| Show Boys of England In a Fever of Militarism General Baden Powell Has Caught Young Fancy With His Boys Scouts Scheme i tp t i t tand i 1 1 and Now He Has of Them Th m in His Organization Learning the th Essentials of a Soldiers or Life suIt C P t Correspond noe I IV V ONDON Sept st 1 t since tin the th Hoe tte i wa ai Englund e greatest liv living 1 ing irv J general I Lsd Ho ban hi h been tr 1 Iti In the lilt I In wilder wilderness ness nella In taun HaUn md iiI 1 out lit of or sea 18 yn II until he hI hm ho tome tI to I be beIll Ill kd on II an ad of sit a II crank for lor the of t England En land to t the danger dancer of joined In III Inthe Inthe the cr er cry after a Ii while title hilI but bul nothing I II much came II In of sf it II the average British man 1 being that he tie II wai w quIte safe ale behind the th navy and amid that tt It was w rather lather annoying to In be lit bothered and nd Jut just to In gratIfy raUf the whIm whims of or folk tolk who wh shunt t hap en to 10 tune have an II eUe el 1 to ls do 4 I except them themselves selves UN us 0 or I r their own n II fads fad nothing would haxe hae happened ot et I If I an oven even n man had bad n nt nl t till ibm UI him bust felt Into the th BrilLh i sona That Thai wn iam w the thc th kal cr It U was wan not nt until about aboul a year far ear ago RO that the herman German stare karc became beianu noticeable on what ahat hal Is I al id wa the th safest cafes 1 I surest urt ugh sign of or th the na national Lionel inline 1 he talk of nf f the humdrum mt n In the Ih second ond and lint third i ISM riSis 1 nl of lOr suburban trains on their wa Va way to their and shop hop in m the morning morn In If It there Is I anything on that Ihal IA its big bla bI enough to lu their attention from the Lh of sf cricket und football heroes It IL Itis serious rlou I 1 suspect that It would pa ever cry tot gov government 0 to 10 in inthe Inthe the suburban ol ul rival nations and thu thus Met Mel record of r 1 genuine pop IP popular op ular olaF opinion woith 01 th far snore more 1101 than time the reports from ruin the th embassies of ur the views of ef Isi top to laytis 1 of l lUN UN uX Well Veli 11 an as I was w ma saying saving till hue talk cud Kud lucu on and amid the i re ia lulU aulta shut sho hoA what hilt a ll it makes mak makIn In the intensIty of or feeling whether you ou Ii I fore lorn foren rivals In Iii I general or orsome some ionic ont on rival rimal rl I 1 In particular ur or threw three Ideas idea Ide be bt a ame me wide wid rd The T r on I vaguely shad hd In the newspaper nt but hut the Ih M Id 8 i T 1 I l I the man luau on the Ih ban trait them Ihn al that thet the I una as a a nation would like to 10 the lb Ih nond that they the are Ku II ll Ii h trade Irad the army and nd the ibe navy nv ht und nOd da slay anil with diabolIcal me In Inv vent I UK men ati aUGU us and InK engines of ut war of 01 which the Ih government will it III 11 have no in warning till Its it too Loo bite I third that limit nobody want Waists 11 war ar ret it et II if It u could b Ii be ao I that hat It 11 Inton UM lite M 1 al S T It II would be bea bea La Laa a good 0 tid thIns thing lo to git II 1 dummy arA a quit Is before betelS cite h he I m and before bar aln lanC dagner II t s much muel farther fur the tt tim U W IT 5 T now DOW hold hulda buk that UL l I ii not quIts quite whit what cia oni elite e w eats aa s The Th ut of o till nil thu LI this may lair make lIIk a i alot ilot lot f r iu In unwritten pages paes of 01 h history Perhaps the Ih most moat Interesting develop 1 has h mu bun bids th Ih I he sudden I ra rae let Ion loos by b lit le lets n Hasten Poach 1011 whets when bUI h hit invented tile th Buy him all out Oute Today there tre are Mr MOot of 01 them In Bug land and the Ule movement has baa 1 pr lo to the theand 0 and II to the II 11 on linen t ll It 1 III I I that U I now lioN II lots loss about aboul juvenile followers Collor over oer till lh lb world 80 I TU r It ALLY ALLYon 11 o S yr s on 1111 u linn a tap Sal lal or ur 5 n 11 rII Within a it month m UI Is two 10 I it 0 leftri 44 ftc I II n P I his hili lii 1 of small n II foots Mn in IS I uniform he lie eu In iii aver 1 p rk and i 1 cps C 0 III In the Lt tIm of r f jr n loll don amid II IJ over iver 1 III it hr lar large e t I n fl in III i tin lime and amid reuting TIme The hall to Lu be bt teal Ifal frontiersmen ap tip appealed Ie 11 pealed lea 11 to 10 the ih bovi b a id Hocked Into Inlo time the new now H n P I 1 has hall eon con on onI I since llIe that he h had no Ito idea he heH H Martin alerting HO HII s biff big u a I thing thine