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Show ffjlHE BOY 5COUT5 9 BLACK WOLF W B. R S::N' ' ffe ,blte;: xjdoor Life, Discipline and the Teachings of Manhood Are Included in the Fascinating Semi-Military Semi-Military Organizations to Which the Boys of America and Britain Are Flocking by Thousands. lOprrlCM. l!rt. bj th. N'-wYoU nrlJ Co. All rlsbM r-TTMl. .1 f EK! Yck'.' Vck:" kk As this cry echoed along tlje slopes of Mornlngsldc Park a oy whose head was I surmounted by a broad brimmed hnt of peculiar design halted suddenly upon the. none steps, and, screening his eye from the sun, peered In every direction. "Grrao! Grruo!" he replied. From behind a clump of bushes stepped n lad of fourteen or thereabout In ft khnkl uniform and salut-fd salut-fd with military precision. "What troop, Plying Eagle?" asked he of the steps. "First New York." was the answer of the Bush Boy." "What's yours. Tiger?" "Thirty-third Ixmdon." was the response. "Shake hands.' said Flying Eagle. "Glad to see yoiL You roust know B. T." "Know him!" was -the answer. "Why, I came over with him." "Fl'ro."' remarked Flying Eagle, after a moment's hesitation. "Pay, you're a lucky scout. I've been ground myself some. I've camped with Black Wolf." Now, this does not happen to be a meeting In tlm , jungle, far from the haunts of civilized man. but be tween wo boys in a New York city park who had never before seen each other. They were bound together to-gether by the tie of a new order of adolescent knlgh't-hood knlgh't-hood which within the last two years has spread , around the glob since Its organization In England by Sir Robert S. S. Baden-Powell, "B. P.," -the hero of Mafeklnc. Four hundred thousand boy scouts are enrolled In Great Britain alone, while troops and patrols of the order are to be found everywhere In the world nearlv, and the Boy Scouts of America, under the leadership of Mr. Ernest Thompson Soton ("Black Wolf), number num-ber one hundred thousand nnd are Increasing day by day. There arc in the United States ten million boys, it Is estimated, varying In age from twelve to eighteen years, who are eligible to the privilege of being Scouts. Judging by the energy which Is displayed by the ' American, organizers and by the enthusiasm of the 1 youths themselves, It may be hat before long a large v proportion of them will be enrolled in this modern j,)Mfl chivalry, for such It Is under It? novel, latter day rulse. V. S. B. C Cleveland "Buckeye No. 1" and K''ri - iT&&i? v.v "The Gypsy-'Thcse and Two Patrols from l-f' V.?--"V f--i -v: '' :-: ' 't'H-HP'f-tr. ' ': Central Y, "The Stag" and "Wolf," Made Trip LVt'; i&i.) :'v V--- to Ohio River and Return, Walking More Than p,:..: '7 . $ : ' V ii.f yVr- " Scouting Ut :,zK fi' - . S' I I s : ' i " J" u .,, Ambulance Patrol. ' sucJi meritorious services ns assl-ting I the fwill'-e at I pi-rin,il risk, fur on more t ban n wa dn In Ioidn tr''ps of lioy scouts liitve aided In keeping li-k th rri'imN by prcsoni In z a olld frmit wltli their staves pri'Kstd forward and reit-lvlng the impact of the timing like eterani. The gilt ini-dal of rnTit may t achieved alo for twi-nfy good deeds such as stojiplng runaway horxei or alsiiiig nt lln-s or doing various gV turns without with-out bring paM for I hem. "Good turns" are of varknu klndM. Patrols of boy xeouts have even suddenly l-j.eard l-j.eard to help an old wmnan take In her washing. Another patrol nlded a man whosp ?iutomobile seemed hopelfsly mired in a country road. . The most lniirtiirit work in the order Is done by the scum master?, who may bi youths or men of mature age, who train the scouts and gfj Instruction Instruc-tion In all the degrees which pre needful and tako charge of them on scouting parties. Scouts must always address these i.tll lals n "Sir." Then- are -cunt commissioners who ln5prt trvps of scouts ninl give suggestions to Krout masters for the gMid of the service, and over all Is the Thief Scout, who In England is l.l.