South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-26

* ENERAL SIR ROBER| BAD
= EN-POWELL the famous
"B p" of the British army
and founder of the boy Scouts" has
Avritten a book revealing some of his
remarkable adventures and achieve
ments as a spy.
He calls his book very frankly,
"My Adventures as a Spy" 1t is
evident that most of his exploits took
place in Germany. for that is the only
country whose military secrets Eng
land could have been very anxious to
learn
Gc1eraI Baden-Powell made a
great reputation during the Boer
War when he defended the town Of
Mafeking with a force Of irregulars
against 2 superior body Of Beers for
nine months and displayed more re-
sOurcefuiness than any other British
commander. He surprised everybody
by the tricks he played, such as slip
ping through the BOer lines by night
and drawing the Beers into traps by
means of fake" trenches.
After the war the general or
gained the Boy Scouts" movement,
which quickly spread to America
and ali over The world. He taught
the boys of England how TO spend
their Diaytime i'm a healthful and in
teresting way while preparing them
selves TO be useful to their country
in time of AR. He taught them the
delights of tracking of making a
secret trail, of seeing in the dark,
and all sorts of things about wild
animals and nature
In short ne taught them TO be good
scouts. Thousands of English boy
scouts during the present war have
done splendid service watching sus-
pected spies, guarding railroad
bridges and doing other important
work.
When a scout turns his attention
to a foreign country he becomes a
spy" That is what General Baden
Powell las been doing.
IL is thrilling TO hear this mature
and more or less dignifed British
general tell how he sneaked past
foreign sentries disguised in a 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 fiatten-
kng himself out to avoid detection.
- adds to the thrill to remember that
il he had been caught the general
would have got an indefinite term in
prison.
When the general had penetrated
into a German fortress or at least
obtained a good view, he had TO
sketch out his observations in such
way that the drawings could not
convict him if he were arrested.
Here is one simple method by
which the General concealed a care
ful drawing of a fortress. First Of
all he sketched the plan of the for
tress in a straightforward manner,
giving the strength and positions Of
tie various guns. In one figure
shown here these are as follows: A.
haponiers with machine guns. b.
- centimetre gun cupola- c. u CEN
timetre gun cupOlas d. Quick fir
ing disappearing gun. 4. HOwitZer
CupOlas. +. Searchhght
Having done this he would con-
slider the best method Of concealing
the plan In this case, he decided 10
transform the sketch into one that
looked Ike a stained glass window.
II you VIII carefully examine the pic
ture on this page you will see how
successfully this has been done. The
picture has all the appearance of an
ancient stained glass window in
european church with a fantastic
coat OF arms surmOunted by a crest
ana completed by a noble Latin
motto and an open bible under il.
Certain Of the decorations signify
the sizes and positions of the guns.
General Baden-Powen gives the
symbols with their meaning. These.
OF course. have a very definite mean
ing 10 Elm when he gets back home
\ safely and is able TO work out the
Plan. and they would be equally IN
telllglole 20 many other officers in
his service
II would not be wise TO use such a
peculiar design every time, especially