrln the
general discovered that the English
boy sns not fitted % iakc 40 arms n
behalf % his country. He waa a poor
eampaigner because he had not learned
20 takr care % himself. and Re vas In
eiined 70 look upon this services 70 hls
couutry a. q great and unnatural hard
nhln Gen. Baden.Poueli studied m
nrliish youth during TIE trying days
Of The afrurrla. aud when The var was
over ana ~ had been appointed 10 the
post Of inspector general 81 cavalry. he
uacd this vantage ground 70 further
study the soldier and 70 determine
What u was that bad been lacking IN
his early education. The younger boys
we're III around him. and With thf
silent plea Of their appearance and a..
titude. he formulated a scheme that
would transform Indifferent and even
vicious youngsters into the type Of men
Of which Britain might BE- proud.
Even Sir Baden.Poveli. With hia iri'
descent dream Of q great movement for
ths b.urrment Of The English boy,
hullded better than be knew. for the
work or the society has gone leagues
beyond his dream IN its splendid real
~. n il making little men. not mere
" prospective aoldierA and Y Il detel'
oplns ideals Of the highest and most
helpful Kind IN the young boys o. this
reneraflon. ideals that viii prove an
invlnclble power IN the men OF 70
morrow. All this seems e~xtravaEant %
him who has prrconcclvcd notions q
the work or the army scout. We look
upon ne scout a. the daring pioneer
IN a military engagement He mas
courage and ingenuity. but beyond mat
We have given little thought 70 his 9TH
ar CHARACTERISTICS And w need not
consider the others. for courage and
ingenuity are enough 70 start Win
The scout IL the idol Of the small Doy'
because be n brave and resourcesul
and 10 cali a boy q scout 70 70 make
him desire to be these two things
brave and resourceful.
cen. Baden.powoll knew the boy ne
turn far too we'll 10 begin with higt
ideals and practical work. He ea.h
cred together a small company o. IN
tsrcatinr listie chaps and told mem
fhaf he wanted 70 train them as scouts
That was thrilling and the younsatef'
took to I, with avidity. others cam'
and when they had been on camp
few weeks they spread the news ina
thsy had had the time Of thoir lives
and that their friends could 90 IN
same things next sumner II they wonl'
foln the order and learn the preilm
mary lessons The result was hat N
ldsa spread like an epidemic unit
there Il no part OF the British empif
that does not boast IL boy scouts
The scout badge Is not bestowed uI
al he bog has acquired . Hfsst oe'