The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-27

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London. Scpt. 26.--The Boz scouts -.
Great britain are distlnsliSnu2 them
sol.oe in Q moet every Va. Ig&"sJc,l
by juvenile f.cion.
From the north Of Scotland down the
eastern coast % the Isle - Ni2n, ni
the south. sea Scouts arc patro'ung thr
shore watching for the drea 1ad I,r-
pcIin or for some armed tahter THAT
might have escaped the British North
Sea fleet with Wow OF sinking The
army transports in tn" Chauaei Rail
way bridges and reservoirs a.o watch
ed by camps Of Scouts, relieving tho
soldiers who arc needed = tn" front
orders came into the Scout district
hea dquartcr for bugiers Tor Lord Kit
chner's new army. for British bugiers
are from fourteen to eighteen years Of
age and enlist by their parents con
sent. a Scout of fourteen at one office
has received the necessary consent and
he gives his comrades a wink OF tri-
umph as the Scoutmaster signs .. lot
ter to the recruiting office He VII
serve in the MiddIeseX Pu lie School
Battalion
These are some or the military as
poets of Scout life. But the Scout ideal
of service useful to the public still
is supreme. Those entering Lord Kit
Chener's army IS bugiers are \ mere
handful out of the 100000 Scouts in
Great Britain. Coast and railway pa
trolls are unarmed, and merely assist
the military as eyes.
Owing to the rapid recruiting in
war time, no one-not even Sir Rob
ert Baden Powell-knows the exact
number Of Scouts in the United King
dom. But in London alone there are
50 acting a orderlies in the War Of
flee, about the same number in the
Admiralty. tending to telephone calls
and acting as messengers. and 700 OF
more who do the same service at the
Red Cross and recruiting headquarters.
Besi 1es. there are about 300 Scout
cyclists. who tend to important GRAND
running between the various stations.
Scouts are 10 be found al every train,
guiding refugees with money TO board
ing houses approved by the British
Relief societies.
If anyone wants to learn about a
certain street, he calls for path-find-
re-a Scout who has obtained special
rating as a guide in London, after pass
ing an examination even more severe
than that required by the County
Council for taXi-chauffeur license.
Scouts have been loaned to the Am
erican Relief Committee and the Am
erican embassy, where their services
are invaluable.
AS all scouts about the rank OF ten
derfoot understand signaling. their
assistance is often called for in this
respect.
One thing that has particularly I'M
pressed Americans in London is the
ousiness-like and military air Of the
British Scout. He has no sheepjsh
feeling about appearing in uniform. He
is proud of his orga nizatiOn and takes
his duties seriously.
The Scouts are volunteers in the
fullest sense, even to paying for their
own uniforms. But a publicly assist
ed canteen which serves meals at from
one to three Pence now keeps down
his cost of living.
The Girl Guides, the feminine branch
of Baden PowcIl's organiza ton are
no less busy There are moro than
10. 600 Of these guides in the Kingdom
and since the war their uniform has
become quite familiar on London
streets. The girls are concerned, IN
part. in knitting muffl-.- md stock
inEs for the Scouts, bul only in part.
To take random instances Of their /
usefulness, the Guides at Leeds scrub /
bed down = house that VS. ociag turn
Cd into military hospital In lIert-
fordshire, they did the moudin@ and I
37rn:ng for regiment Of Territoriais. !
a. Cravley. they made puzzles to +
4n2HSo cO'Vs'es"ents AID Sawed unUs- /