BOY SCOUTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 86, 31 May 1911, Page 5

BOY SCOUTS.

j KING’S PRIZE FOR LOYALTY. ; A communication lias been rccnv“l by Major A. Plugge, district con mandor, Auckland Boy Scouts, set ting forth particulars of the King’s prise for loyalty. The circular states that His Majesty the King, having given a generous contribution to the fund raised recently in aid of the Boy Scouts’ headquarters, the executive committee have decided t< devote that amount to the promotion of loyalty, and with that object will present a challenge standard to the tropp consisting of hot less than 2! lads, in each of the following countries, namely, United Kingdom, Canada, Now Zealand, Australia, South Africa, which has the largest percentage of King’s Scouts on September in each year, commencing in 1911. Each King’s Scout must have been a member of the troop for six months prior to September 30th. The winning troop will ho called the King’s Troop of the United Kingdom, Canada, Now Zealand, Australia, and South Africa respectively, foi the year. The scoutmaster and as-fistant-seputmastors of the winning troop who are members of that troop on September 30th, having served at 'east six months with the troop, will bo presented by the headquarters council with a badge of merit. In case of equality of. the numbers of King’s scouts, or any other difficulty, the. allocation of the prbjes will be decided by the Chief Scout of each country or Dominion. CHIEF SCOUT’S VISIT TO THE ISLE OF MAN. i

On April Ist the Boy Scouts of the Isle of-Man had a field day,, the occasion being a visit from the duel Scout, Lieut.-General Sir R, S. S. Br.don-Powell. In introducing details of the visit the “Isle of Man Weekly News” makes the following remarks*:—“The extraordinary enthusiasm with which the Scout movement has been taken.up by the youngarid growing generation is due not merely to its vivid appeal to the boyish imagination and instinct, but also, in large measure, to the halo of glory which invests its founder, the defender of Matching, and to the persistence and energy with which ho and Ids supporters have pushed the movement in all parts of the Kingdom and in the British dominions across the. sea.” A demonstration was given in Government House grounds' by the Scouts, a total of 329 being on parade.

I i the course of an* address to the Scouts tiie Chief Seoul, said: Wherever we have started op io now our l.»: etherhood has gone in in. ’ oasu.g, so that our numbers are very big indeed. In fact every boy who is worth being a boy at all comes in as a Scout, and the rest all want to be Scouts. . . Scouts are now to bo found in all parts of the world. I have lately been in Canada, and out there, in llio Far W.st, Scouts are doing the same worn as you arc doing here, and doing it as well. . . L am pleased to hear that you arc doing “good turns” when the elm nee offers, which is your duly. Every day I get letters from people thanking me for the good turns which Scouts have bean doing for them, and I am glad to sec you ate not behind in the Isle of Man; i was talking, the other day, in London, on that subject* and a ladv came to me ami said that the night before site was' at a party whore there was dancing. A Hoy Scout was there, and lie went up to the lady of the house and Saul: “Will you introduce me to that lady in the corner?” She asked him why he wanted to bo introduced and whether ho had fallen in love. He said: “No: but she is so old and ugly that nobody will dance with her, and I want I) do a good turn for her by dancing with her.” It was a very small good turn, but still it was a good torn: the good spirit and intention war, there, and that is all we want, . . We have had to give away 200 medals and .100 certificates for saving life, and you will see that this means very good work on the part of (Scouts.'. . The King takes great interest in the Scout movement. He is going I) have a rally on July 25th for Scouts alone. A grand entertainment was given in the evening by the Scouts, at which. Li out.-General Baden-Powell explained the obiects of the movement.