The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-12-29
BADEN POWELL TO
VISIT HONOLULU.
Hero Of Maieklnp VIII See Boy
Scouts Of Hawaii on
March Next

Lieutenant General Sir Robert 8. =.
8aden.Powell, founder Of the British
Boy Scouts and the originator Of the
Boy Scout movement, which has gone
around the world, will be in Honolulu
next March, by which time the local
scout organizers hope TO have veil
trained band Of the Boy Scouts Of Ha-
wan to greet the hero Of Mafeking.
Scoutmastor Wilder, who saw mach
Of Baden Powell in England during his
recent visit there and who returned to
Honolulu determined to work here for
the advancement of scoutcraft, is writ.
ing to the British general extending
him an official invitation from the
local scouts, while Mr.. Wilder also ex-
poets that the federal and territorial
officials and the army and navy Off
GERS here will also take official cog
nizance of the arrival in Hawaii Of the
famous Britisher,
WIN Tour America.
Baden-Powell is coming to America
to attend the second annual gathering
of the leaders of the Boy Scouts Of
America in New York on February
for a conference and soon afterward,
accompanied by James T.. West, chief
scout executive of the Boy Scouts Of
America, will begin tour to review
hundreds of thousands of scouts
through the country. He win do several
important things. He will confer with
the leaders giving them the benefit Of
his years of experience in handling
boys; he will address parents telling
them the aims Of the scout movement
and what it can accomplish; he will
talk to the boys face to face and watch
their drills.
A Scout Gathering.
In connection with Baden-Powell' g
visit, the second annual meeting of the
national council Of the Boy Scouts will
be held February and 10. The mem.
bers of the national council win gather
for a discussion of the future plans Of
there will be meetings of scout com.
missioner, representing The different
local councils and also of scout masters
who have direct charge Of the boys.
On February 9 there will be banquet
and reception to Baden-Powell. On
Saturday, February 10, more than 5000
Boy Scouts will gather in New York TO
give demonstration of scout activities
in the presence of General Baden.
Powell and the leaders Of the scout
movement. On the same evening the
General will give an illustrated lecture
on "Scouting in Peace and War. I"
Ernest Thomson Seton, chief scout,
and Daniel Carter Beard, national
scout commissioner, will take an i'm.
portant part in the conference and the
exhibitions in New York.
At the end of the session in New
York General Baden-Powell and Chief
Scout Executive West will start on q
tour of the country from New York to
San Francisco. They will spend from
February II to March IS in their tour
visiting the important cities and scout
eenters.
Here Some Days.
On March I3 the General win sail
from San Francisco for Honolulu and
will stay here until the arrival Of the
FIRST Canadian-Australia liner for Fiji.
It is probable that he will be the guest
Of Mr.. Wilder during his stay in the
city.
WIN Lecture on Mainland.
General Baden-Powen under the
auspices of the Boy Scouts of America
will meet face. to face hundreds of
thousands of boys. Arrangements are
being made by which the boy scouts
may see and hear Baden-Powell and
give exhibitions in his honor He will
lecture to them in twenty or twenty
five of the principal cities. Those lee
lures win be free to boy scouts and
their parents, for the leaders of the
scout movement have decided that no
expense shall be incurred by the scoute
themselves in having an opportunity to
visit with the hero of the British boy
scouts and the man who has done so
much for millions of boys throughout
the world.
Chief Executive West is arranging
for the trip of Baden Powell and hopes
to have many thousand scouts gathered
from surrounding suburbs and nearby
towns in every city where Baden-Poweil
will stop. II also will be Mr.. West g
first tour among the hundreds of thou