Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-23

~ ENERAL SIR ROBERT BAD,
- EN-PoWELL the famous
"B. p" Of the British army
and founder Of the boy Scouts has
written a book revealing some Of his
remarkable adventures and achieve
ments as SPY.
He calls his book very frankly,
my Adventures a. Spy" Il Is
evident that most Of his exploits took
pisce In Germany. for that Is the only
country whose military secrets Eng
land could have been very anxious to
learn.
Genera. eaden-powe'i made a
great reputation during the Boer
War when be defended the town Of
AafekinG with a force Of trregulars
against superior body Of Beers Tor
nine months and displayed more re-
aoufcsfulneas than any other British
commander. He surprised everybody
by the tricks he played. such 40 slip
ping through the Boer lines BY night
and drawing the noers Into tEApa BY
means Of fake trenches.
After the war the general o..
Ranlsed The boy Scouts" movement,
which quickly spread 10 America
and all over the world. He taught
the boys Of England how 20 spend
their playtlme IN healthful and In
lerostlnG way, while preparing them
selves 70 be useful 20 their country
IN time Of war. He taught them the
delights az tracking, OF making .
aacret trail. Of seeing In the dark,
and ell sorts Of thlngs about Wild
animals and nature.
In short he taught them to be good
scouts Thousands % English boy
scouts during the present war have
done splendid service watching sup-
pected spies, guarding railroad
bridges and doing other important
work.
When scout turns hts attention
TO a foreign country he becomes q
spy That Is what General BADEN
Powell has been doing.
Il Il thrilling to hear this mature
and more or less dlgnlhed British
general tell how he sneaked past
foreign sentries disguised ia q Ger.
man hat and necktie, how he ran up
ladders TO avoid pursuing policemen,
how he employed the trained scouts
art of keeping motionless and fatten.
ing himself out to-agoid detection
II adds 20 the thrill 10 remember that
~ he had been caught the general
would have got an indefinite term IN
prison.
When the general had penetrated
Into 9 German fortress or AZ leasl
obtained q good view. he had tf
sketch out his observations IA such
way that the drawings could mol
convict him II be were arrested.
Here Is one simple method b.
which the General concealed care
ful drawing Of a fortress. First O
all ha sketched the plan OF the for
treas In a atraight-forward manner
giving the strength and positions o
the various guns. In one figurl
shown here these are as follows: A
Kaponiers with machine guns. b
10 centimetre gun cnpoln. g. ~ cen
timetre gun cupolas. d. Quick III
ing disappearing gun. r. HoWitxe
cupolaa. y, Sonrchlighf.
Having done this he would cor
slider the best method OF concealinl
the plan. in this case he decided q
transform the sketch into one tina
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II you viii carefully examine the Die
ture on this page you viii see no,
successfully this has been done. IN
picture has AL the appearance OF a
ancient stained glass window IN
European church with a fnntasti
coat Of arms surm0unted By a crel
and completed by 4 noble Lati
motto and an open bible under Il.
Certain Of the decorations signlf
the sizes and positions OF the gum
General Baden Powell gives IN
symbols with their meaning. Thesl
Of course have = very definite meai
ing 70 him when ne gets back hon
safely and Is able 10 work out "a
plan. and they would b equally 4
tellikibie 70 many other Officers
bis service
i would not be wise 10 use such
peculiar design every time. especial