WITH THE SCOUTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 72, 25 March 1915, Page 8

WITH THE SCOUTS.

{By WATCHFUL.) '""I•Seventeen thousand Boy Scouts axt r oa duty in -England, and over 10,000" '<£''£$■ older members have joined thel-Arjnyi. '•» ■£•' At the next annual meeting-.: of: '.ai'yy Dominion Executive, watch is to take fata in Christchureh during the first -week :.ii* .May, some very important arinbuneemeß|iyV regarding the movement in New-'Zeajiii'ii-are to be made. - r;•Lord Hosehery: "If I were to ; fonn-'taat- : -; highest ideal for my country it wouilfljaJ. ? a nation of which the manhood' w*i'-'iji». ; i7 clnsively composed of men who-hid jJjataV' boy scouts, and who were trained 'tidier i scouts' theory. -Such a nation wonli>|»j7 an honour to mankind.. It would greatest moral force that the worlrf'lii* ever known." - £ -J-, Interested.—Before being awardepl/'a first-class .badge a second-class scout matt (1) swhn fifty yards; (2) have at' leastJMK shillings in the bank; <3) receive and seal a message either in semaphore or Hotsa sixteen letters per minute; (4) go or row a boat alone or with another-jeoaty to a point seven miles away, anit'rehniSi; again, or if conveyed by- any vehicle <n* way not allowed) or animal go adltnuKtv of r fifteen miles and back, „«ud .-.write:«.-.■:.' report, of the journey; <5) proper method of dealing with*«*#''«* '-'at nine cases given by the examiner;' Mt) eosk '■ satisfactory two out of five dish|iyj£wjj, by examiner, also make a damp«7ol§|i&§|| a-pound of flour or a twist bakeaT^ial jra stick; <7) read, a map an intelligible rough sketch the compass directions without the Sela of a compass; <8) use an axe for. fefiiog «r trinnning light timber; <9) judge r dlatfleii|@ area, size, number, •height, and wM(»t within 25 per cent error; <10) -fattjpii* tenderfoot trained by himself in tte|)ip required for a badge. -' The Scouts' Defence Force .arc;figiilPj| companies and battalions all yQTefj»jj||fg country. They are making themseiwt ia** good marksmen, marchers, ' pioneers, and ail-round;-?MMllgiifi; Tney will be a jolly useful forces '-.'■ *•» jy uniform is the same as the scoutiJllHpp only with the addition of-..*lanket»,J»tl' equipment, rifles, and a red feather'UifcpjßMD: hats. It is a most serviceable t%; especially the shorts. Most infantry regiments in the_A*my weiTjMg|; •now. (The light infantry consMargjflgKg?' selves a good deal smarter than;4htggg|,infantry, you know!) Also the GTJrMjjj/1 wear shorts: so do the Sonth.'y'A«Sgßi|' Rifles; so do the cadets.of 'New. r -aMttHs So the scouts are not in bafl The Scouts* Uefence 'Force. posed of boys of over 13, will prgggg:> have a junior branch of younger •_ to act as drummers and. btiglerVa»j|K|| first-aid stretcher bearers. - -'