El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-14
BIZ
Frederic
]. Haskin

may wear first class badge he must
satisfy examiners in 10 matters: First
he must be able to swim SO wards. He
must have shilling in the savings
bank. He must be able to send and
receive message, either in semaphore
or Morse, 16 letters per minute As a
test in self-reliance he is sent off on a
two days journey by himself or with
only one other scout On returning.
he must write an Ineligible report
OF things seen. Then he must know
how to deal with various accidents
ice breaking, electric shock, drowning.
runaway horse or carriage, and so on.
He must prove that he can make a.
damper, cook a hunters stew. skin and
cook a rabbit, or pluck and cook
Dlrd- He must read map and draw
sketch maps; use an ak for telling tim
Der; and judge distance, area, size,
numbers, height and weight within 25
percent error. Finally. he must bring
IN tenderfOot, trained by himself in
the points required for a tenderfoot
badge.
May Rise In Ranks
From a first class scout he may rise
higher and higher by way of badges
Of merit. The Kings Scouts win
badges, showing they have passed tests
In such branches of scoutcraft as sta
manship. Workmanship, ambulance
work, signaling and the craft Of the
guide Other badges of merit are given
Tor proficiency in different kinds Of
work The idea here is to encoura
boys to do their work well The bow
with engineering instincts builds an
aeroplane that will really fly or glide,
and so wins the aviator's badge. The
explorer finds out every lane, bypath
In every direction around his local
headquarters in the country. knows the
general direction of neighborfng towns
for 70 miles, and can tell a stranger
offhand the history Of any old castles,
churches or mansions He wins the
pathfinder's badge. Others win badges
because they are clever gardeners
cooks, surveyors, printers, plumbers, or
pipers. Employers Of labor recognize
these badges Seeking trustworthy boy
service, they are beginning now to look
first among the scouts.
The highest of the honors are med
ais and badges for meritorious deeds
a bronze cross for saving lift al great
FISK, a silver cross for saving life with
out risk, a medal of merit for the scout
who does his duty exceptionally well.
Other fitting honors inspire and reward
gallantry.
On many occasions when active and
trained assistance has been needed the
Boy Scouts have not been found want
ing in aid or initiative. For example
there was recently a bad wreck on
the London & Brighton railway. The
local scouts. who were playing football
when they heard Of the accident. rushed
to the scene with their ambulance
stretcher, and for many hours calmly
and promptly performed noble duties
OF rescue among the killed and wound
ed, giving the most valuable help to
doctors. police and railway servants.
on another occasion, that Of king Ed
wards funeral procession through Lon
don, crowd of more than a quarter
OF a million people gathered in HYDE
Park Thousands upon thousands Of
people stood for seven or eight hours.
hemmed in and crushed on all sides
enduring the, pitiless sun, to see the
cortege pass by. At every ambulance
center Boy Scouts were In attendance
to aid the work Of revival. carry pa.-
tients, bring water and keep back the
crowd And when all was over and
the crowd dispersed, the Boy Scouts
tfdied the park Of rubbish and scattered
papers.
Full advantage is taken of the aver
age red-blooded boys delight in things
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