-ufenant General Baden Powell and In this country Mr. S-tui. The Boy Smuts of America are strictly n non-sec-tarlan orgatil.al lou, and enrolbil In its legions are all shades of religious belief. Such agencies ns the Youu;? Men's Christian Association, various tioys' clubs ef Catliolii s and the Young Men's Hebrew Asxochtlno are interested In the movement. It happens that for the present the liendipia rters are In the building of the Iuleniatlonal Y. M. C A. The oalh to C.od and country or to God and tlx: King, as It Is In Great Britain. Is considered by the founder to be sufficiently comprehensive and there Is absolutely no distinction made with respect to creeds. discipline Is largely vested In courts of honor, each composed of a scout muster and two patrol leaders, which decide upon rewards, awards and punish- liients. cncral Badcn-Powcll Presenting Colors to the Devon Boy Scouts. bling those tised by riders will be employed. Some uniforms worn by the various bram-hes of the Foy Scouts of America which fie now In the Held follow ( lo-ey the order of the English pattern. The Boy Scouts In Canada are commuted to the bare kneed variety. The Qualifications. From 'tenderfoot the neophyte has passed to the decree of second class seoilf. for which these are the qualifications: 1. Have at least one month's service as a tenderfoot. tender-foot. L r-Tlemen'.iry first aid and bandaging. 3. Signalling, elementary knowledge of semaphore or Morse alphabet. 4. Track half a mile In twenty-live minutes; or. If In a town, describe satisfactorily the contents of one store window out of four, observed for one minute ea h. fio n mile In twelve minutes at "scout's pace," fi. I. ay and light a tire, usinj; not more than two matches. 7, Cook a quarter of pound of meat nnd two p.ta-toes p.ta-toes without cooking utensii.s other than the regulation regula-tion billy 5. Have at least twenty-tive cents in a savings bank. 0. Know the sixteen principal points of the coin-pa coin-pa SM. Signalling is done largely by Hues and the scouts have formulae for remembering the Morse ettde. The "billy" or ' billy "an" referred to in the regulations Is 11 combination of the can and .skillet so arranged as to be compactly carried. After It has been adjudged that tin? scout of the second class has pa-sed all his qualifications he Is eligible to promotion as a lirsf class scout. These then are the tests which he must meet iu order to attain thai Hisltion. 1. Swim fifty yards. (X, B. This may be omitted where the doctor certifies that bathing is dangerous to the Ixjy's health, in which cae ho Miut run a mile In eight minutes, or perfom some equivalent selected by the scoutmaster. i 2. Must have Hfty cents at least In the savings bank. 3. Signalling Scud an'd receive a message either in semaphore or Morse, sixteen letters per minute. 4. Jo on foot or row a boat alone to a point pvmi miles away and return again; or, if conveyed by any vehicle or animal. g to a distant e of tiftoon rnlle.s and ba k and write a short rvt"Tt on It. U Is preferable that he should take two days over It. .". Describe or show the proper means for savlnx: life In case of two of the following accidents 'allotted by the exa miners) : Fire, drowning, runaway car-rl car-rl ige. sewer gas. ice breaking Or bandage an injured in-jured patient or revive an af arently drowned person. li. 'onk satisfactorily two of the follow ing dishes, as may be dlrecti-d : Porridge, bacon, hunter's stew. Or skin and iHk a rabbit or pluck and cook u bird. AUo make a "dumper" of half a iouud of tlour or a "twist" baked oli a thick -tick. It Is the object of the entire movement to promote fhe s.oiil splrlr, to brim; the boys In touch with tin manly virtues, to Interest them In nature, jo develop their powers of observation nnd Interest them In lines of endeavor which will prepare them for useful nnd honorable callings. Mr. Stton's Plans. "This h a time," wrote Mr. Seton In his Birch Bark Boll, which has been Incorporated with the Bail 'ii Powell handbook for use In this country, ' when Ihe whole nation, mining toward tho outdoor life, seeking iu It the physical regeneration so needful need-ful for continued national existence. Is waking to the fact, so long known to thoughtful men. that those live longest who Ihe nearest the ground that Is, who live the simple life of primitive limes, divested, however, of Ihe Ignorance in those times begot. Sport Is ihe treat incentive to outdoor life; nature study Is the intellectual side of sjx'rt. "I should like to lead this whole nation Into a way of living outdoors for at