Show I I I Boy Scouts Assist I 1 British by Enlisting I p Make ake War Munitions By Bv United Pi Press ess staff correspondent LONDON Oct 15 By By English boy scouts since the beginning beginning begin begun ning of the war have found an ever ver broadening field for pr practical p participation participation therein Almost without exception every every boy boyscout boy I scout who could qualify enlisted on on the first call for recruits Those who I could not qualify sought other fields where their training and ability would render the most service Perhaps the most important of these fields the fields the manufacture of munitions munitions has has proved an immense success When England faced the problem of getting adequate munitions If it she shedid shedid shedid did not want to lose the war boy bov s 's sout scouts out w wj were the tile to first volunteer as munitions makers An experimental squad of twenty f from om- om the London tro troops ps and camp was was pitched In the vicinity of f one one ot of the bi big factories The squad was divided into four shifts Scouts Scout under 16 were given a morning or afternoon shift of eight hours Older scouts got full day or night shift In the gun room So foo far faras faras I as possible the community life of the scouts scout was followed Only the day and night shift boj boys were were exempted from have havethe havethe scout duty They t the time nor the enthusiasm Each shift marched to and from front the I factory in r Regular gular scout order While off duty scouting practice ambulance work scout law lectures and games I were the regular pro program ram So bo successful did this experiment prove that the field fied d of munitions making flaking has been leen opened now to boy hoy scouts in all parts of England The scouts are replying to the call In large numbers and should the enormous de demand demand demand de- de mand for munitions continue there Is every indication every Indication that the great bulk of the English scouts who cant can't go to the I front will engage In the work of providing providing providing pro pro- viding ammunition for those wh can |