Boy Scouts.

Waikato Times, Issue 12184, 20 September 1911, Page 3

Boy Scouts.

LORD KITCHENER'S ADDRESS

Lord Kitchener recently inspected 700 Boy Scouts assembled at Ipswich from all parts of Suffolk. As soon as Lord Kitchener reached the saluting flagstaff in the Portmanroad recreation ground, the Scouts rushed • forward shouting their patrol cries and, assuming a horseshoe formation, sang their Eemgonyama chorus. After the march past some of the Scouts gave exhibitions of single-stick, jiu-jitsu, first aid, and signalling. Lo>rd Kitchener had the Scouts gathered round him in a circle and addressed them. Be-fore they had the sdout organisation idle boys were generally up to some mischief, and he had little doubt that owners of orchards suffered considerably at their hands. Now all that was changed. Scouts would never touch what was not theirs, and they even gave protection to property. They all khew that in those disericts where scouting was popular and seriously ta.ken up there were no idle hands about for "Old Nick" to employ. Boy ScoiiDb should always remember that while thsy we.re now playing the came they were really only learning how to meet the grave experiences of after-life.