least a month each year, re-lvlng re-lvlng and evpandlng a custom whh h as far back as Mosos was dpemed essential to th national well-being. well-being. "N"t long ago a benevolent rich man Impressed with this Idea 1 bartered a steamer nnd took smo hundreds of slum boys up to the Cntskllts for a day In the woods. They were duly landed and told to 'go and hnvp a glorious I line.' If was like gathering up a netful of cattish and throwing fliPin Into the woods, saving, 'fSo nnd have a glorious time. The loya sulked around and sullenly disappeared. An hour later they were found In groups under the bushes smoking cigarettes, shooting i raps and playing cards the only things 4 hey knew. Thus tho well meaning rich man learned that It was not enough to take them out of doors. We must teach fhem to enjoy L" I or the hoys who have had 4 he ticnpllt of country life It Is easier to come In touch with tho scouting period i h.nn II Is for those who know little beyond the shrewd Insight Into life which they may gather In be tenement districts of .New York and Ixnidon. J'roin the cast side of New York fit the present time, however, how-ever, hundred f scouting parties are going 4o the woods of New .Terse and the Palisades on explorations explora-tions and are returning after their ramping and scouting scout-ing and signalling refreshed In mind and body and with their Intellectual faculties alert. The principles which are kept In view, although the Boy Scout movement is essentially for recreation, arc self -government, the magic of the camp lire. wod-craft wod-craft pursuits, honors by standards, personal decorations decora-tions for personal nchlct emeiit, the he role Ideal and the poetry, the romance and the plctiiresqueness widen lire the Imagination In all phases of life If the inind Is properly awakened and stimulated. ' The boys of the nation," writes Lieutenant fieneral Bnden-I'owell in his handbook for the British Scouts, "are full of enthusiasm and spirit nnd only want their heads to be turned In the rk'ht dlrecflou t become good and useful citizens. This splendid material Is being allowed 4o run to waste nay, worse than that. It Is allowed to become harmful to the nation, simply for want of education, for want of a hand to guide them at the crisis of their lives when thy are at the crossroads where their futures branch uff for good or evil , Boy Scouts. Y. M. C. A. Training Schoc Springfield, Mass. vade mecuni of hundreds of thousands of tturdy follow fol-low ers. The compendium of the Boy Scouts of America includes much of the Baden-Powell edition, with which has been incorporated the Biivh Bark Roll prepared pre-pared by the American naturalist. The committee on organization of the Boy Seoufs of America, which is now hard at work, consists of Mr. Seton. chairman; Mr. Lee F. Hanmer, secretary; Mr. George I. Pratt, treasurer, nnd Messrs. Jacob A. Rils. W. I Boyce. Hr. Luther II. Gullck, Han Beard. Edgar M Robinson nnd Colin II. Livingstone. It Is well financed, nnd a business man who does not wish his name known Jn that connection Is devoting larg.? siujis every month to paying the necessary expense. The Boy Scouts of America have headquarters at No. 124 East Twenty-eighth street, where the ofticl.il business Is conducted. The committee already has troops In Chicago. Iietroit. Cleveland and cilles of such rank, and has a large representation throughout this State and New Jersey and Massachusetts. Texas, that home of the rangers, has taken up the movement with alacrity, and the i lliens of Fort Worth have become an enthusiastic over the perfecting of the organization or-ganization as the yonng scouts themselves. As there were In days of old degrees of knighthood so there are In scouthood. The first degiee N that of tenderfoot. One who is less lhan twelve years of aL'e cannot he Initiated Into Its myMcrles. Before taking it the candidate must know ihe scout laws and signs the composition of the flag of his country ami how to fly It; how to tie the following knots: Reef, sheet bend, clove hitch. Ifowlinc, middleman's, fisherman', and sheepshank The Laws of the Scouts. First are the laws of the .scouts, which are ns follows. fol-lows. "1. A scout's honor Is to be trusted. "If a scout were to break his honor by telling a