The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-24
HaDYs sCoFEs@kSFEOIENT
kTvE YEARS BIB TO-DAY.
HAS 1000. 900 ENROLLED.

In the Young Mems Christian A s.
sociation Building at Biulkenhead,
England, there is a tablet commerno-
rating the fact that in the edifice, On
JNn-t 24, 1908, Lieut.-Gen- Sir Ropere
s. Sc Baden-Powe1I publicly fnaugu-
rated the Boy Scouts movement. To-
dav sthe fifth anniversary of that his
toric. meeting, the Boy Scouts NUM-
Der 4 full two million--a vast army
Of youths that march Under the Tags
cF. kvventy-four nations. Although
EshrEand was the birthplace Of the
movement, the Boy Scouts are now
Most numerous ON this side of the
Atlantic. the United States alone nav
ing @about half a million, while IN
Canada, and even in the Latin-Amer1-
can Kcountriess stlae organization has
eAjo$ed a tYenerd GUS growth
FAI#hough ASwafrior, Gen. Sir Ba-
ukn-Powel1, stHe1Soriginator of the
rlfovement, laid emphasis, not on the
military note. but on peace virtues
and the learning of trades and useful
okcupations- This has been the key
mites in all lands, and the criticisms
81 "A autf-vrar societies seems to be
M ftSluded. Sir Baden-P Powell has re-
peatsdly stated that the object OF the
scouting movement is to make boys
into manly men and good useful cit
lzena. and not to make soldiers of
- E
TIe movement s8iss-ts ase a trite
phrs'se-seemed to I'LL q long-felt
z.hrt1'. In two Years 4QQ. 600 Boy
shouts were enrolled IN England. In
Toronto over 800 boys Joined the OF
ganizattoza within a few months. Sim
liar Instances Of tremendous gains IN
membership have been witnessed in
hundreds Of other American cities. In
Germany the popular dislike of the
English did not hin der the progress OF
tFiib British bora move7nents and the
la.d5. manifested snch Wild Enthusiasm
that the sFT1lssd an and Betva II Ian Iegis-
latfve bodies voted financial aid to
ire rr1oves1enf. In the United States
the rn0veEaeht. won tl1e approval sof,
hitnarsds E6f dfs1il5 ghfsh &c men. and
the Boy Scouts Of America were In
Elaborated. & III a. I. : 1910 with President
raft as henorary spreaa dent and for
mer President RooseFelts as honorary
Ftee-prestdeut. n 10 = 4fs.ss, 473s =
Thea scouts are organized In patrols
and tro69s, eight. boys continuing a.
patrol, and three patrols making up a
troop, with an adult assbcoITt MASTER
Any box over twelve see RS e9f sage is
eligible to become a scout. The only
requirements -arei that he know tfes
scout salutes sign. and laws and that
ne take the scouth oath, which is as
follows:
ION aHzys honor I PROMISE
TYilf 81 1EpyH duty * 70 God and
he King
al VIII dotpay best to help others
whatever it costs me-
81 know the scout law. and will
5bey it,
The scout law referred to is as fol-
o4pss5- TOts s5f n1iB sst5si1s7ass
Eb4aeA IsceuEE DION oefisfk1 bastrusted.
R47Aqscotak IS 1eHal 80 the king, and
d. dsis. officers,-to his country, and to
his employers
s-The scouts duty is to be use
.ul, and to help others:
The scout issa- friend to. all. and
bretherrtp raaeZRedotAe her .aseouts no
1iahre15sDo hssE4h as6cishrlass the other
0eESh4eS. bstfnD sdJ Of z5Ies5
SAcA1scodti is Courteous.
Ga scout is a friend to animals.
IA scout obeys orders of his pa
rod leader or. scout master without
question
"a scout smiles and whistles I'M
Herr an circumstances. -.
s-Hsseout is thrifty.sfasz ~