Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-10-28

this point TO the statement accradi,oa
TO Major General Wood that "nracti.
cally all wars have been Fought hv
boys" ~
French and English scouts have
payeu an indirect part in the war
III tne FORMER nation they have been
detailed to carry provisions to the
SICK and wounded. care for old WON.
en- helpless men and children. and aid
IN reaping the crops upon which the
men at the front must depend. In
tne latter nation they have been do.
tailed TO guard bridges and. on occa.
sions. aid the police In preserving or.
der
Everything in the Boy Scouts train.
ing appears TO have fitted him for
war lie can march, find his way
through dense woods. signal to his
comrades either by the telegraph or
the signal flag, pitch camp and gen.
orally rely upon himself. He can
swim. shoot and run probably with
more swiftness than a heavier and old
er soldier
No less an authority than Lndw,v
.. Dale OF New York city. one OF the
nauonal authorities on the movement
and a close friend OF Baden. Powell
has declared that I'm time OF war the
Boy Scouts drill work and training
in signaling would ut them for mill.
tary service.
vi the BOY Scouts in Europe. Eng.
land has more than any of her ais.
ter nations. Her organization is 200
900 strong. Germany comes next with
an organization OF $4,000, drilled in
the same way, although they 20 by
the name OF "Pathfinders." Austria.
Hungary has $1,000 scouts. and her
enemy, France. has 5000 Russian
Poland alone has 5000 scouts. the
total number in the empire not being
known. Servia has 900 scouts.
Scandinavia, which. OF course, is not
in the war. has 10000 Boy Scouts.
The remainder of the European ma.
tons have about $4,000 scouts.
About SIX years ago Sir Robert Ba.
den-Powell, the English mIIItarist.
upon learning that out OF England's
o'oVo'OOO boys few more than quar-
teT OF million were enabled to have
proper care and training, began to
think seriously OF trying to be of aid.
Mere money had been tried before
In various "uplift" endeavors. There
must be something new. Thompson
seton, the writer OF animals haunts
ana habits. had seen the necessity for
the same thing I'm America and he
hau Deen experimenting. He had
called the groups of lads he had gath
ered together and trained in woods
lore The Woodcraft Indians" Dan
beard, then an editor, evolved an
other society called THE Sons of
Daniel Boone afterward The Boy
Pioneers OF America"
1t Is really difficult to pin the badge
OF honor for first thinking OF the
scheme upon any one man. but IL was
General Baden-Powell who with fine
experience as a constructionist. set
about the practical plans of the Boy
Scout movement.
lie had shortly before the organlza-
ton was conceived, published a text
book on the subject of scouting for
soldiers. This book was utilized bv
various boys clubs and private schools
with surprising degree Of interest,
so its author was encouraged to de-
wise some widereaching plan for all
boys, whether belonging to clubs. 90
ing TO private schools or living I'm
the top OF tenement or on some lone
ly farm. The general. a colonel of
the Boer war, under Lord Edward Ce-
Gil, then got together some Engligb
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