lie. or by not can log out an order exactly when trusted on his honor to do so, he may be directed to hand ova bis scout badge, and never to wear It again, lie m:i also be directed to cease to be a s out. "2, A scout is loyal to his country. uLs otlhers. his parents and his employers He must stick to tin in through thick and thin against any one who Is their enemy or who even talks badly of them. "it. A scout's duty Is to be useful and to help others. He must bo prepared at any time to save life or to help injured persons. And lie must try his best to do a good turn to somebody every day. "4. A scout Is a friend to all and a brother to every other scout, no matter to what social class the other belongs.' "A scout inasi never bu a snob, A snob Is one who looks down upon another because he Is poorer or who Is poor and resents ii not her because he Is rich. A scout accepts the other man as be tmds him and makes the best of him, "5. A scout Is courteous. That is. he Is j:Jltc to all, hut especially to women and children and oil rwople nud Invalids, cripples. -c. And he must not take any reward for being helpful nnd courteous. ". A scout Is a friend to animals. Ho should save thern as far as possible from pain and should not kill any animal unnecessarily. Killing an animal for food Is allownble. "7. A scout obeys orders of his parents, patrol leader or scout master without question. Even If he gpl.s au order he does not like, he must do ns soldiers and sailors do; he must carry it out all the same because be-cause It Is his duly; and after he has done It he can come and stale uuy reasons ngalnst it; but he must carry out the order at once. That Is discipline. ".s. A scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances. circum-stances. When he gets an order he should obey it cheerily nnd readily, not In a slow, hangdog sort of way. Scouts never grumble at hardships. nr whine at each other, nor swear when put out. The punishment punish-ment 'for sweating or unlng bad language Is for each offence a mug of cold water to be poured down the offender'u jdcpvp hy the other scout It was the pun- :yy- G Gen. Baden-PowelL Ernest Thompson (From the Graphic.) Seton. Isluncnt Invented b.v the old scout Captain John Smith three hundred -ars a-o. "0. A scout Is thrifty ; that is. he saves every penny he can and puts It Into the bank, so that he may have money to keep himself when out of work, and thus not make himself a burden to others, or that he may have money to give away to others when they ned it."' A Law of Honor. What the Bushldo was to he Samurai of Japan, what the laws of honor are to (he American Indians the code of the boy scouts Is to them. The young slers learn If as squires of the Middle Ages did the regulations which prepared them to be knights What the word of an oiFicer and a gentleman Is in the army and navy are the yeas and nays of ihe scouts. Tho candidates are questioned by their superiors, the scout masters, on fhe points of Ihls code and then a the close of ihe month. If the tenderfoot has shown that he knows ami understands what Is required of him. he is permitted to take the scout's oath. Its words a re : "On my honor I promise to do my best. "1. To do my duty to tid and country. "1 To help other people at all times. "3. Obey the scout law." It Is an oath soon taken, but Ms observance Is considered con-sidered the subject of earnest thought, and a violation viola-tion of li Is regarded among the scouts as a berlous offence. Once a boy has passed his teuderfoot degree be has obligations which hi; must observe with extreme fidelity, for upon his mind Is Impressed the Idea. "Such is the law of the scouts." 