nut limit hi hitS liac riven to I the and ho hI IH hi now at the head had of an that vi III have bate ha a It far fai effect on iii time the Lh future of nf l Th ThO the boy scouts hae ha not only the th bums I but bul their with the th uniform and there theft is ii I not 1101 the shadow of or a ii doubt that Will man mall H M p r who would have ha opposed Ida his hi boy hoy IKI join joining log ing the Ihl 01 or the territorial tore Ion It a aMar Mar ear ago II Ie Is I converted today lo tu th U time Idea of military service serke lien Ice for fur bod bodIn Tn ln bov h smut Is III trained to tiKe estis It ie of r himself In the open lo to 1001 i ui maM mill milland and to 10 observe the country Ou II 11 find and all 1111 the thc little 1111 signs cigna whIch are a xo MO to toa I IIi Ia a Ii frontiersman or of to 10 a UI In to war ear warThe lIr The lh ih oms oai 61 a uniform of ofa ofa a khaki shirt loom blue breeches breech and a hat hilt They fh tar tarry ar arry ry r a long Ions pole look which may be lined u 1 H sa the 1111 backbone of or a 1 tent a part of a tt h lot for a II wounded comrade or I r with a Hag tied at one end nd for signal signalling ling The Thi scouts cout are r In pa mum patrol 1 nf of r If a deceit to 10 a ft mem mm beiK I with smith an older old bo ho who Is I known knien n as 11 a a s out muster master in harp und and the theare I h hAI y yare are AI expected to render military obedi obedience obedience ence en tn to hint him Every Ier fine Itne fin afternoon they are arf taken laken out In the Ih held fields and nd woods and trained in the art of or Ung and nd the Lb O fI an aim a it life III SOLDIERS IN IK Hut nul the tit glory 1101 of or the scouts scout s Ufa Ill corn come on un e a year r when elie a few f hundred of or t I beSt belt chu chOkn n for their In tim the ut sits 1 of or the tM frontlet are taken Into lilt camp far faraway away acay aa from the thi cities and live for tar a fortnight under the th command of If 11 II I p himself This The Tit of or against the Booms Bwl knows knol th thit bo hoy ai as few i othet men II do and to 10 iii hI bis young oung followers he h II is something more than human when hen hIli he h sits 11 all with is them thesis I th iii i imp fire Are 11 and nd tells tell them stories ol 01 5 hi lii h In to Africa It is IN I no n UM usa 0 Haying sa Ine ln that the th tendency y of the th IN i coute out la I not nut A Ae e of Sf bundled bo buy boy scouts scout H show shoal ho 1 j thai Ihal 71 niter jur iser cent of them Intended t I join jn either cither the I terrItorial 01 am I the t aim 11 m when are a old 01 enough n 10 in IUM ls III en et nl Intended to 10 KO go 0 Into the nav lIa Mini It 11 libel of fIr the thO test meal e em 1 e looking lot ii nl I l ti 10 t a life III In lii I the time where ii her they th A It ill iii II h able to put tut to WInd Rood UN u use tin time n i self Ir kelp help and nd wood raft t it hid ii h tiit I h hu It ItS 0 h frosts from B U BI UI I II ansi and his hili hi h Its lx lIt II r rIb ii The rit Ib fever bier foi o Os sm his luu rico even n nt spread to t th tim girl Irl 1111 J 1 A Kyle K 11 the Ih ol tf I ib tbt n IUla organisation told me mc In a I f i It ago Alo tO he be it had hid beets been 11 ov o 0 1 1 l K mi h lin I It It to tu form of r K t I Is We w V an art II new 00 winking f on 05 a It scheme lel lelh lit he h sal sail I 1 to t lik Ik III In the gin loo ta and allo alloI put I their enthusiasm to seine us tic n Broadly Making w lid did teach tin this in III I e omit ork rt fit st t 1 aid I d tir tsi t the in injured ramp chili and things like 11 th sr at H It woman can cams i Is o i f r to is al III 1 usi us u In lit war ar or ur 1 W ne I also alAO to Ia w k out a II af hem f to tn Uc f f IJ an n ale e e on un the boy and hid h thesis them thc on sum In life We Ws w Mitel to pets petsa a u il many muSs of thorn them lot Into the LIlli lIt army navy lIa ansi ami we are ar ROW now arranging to I It let gat t In tiu tsiu h eith lh the M niles so iO that II es may issay m be Ii abl ibis U ti place p pta our boys boy lY In imi the tM colonies Ho ito far rr we cc h hoo ha v b IWI been en II able abl to I jaa sat of all 1111 th tim bo boys H ties 01 IS 18 1 who titus I hays passed through out 11 hinds baI as I scout 1 but we ee i not to tu t do Jo IS that lung In 1 HOT TUB Tin Th I l 4 nf Of this tho lumper t i i aught tOe military fever favor All Ute Ut th lug big h hook v lla Uk like JI us a U In 1 hew I let I I and mu HI itt 1 1 hul ios i 1 th tile 1 ID cadet oll for lor years reali but bul p was a and the boys boy as a rule rul prel crIcket and