The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-08
DIARY OF \ BOY SCOUT.
Extracts From the journal of Il Boy
Soldier.

The diary OF DOE scout, puDllSii-
ed in the Manchester England }
| Guardian, is an interesting piece Of
juvenile literature and describes
more clearly than has heretofore
been done. some of the work the
scouts are doing.
H and have complete charge
of sixteen miles of coast, the young
adventurer boasts in telling OF his
life in an isolated bungalow on the
north shore on the lookout for hos
tile cruisers and aircraft or the sig
Mailing of spies. He tells OF Sleep
ing on the table on pile of over
coats until midnight, when the two
| boys went on duty.
Some paragraphs from the diary
read:
Had a very decent night. Re
ceived message about the Zeppelin
raid and as H and | were alone
we had a rather exciting time. We
called the military, as instructed,
and our six-hour watch passed like
a few minutes.
The lookout box. in which | am
now writing is small place, about
five feet by eight, with windows on
three sides, which look out to the
sea. 1t has a stove, cupboard, va
rious telephones, signals, revolvers.
rifles, telescopes, clocks, etc. H
has now the revolver around his
| waist. He is. of course, on duty out
side. He comes in every few min
utes, passing remarks on the night.
"Friday-it is now midday, and
H and | have just come off duty.
We have had very interesting
morning. Two government patrol
boats have passed quite close TO us.
also two tugs towing a big salvage
crane, which in turn was towing a
| derelict. Life here is great: you
have no idea how important and
'bossy' we feel when on watch. be-
cause even the soldiers come to us
every hour to know if we have any
| messages or orders. The 'dugouts.
trenches, guns along the coast are
simply glorious; really I'm in my
element. We are on very good terms
with the soldiers-so good, in fact,
| that when we said it was a bit cold
in our bungalow the lieutenant ask
ed for blankets, and the men. | be-
lieve offered fifty, ten Of which were
accepted. l have now four blankets
and great-coat, also ground sheet
and camp bed. and l really sleep as
! we'll here as l do at home, the only
difference being that | find no diff
Guilty in getting up when called. at all
hours of the night or day. We get
36-hour rest 'stand-of' nautical eN-
pression) every fifth day.
Il have charge of the log, and 1t
practically takes up all my spare
time. because we are on twelve hours
and off twelve. But the log-book
promises to be very interesting VOL
ume when completed if | keep up on
the same lines as l have begun. Yes
| terday, morning.I had the job OF
cleaning all the rifles, revofvers,
showrdsticks, and leather-work for
the coast guards and got compli-
| mented on the way in which I did it
$50 I suppose I always shall have
the job.) This is the advantage (?)
of being thorough workman
(please tell father this.)
This is a rotten, fiat, and unin-
teresting coast, although the surf on
the reefs (of which there are plenty
makes a very pretty picture. 1t is
fine place for landing 'Germhuns' If
they know where to come; but all
the nice landing places are jolly we'll
guarded. Yesterday two of my fel-
low 'mud-diggers' came back in a
very excited and breathless condi-
tion-they said they had found a
mine washed ashore. 1t turned out
to be an old boiler off a ship