1 The salute of the order Is given hy holding up three lingers of the right hand with the thumb and the little finger held down and louctiing each other nt the lips, meaning therebv the trilogy of the law of the scouts. This Is the sl-n given by scouts meeting for the nr-t time. The badge Is a conventionalized tleur-de-lls, which also suggests the three points, and beneath the emblem is a turned up scroll made to suggest the smiling lips lifted at the corners and bearing the words. "Be prepared.' All the traditions tradi-tions of mediaeval heraldry are suggested In the device, de-vice, which originated In England and has been adopted as the standard American badge. Having passed the lest.s for a scout, the tenderfoot realizes a cherished ambition, for now he Is permitted to dou the uniform. The standard garb of the British Boy Scuts consists of abbreviated kiiakl breeches known us "shorts. " which leave the km-ps bare; stockings of wool (urned dow u and br.vwu or blaclt shoes or brown "sneakers." as the cloth rubber soled footgear Is called. The shirt Is of flannel nud In winter win-ter a sweafer may be worn. The oelt Is of brown leather with buckles of dull metal. The head Is covered cov-ered with a khaki colored hat with flat t'tim and chin strap. A stall' uusle.d and thus adapted to feeling the woy about quietly Is carried, ami a haversack of khaki color. The scouts also have knives attached to lanyards and hitched to swivels on their belts, and scoutmaster, and patrol leaders have whistles on a cord about t he neck. I'racilcally this uniform l being fashioned for the Hoy Scouts of America, with olive drab colorings In-stead In-stead of the khaki and certain variations. It is In-tended In-tended to give the Scouts of Ann-ma the cln.l,-,. ( two uniforms, as it is thought possibly .he bare knees would be too conspicuous for city u-ie. One variety will have ".shorts" and iu the oth' r breeches respiu ' Although it was suggested In time of war the boy scout movement Is uot primarily military, but Is more Sevoted to ways of peace. Lieutenant General Badeii-Towell, Badeii-Towell, now on a tour In the Interests of the movement, move-ment, arrived recently In Vancouver and Is expected In this city before long, never Intended 4hat it should bo a drill corpg, but rather that It should stimulate tho romantic and the Imaginative boy nature and substitute substi-tute individual Initiative for the hard and fast rules of tactics. This movement, which is becoming so Important .1 factor la tho life of the youug, practically had its origin ori-gin at Mafcklng, in South Africa, during the Boer War. Lieutenant General, then Colonel, Baden-Powell was besieged for 215 uays in Mafeklng, w hich he beld with 1,200 men against a Boer army until he was relieved. TJi celebration over his gallant and sm cess-fnl cess-fnl defence gave to the English language a new word, "matUcklDg," used to denote public transports of delirious Joy. The siege itself brought into notice the boy scout. &o manifold wero the duties required of the little garrison and so extensive were the ravages of hunger hun-ger and Illness that tho commander could ill spare able bodied men for orderlies and for messengers, and therefore he utlll.ed boys who volunteered. These youthful defenders sped to their work on bicycles bi-cycles under the Are of the enemy and displayed such willingness and ability that Colonel Badeu-Powell referred to them In his otiiclal report and since that time has been much Interested in the development and progress of the boys. Taken Up in America. He was impressed, too, as n thorough military man with the paucity of able bodied alert and intelligent men, and he reached the conclusion that the lack of early training and the neglect of manly sports and pastimes had much to do with what he regarded as a ign of decline. Tie publicly founded the Boy Scours nt Birkenhead. England, on January 24. lfn.vS. Summing up the objects ob-jects of the movement he stated that It was intruded to make boys manly men, good and useful citizens, and not to train them as soldiers, but rather to avoid the bringing up of forty-six per cent of the boys of the nation without the knowledge of a useful occupation. occu-pation. The Idea was received with enthusiasm In England, and now there are so many boy scouts lu Great BrlUIn that the organization is embarrassed In Its efforts to keep control of the multitude of recruits which flock to its standard. Mr. W. T. Boyce, of Chicago, w ho had seen something some-thing of thetr work, caused to be' Introduced last April In the House of Representatives a bill to incorporate In Washington the Boy Scouts of America, which Is the otiiclal body here In tonch with the corps founded by the distinguished British soldier. The charter was Issued In June. The Boy Scouts of America have no affiliation with a body of almost similar name