The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-27
HOW BOY SCOUTS
AID OLD ENGLAND
YOUTHS DIARY TELLS OF
ACTIVITY
ON COAST
GUARD DUTY
Youth and Pardner IN Isolated
Bungalow Watch for Coming
of "Cermbuns."

LONDON, Feb. Oorrcspon-
| 1ence OF the Associated Press )--Thc
diary Of boy scout published in the
Manchester Guardian, is an interest
ing piece of juvenile literature and dc
Gcribes more clearly than has here
tofore been done some of the work
| the scouts are doing
III and have complete charge
OF l6 miles of coast" the young ad-
venturer boasts in telling OF his life
| in an isolated bungalow on the north
shore on the lookout for hostile cruis-
ers and aircraft or the signaling OF
spies. He tells of sleeping on the
table on pile of overcoats until
midnight, when the two boys went on
duty
Some paragraphs from the diary
| read:
Had very decent night Received
messages about the Zeppelin raid, and
rs H. and were alone we had a
rather exciting time. We called the
military, as instructed, and our six
hour watch passed like 4 few min
utes
The lookout box In which ] am
| now writing is n small place. about
eiyh feet by eight, with windows on
three sides which look out to the sea.
1t has stove, cupboard, various tele-
phones, signals, revolvers. rifles,
/ clocks. telescopes etc, H---has now
the revolver round his waist. He is,
OF course, on duty outside. He comes
In every few minutes, passing remarks
on the night
"Friday--It is now midday, and
H and have just come off duty.
we have had very interesting MORN
ing. Two government patrol boats
nave passed quite close to US, also
two tugs towing big salvage crane,
winch IN turn was towing a derelict.
Life here Is great: you have no idea
bow important and Glossy wa feel
when On watch. because even the SOL
diers come to us every hour to know
y we have any messages or orders.
IT, 'dug-outs,' trenches gums. /,
along the coast. are simply glorious.
really I'm In my element. We are
ON very good terms with the soldiers
!7s9 good In fact, that when we said
II was Q bit cold ia our bungaloWs
the lieutenant asked for blankets. and
the men, believe, offered so, ten Of
which were accepted i have now
Tour blankets and graatcoat, also n
ground sheet and camp bed, and Il
really sleep as we'll here as do Mt
nome. the only difference being that
find no difficulty in getting mn when
called, Mt all hours OF the night or
Jay, We get 26-hour rest. .stand-
on nautical expression.) everv elgth
! have charge of the log. and sit
practically takes up all my spare
time. because we are on 12 ho,,rs ,,,,S
on AZ. But the log book proTnises
10 be very interesting volume when
completed IL / keep up on tho same
INES as ! have begun. YeEtt.siiay !
morning / had the Job cleaning iii,
the srities, revolyers, sword sticks ana
leather work for the coast ,rnar,Ja a,,d
got cofnplimented on the Suay : -, in
which did 1t, SO suppose I aiways
9nall have the job. This. IL the ~.
vantage CD of being .t,,hro, 81,
workman (piease tell father fl,is i
MS Is q rotten, Nat ana uninter.
esting coast although the surf On The
reefs lof which there are nlentas
makes very pretty picture. It Ss' !, :
ilne place for landing 'Germhuns, If
they knew where To- come: but al, .tt,s
nice landing places are iolIy 5 wall s.iii
guarded. Yesterday two Of ny. .sai.
Tow mud diggers' came baclr Il, :
very excited and brcathless eon,iitsn,
--they said they had found 4 stoi,Ss
MAsllea ls ashore. II turned out 10 he
an OLD boiler on ship s's'. ss