Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23
Plan German DoyaTd Which General Powell Was Secretly
Sketchng when the Police Surprised Him.
How lie Ran TO Esc2pe Capture Told in His Book:

- ENERAL SIR ROBER,n BAD
r EN-POWELL the famous
"B. p" of the British army
and founder of the Boy Scouts" has
written book revealing some of his
remarkable adventures and achieve
ments as 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.
General baden-Powell made
great reputation during the Boer
War when he defended the town of
Mafeking with force OF irreguars
against a superior body of Beers for
nine months and displayed more re-
sourcefulness 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 10 America
and all over the world He taught
the boys Of England how to spend
their piaytime In healthful and in
teresting way, while preparing them
selves 10 be useful 10 their country
In time OF war. 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 he 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
70 z foreign. COUNTRY ne becomes 2
spy" That" IS. VIVA; General Baden.
Powell has been doing.
L Is thrilling 20 near this mature
and more or less digniaed British
genera! tel! now he sneaEed pas,
foreign sentries disguised in Ger.
man nat ana nec.tle, how he ran I'D
LADDERS 20 avoid pursuing policemen.
NO" ne employed me trained scouts
ar OF Keeping mot!onless and fatten.
Ing himself ONT % avoid detection
Il acds 10 the thrill 70 remenbe ina,
II ne Asd been caught the general
would nave got an indefinite term in
prison
When the general had penetrated
into German fortress or a, leas-
obtained good view. he mad n
sketch out his observations in sucf
q way that the drawings could no,
convict him il he were arrested.
mere is one simple method nv
which the General concealed = care.
ful drawing Of fortress. FRS, az
ali ne shetched the plan of the for.
tress In straight.forward manner
giving IN" strength and positions OF
the various guns. In one Ggr-e
shown here these are a. follows: 4
kaponiers with machine guns. y
10 centimetre gun cupola. G. 70 cen.
tmctre gun cupolas .. Quick fr
Ing disappearing gun. +. Howj,2nr
cupoias. F. Scarchlisht.
Having done this ne would con.
elder the best method Of concaalinp
the plan. In this case he decided ~
transform the sketch into ono mar
looked like a stained glass window
II you VIII carefully examine the pjc.
ture on this page you Will see how
successfully this has been done THO
picture has all the appearance Of an
ancient stained glass window in q
european church with fantastic
coat OF arms surmounted by crest
and completed by noble Latin
motto and an open bihlc u,dar Z,
Certain OF the decorations signify
the sizes and positions Of the gnn.
General Baden-Powen gives The
symbols with their meaning. These
OF course. have very definite mean.
Ing to him when he gets back home
safely and is able 10 work on, The
plan, and they would he equally in.
telligible to many other Officers in
his service.
1t would not he wise to use sucb =
peculiar design every time, especiai,v
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