which more recently has been founded. The organization already al-ready had something of a nucleus from which to work, as In 1000 aud In 1001 Mr. Ernest Thompson Setou. the Aiuerleau naturalist and apostle of the gospel of the outdoor life for boys, had started his Woodcraft Indians, a society which had for It basis the followiug of the free and untrammelled life of tho aboriginal Inhabitants of this country. Mr, Pan Beard at his period also incorporated a body of youths called the Pioneers, or The Sons of Daniel Boone. Mr. Seton in IOiH visited Lieutenant general Badeo-Powell Badeo-Powell and asked him to co-operate in popularlzlog a movement wblch would make for Ihe upbuilding of the character of the boys of this generation. The "dicer, after much mature reflection, nurted the Boy Scout movement, ncd wrote a handbook for It which com the first w wpII received and hat hwomp fhe "The present authorized scheme of education in our schools Includes plenty of book work, but 110 development develop-ment of the quality that counts, namely, chann-ter. which, after all. Is I.f the first Importance. Not thousands thou-sands but huudrisls of thousands of boys in our great cities, after an education In reading sufficient to enable ena-ble Lhem to devour Ihe horrors of rtie Police News aud In arithmetic to make their football wagers, are being left to drift Into the ranks of the 'hooligans' and th 'wasters' without hiiv attempt to stay tln ni. But the; receive no teaching iu resourcefulness, chlvulry, thrift, citizenship and patriotism. "The key to successful education Ls not eo much U leach the pupil as lo get him tr learn for himself The subject to be Instilled must be made to appeal you must lure your llsh with a succulent worm, no-' with a bit of hard, dry bl-cutt. That wo my ohjis t In suggesting fhe gilt of Scouting' for the pill of education In manliness and g'd cltlz'-nshlV but I had no Idea when I did so a vear ago that II would meet with fhe response which it has done. I' has beeu adopted by all the best associations for horl and by a large number of schools. It has also beet iix-il on more than one f Ills Majesty's shJps and ov several units In the army." (Jeneral Baden-Powidl, on his arrival at Vancouver In Hip Interests of the movement, said he was triad f" see that It was obtaining such a hold In Ihe I'nlteJ j States, although he thought that In some phases It hd too much of the drill Idea In It a tendency which the Boy Scouts of America. Iu (heir w Mi to folia tbo British model, have nought epivlally to avoid. What applies to the movement In Hreaf Britain Ca also be said f the Boy Scouts of America, wbo dally flocking to the standards of the new MJ( throughout the T'nlted Sfntes. i 7. Rend a map correctly, and draw an intelligent rough sketch map. Point out a compass direction without the help of a compass. S. Fse an uie for f.-lllng or trimming light timber; or, as an alternative, produce an article of carpentry or Joinery or metal work, made by himself .satisfactorily. .satisfac-torily. l. Judge distance, size, numbers and height within 2." it cent error. Ki. Train a tenderfoot for a month so that he may qualify as a second class scout. The Badges of Merit. Boys who have passed all these tests and have been duly enrolled as first 1 ia.-s scouts have before them the opportunity of winning certain badges of merit. They ma do this by qualifying by special training as members of the ambulance corps, or firemen or c ' lists, aud also as clerks, signallers, pioneers, seamen, sea-men, marksmen, masters at arms, stalkers, gardeners, horsenieii, electricians cud musicians. Shoulder lines are awaid'-d to any s out who has attained six of these badges, and the exalted rank of "Silver Wolf" goes to the youth who h is qiinlllied In all fourteen of these extra requirements. Last of ail, as precious to Lbcso oung knights as orders con-ferted con-ferted hy kings and queens, are the medals for meritorious meri-torious decils. to lie worn only when conferred by the Chief Scout Pluck Wolf himself. Tie- bronze cross with the rd ribbon Is f..r s.,ving a life at the risk of his own; the silver cross (blue rlblxiu) for life saving without the element of personal danger, and the e;t LxdDl of merit with white ribbon t conferred for |