football to aol al Now howo i the lx boy y who hu hunt nt do his h hi drill shrIll and shooting h practice ir irIs tice II Is Is I I 1 anil the creek shot hoL lots haa ousted the Ih fact fust bowler 00 and tin goal keeper from their position po as a the school heroes Mr lIr Haldane war minister hn h hewn e n clever enough to turn lurn th thi n spirit to 10 advantage anti and has b recognized rl IN the school lI cadet cadot cool com companies a as officers training unit anil preP a courts course of or instruction for t hi III lint Hut It II In is I not nol only the Ih v that have na be n ted with the Ih military spirit Mr 11 for a territorial I tI at wh a I ih II In predicted i be b a II Inline f I lit Is a brilliant sue suc 1 0 The rite fh business war u minister abet hd the Ih old volunteers to 10 whom sol aol was WAil more or lean lews Ie of ot a II picnic to 10 tobe tobe be undertaken only ody In fair lair weather ant ami when Ihen everything e was comfortable ami 1 t fur for them theft a branch brand of or the regular army arm under regular discipline ami liable 1111 hk to be called on for active ath Mn ft when needed ron predicted that the th young Briton would not nor volunteer under these tout but everyone ne was wan wrong In l I lees s than thana a ear the thO establishment of n men mensa wan sa practically complete and aRd there thee ire are area irea arfa a number of ot regiment now flow with lIh loot Long LongS waiting S altin Uti Ut CIVILIAN CIVILIN CWB Hut nut title In Is not nol all Another movement Inaugurated 1 by Lord Roberta Huberts has lii taken hold of or the people like Ilk wildfire and It II ItIs III itis Is I site sale lo to sa say y that If were Ire Invaded tomorrow by the tim kaiser r Wil William 11 liam m would I be very ery much at aL atthe aLthe atthe the resistance he lit would meet with Ith This Thu ta is the civilian rifle club tub movement h III Is ahm at organized organIsed Hd nationally and nd has hu about 1004 m mb r The ThO toast men practise ay or I weekly kly with light lIht rites rl rland and float of them sire are now non 00 A ed marksmen markn ranges have hv boen equipped l In cellars Jar and on the roofs ot of business buln cud and now Instead of or spending the lun lunch h hour bour the th barmaid In the Ib nearest beerhouse l the th clerks Irka and salesmen In III inthe th Ih the great Ix London wholesale houses hostess spend nd the th time shooting and themselves to tit take La their places 11 in n the Lh ranks of r their defenders dt The Tims Th military authorities I am In ISi Informed formed are considering a plan by widths which h these riflemen may y be W b recognIsed as pa I of the country defensive for on and given aln a 44 uniform or at t least leasta 1 a badge If something of or this thi I hll kind l I Inot Is not don done alit ami 1 the Ih riflemen turn out to tonet tobee mett net bee t I thi tto Hermans If Ir they 1 ever mier do ito corn coin the Ih they will III meet Ht the lilt fate al of the th Ih h trite franc lit The Th wet a office is I already arranging for fOr a grunt grant of am ammunition am m to clubs Iu and amid nd front from rom this to formal recognition la le a short bort ansi and easily Nally taken liken step To Tu crow ro n It IL all 11 Lord Intro slut du ed 1 In III Ii tin till house huu of 01 lords lord a hill bill providing Ph for fur universal military train trim training ing mu In for the th youth of or 0 the lime country In ls Ind t d dir 41 T ll Ii 1 everyone dukes d son IOn and cooks ook sun so between the Ih 4 of sf r U II I and W 30 have In to serve sarve Ie In the territorial army four months under tanvas maness or orIn III In ball rk the thi first year and nd Ii days day acts t h year lot th Ih the three years yar In addition to t I a certain number of or drills drifts ev i i 1 r month at sit headquarter th lbs fourth year er erth the th men would peas Into the rest rv rye and would could Io b M lo In ill In time tim U of or danger The Th bill of r lourae has baa been defeated this year Czir r but bul Hobs U ba Is ii I that thaI hatin In I live years ar something of or the Ih kind will willIM III IM lit written In the statute book bouk In IntI tI It must bet bri utile a to W the thi lilac Id Toe To day 41 has hili gone gut by It lord lo d Ki Robert s lit says n 11 when th the Hi Hilt H it mil h people ap tan t 10 aim be patriot by pros PI PIrl Phi rl ri y an till no u longer hue hll their il 1 lii on foi r tn ties m U Jr Bills In K a lu u hold it II In its Hi tim I h world must thud miki It ski k ui ii theli theu minds I to too ti ito 1 ts their own sc ii lighting if it ary |
