Show BOY SCOUTS IN II ITALY'S At yS y'S ARMY Doing Good Service in Both War T ar Zone and Behind the Lines of Bat Battle e. e SO SOME IE REAL SOLDIERS Iii i Minister ster of War Has Had Occasion to Commend the Ule Scouts on Their Work Headquarters of ot tho the Italian Arm Army Oct That S.-That That the boy scouts of ot Ital Italy arc seriously wa was indicated b by bythe bythe the recent order of ot tho the minister of or war calling c upon them thorn to do service In the tho war zone or behind tho the lines In la other I military capacities according to their age no The They were mobilized In the same s manner as grownup soldiers the vanous various van vari ous sections sc moving movIng- b by train from vanous various van vari ous points In ii Italy to a 0 central h headquarters headquarters head head- a quarters at nt a concentration camp to the north of ot Bolo Bologna Bologna- nL Hero they were re revIewed reviewed reviewed re- re reI I viewed by b generals from rena tho the front I an and assigned to various divisions some being sent as far tar south as Brindisi on the Adriatic sea whore where they were I I assigned to duty In sections each section see sec tion ha had Its own cooks cooles its own rations and Its own field equipment Y While many of ot the boys have been serving In Individually i in their capacity as lS scouts since the v war ar began man many of the tho older ones even having succeeded e eIn in being beluS' enlisted in the regular r army with Ith the consent of ot their parents this was tho the first occasion the tho entire body bo had been officially mobilized Tho re reports reports reports re- re ports on their usefulness and conduct received recently at nt their national headquarters In Rome Romo In indicate that the they met root their first trial efficiency Three division l generals wrote letters of ot commendation stating that they the had ha been struck particularly rh b by the tho ho smiling smiting manner In which the tho lads bore camp hardships The boy scout cout movement in Italy Ital dif dlf- f fr r im fr h. h t. t n I h. h rl tAt I. I in v U the respect that it is organized under the tho rules of ot and controlled by the war department Its watchword is 18 Do Bo Prepared Prepare While its Us object in peacetimes peace peacetimes times is primarily to make cheerful truth telling manly ln lads s out of ot adventurous adventurous boys s 's frequently labeled as ns bad thc they are arc trained ned along military lines under regular army officers Ono One of or tho the a advantages vantages of ot this boy scout service Is that for tor each year served one month Is taken off oft the tho legal military service of ot the member it n D Dlo Tho The scouts couts whose whoso name In Italian is explorers have a 0 code of or honor to follow tollow as high as that of ot any arm army It is la called the tho ho decalogue the tho first law las- lasof of or which Is this The Tho word of ot honor of or a scout cout Is sacred Another Another Another An An- other law of ot this tIlls decalogue is courtesy courtes and gentleness to each other and to all strangers yet et another is implicit obedience obedi obedi- ence erico to scout sout officers and to parents Tho last law but one requires tho ho scout to be sober temperate and saving with his mone money Although the war has increased the tho popularity of ot the scouts It was not needed to give Impetus to the organization I among bo boys s As in tho ho United States Stales it has man many physical attractions which en endear ear it to the bo boy scout A Aside l o from the social life liCe tho the weekly excursIons excursions excursions and other sporting features common common cornmon com corn mon In the United States the tho Italian scout on entering entering- Is assigned to a a. certain certain tam tain class and according to this as- as he becomes a scout wireless bo boy n. n scout mechanic a n. scout aeronaut aeronaut aero acre an Interpreter a guide ulde a n. musician musIcian musi musI- cian clan a 0 c cyclist an and so BO on through a host of military specialties There Thero are re two great groat divisions of or the tho scouts a aland aland land Inn scout nn and a water scout since In Inthe inthe the tho seaport cities an effort is 18 made mado to train the boys bos for seafaring life lite Huge rooms In the armories and arsenals of ot I Ithe the arm army and nav navy are aro placed place at nt their disposal such rooms being all their own Only boys bos of ot 1 12 years rs or over oer arc permitted to carr carry tho the title of or scout boys bos between tho the ages of ot 9 and nn 12 1 being beIng belag be be- ing lag entered as scout novices no In order that tho ho organization ma may not bo be limited urn lim to wealthy wealth boys bos tho the yearly duos aro are limited to 60 cents cent with the government government gov gov- paying for tor the more expensive equipment Tho Tue color of ot the uniform of ot tho the ItalIan ItalIan Italian Ital Ital- ian scout differs from that worn inthe In Inthe the tho United States England Engl or France Tho The blouse is sand an colored like that s- s h Viv T s1 r f tl-in tl A A I nn j III v L army regiments regIment while the tho pants are of ot tho gray ray shade worn by the tho Italian ItalIan Italian Ital Ital- ian arm army proper now flOW fighting in the Alps Alpa Tho The hat bat Is of ot tho the t typical AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican cowboy pattern When hen on military duty duh scouts wear wearon wearon on the tho left len arm u. u cloth band striped with the national l colors of ot green white and nd red like 1110 all Bol soldiers lers on duty but not serving under un er arms |