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Show Forty Tthloxjsaktd Exzr 5couts OrLa-ERirccj Kai3 QeoRQEh w KQM 1 k SPHERE Ku.g Georga Inspected about forty tbecsand Boy'scoutu In Windsor Great Park one afternoon not long after th CJoronatlon. In front of the royal lenclosnre, sprend out In a aeml-clrcle ten ranks deep, were the KlngB scouts. Hrty yards to their rear wero scouts who hare been decorated for life-tsuviny life-tsuviny and scouts with colonlul flags. The main body of the scouts was drawn up beyond. His Majesty's arrival was marked by the hoisting o the royal standard. All the scouts saluted and the band played the national anthem. A grand charge and demonstration of flrat aid and other scout work followed .The King was In military uniform and rode his handsome bay charger, accompanied by tho Duke of Connaught, Lieutenant General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Baden-Powell, who was In command of the boys, and many other distinguished soldiers. To watch the vast array of boys assembled it seemed almost lmpossibhj to believe that It was only so short a time ago as January, 1D08, that the first troop of scouts was formed. |