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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

December 5, 1940.

By Walt Disney

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Task of the

Boy Scout Movement In the War

AT

T the beginning of the war of 1914-18 the Boy Scout movement was. hardly seven years old, a tender age at which to face up to a major crisis in its life; but scouting not only survived but firmly established itself as a vital educational force.

Britain was unprepared for that war but it possessed a stripling movement with n motto of "Be Prepared" for any emergency. Let them try their hand! Scout Guards for railways and factories, scout Scout coast- messengers, guards, scout 'bus conductors; and then when air raids came, scout first aid parties and fire- men and-best remembered- the "All Clear" boys for use after air raids.

Scouting

The boys were able to tackle with intelligence and en- thusiasm any responsible task allotted to them. had proved its worth. It had also proved the value of its patrol system (boy leader- ship) in that it continued to flourish throughout the war despite the fact that the vast majority of its officers had -been called to the colours.

In the story of courage and self-sacrifice it is not forgot- ten that 150,000 members of the movement served in the British Forces, over 10,000 gave their lives and the long list of awards and decorations made to its members was

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headed by no fewer than 11 Victorin Crosses, the highest British award for gallantry.

In the years between that struggle and the present one the progress of the movement- has been phenomenal. It has spread to every country in the

joined the Air Raid Defence Services or 'Home Guard and those of military age. have joined the Forces by the thousand. Already the Scout casualty list is out of all pro- portion to the movement's place in the population and the Scout list of awards and

world where democracy rules. decorations grows day by day.

The world total of boys and men who have benefited by ils training runs into tens of millions and it is true to say that, with its sister organisa- tion, the Girl Guide, it has approached nearer to the true ideal of world brotherhood and peace than any other or- ganisation of its kind.

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The outbreak of the present blow to every war Was a member of the Scout Move- ment, not international one; that is, that after God, a Scout's first duty is to his country. His country's enemics are his enemies.

From up and down the coun- try come reports of Command- ing Officers seeking out the old Scouts in their units for responsible jobs, and tributes by the score from all the Ser- vices to the value of Scout- trained men.

Despite the value of scout training in time of war, scout- ing is a movement for peace; for producing men of charac- ter, capable of constructive work for the betterment of the world and the movement · in Britain to-day is, in addi- tion to its war-time activities, pursuing its normal training as far as it possibly can, certain that when victory is won it will have a major part to play in the great recon- atruction.

In September, 1939, the scout movement in Britain was prepared, but it had to face another and even sterner test than in 1914. Most of those picturesque jobs in 1914-18 were now undertaken-a-world-wide-movement one.

by the fighting Forces, the, Air Raid Precautions Work- ers, or some other Civil De- fence Unit. There was plenty of work for the Scouts to do, but it was rather humdrum stuff-messenger work, col- leeting waste paper, looking after evacuees-und scores of other most necessary tasks but somewhat lacking in romance and adventure.

The Scouts swallowed their disappointment and tackled all this work whole-heartedly. Those of suitable age with special qualifications have

By Abner Dean

"I can't decide who to vote for a go, but maybe it will como

to mo in a flash!".

Although to-day scouting is

must still, with the exception of the U.S.A., go to Britain and the British Empire to see it flourish in that perfect freedom and liberty of action so essential to its full success. In Great Britain it threw over the chance of any political bias when it rojected a gov- ernment màintenance grant in its early days with the re- sult that to-day it receives the blessing and support of all the major political parties.

ADOPTING PRISONERS OF WAR

It costs £20 to "adopt" a British prisoner of war. But,

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Some Hongkong Scouts.

On the religious side its. freedom is even more notice- able, and members of all churches find no difficulty in enjoying full membership of the movement while at the same time preserving their own individuality.

In Great Britain the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, the Cardinal Archbishop of West- minster, the Moderator of the Free Churches, the Moderator of the Church of Scotland and the Chief Rabbi are all mem- bers of the Council of the Boy Scouts Association, and from the very commencement of scouting these leaders have been consulted at every step in the development of the re- liglous policy of the move- ment.

The result has been that ench denomination has been

If this is too much to pay all at An Answer To

once, you can send a weekly or monthly subscription to the British Red Cross Society.

"Subscriptions may be as low as sixpence a week, but they must be paid regularly," Lady

Who Knows

One afternoon Smith heard

Winifred Gore, of the Society's à call for help from his neigh- prisoners of war department, bour Jones. Rushing over,

ly.

told a reporter in London recent-he found Jones in the front yard, struggling with a horse. "Lend a hand," said Jones, "I want to get him up on the porch," Smith was a kindly man, and full of curiosity, so

"On receipt of the Arst payment we select a suitable prisoner-in the majority of cases a man from the ranks-and send his name and address to the subscriber,

"We also let the prisoner have the ho lent a hand. name and address of his benefactor, so they can correspond whenever: possible."

Food and Tobacco

When the horse was, safoly on the porch, Jones said: "Hold the door for me; I want to got him into the house."

This scheme has appealed par- ticularly to lonely and elderly people, When the horse was in the and also to the very young. Several hall Jones ordered, "You pu

push hundreds of "adoptions" have al-

while I pull. I want

tg got rendy been arranged.

Members of the National Spinsters him up the stairs." They heaved and hauled and the horse whinnied and stumbled, but they got him up..

"My panted Jones, "I didn't think we'd make it"

collected

Pensions Association havo sufficient money, to "adopt more than 20 prisoners) (j)

The £20 covers the cost of a weakly parcel of food, koop, efgarettes and tobacco..

content for its members to work in full co-operation with the main organisation, the Boy Scouts Association, and there is complete confidence on all sides. Various churches have, unofficial guilds to fur- ther the cause of scouting among their own members and these guilds act in an ad- visory capacity to the Boy Scouts Association.

This ability to overcome social and religious barriers is not the only reason why so many people are looking to the scout movement to help in the problems of the future.

It is, in addition, a move- ment which has overcome the barrier of all colour and class. It has established effective training for the whole of youth from eight to 80 years of age and it has an effective, system for training its own leaders,

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Then he led the horse into the bathroom, and pointed to the bathtub. "In ho goes.” With toll and trouble and in- Anito ingenuity they got the horse into the tub,

"And now," asked Smith, "will you please tell me what › it's all about?"

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"Well, you see," answered Jones." "I have a brother-in- law who thinks he knows everything. He knows all the answers. And it makes mo tired. So when he hero to-night he'll go to the. bath-room and see the horse, in the bathtub and come rushing out and yell, "Great guns, Bill, there's a horse in the bathtub!" and I'll just sny. Well, what of It' and let him worry."

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