Scout beginnings
Sir, — Perhaps it is not generally known that, in 1901, Major David Cossgrove met General Ba-den-Powell in South Africa. They had many conversations about young people and their needs. In 1907, Baden-Powell wrote his “Scouting for Boys”. The six instalments came to New Zealand and, no doubt, small groups of boys began practising the ideas suggested. David Cossgrove recognised that, put on a sound footing, Scouting could become a worth-while movement, and he drafted a preliminary scheme of organisation. On July 3, 1908, he swore in the first troop at Kaiapoi, under Mr T. Mallasch. .It has never been claimed . that David Cossgrove formed the first patrol (that honour belonged to Mr Mallasch); but Cossgrove’s able administration and far-sightedness, until his death in 1920, established Scouting on a firm footing. So he is recognised as the movement’s founder here and throughout this time headed the movement in this country. — Yours, etc.,
(Mrs) S. E. BURRAGE, 4. (Mrs) C. M. COLE. September 4, 1983.
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