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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH December 5, 1940.

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Task of the

Boy Scout Movement In the War

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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 a motto of "Be Prepared" for any emergency. Let them try their hand! Scout Guards for railways and factories, scout scout const- 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.

The boys were able to tackle with intelligence and en- thusiasm any responsible task allotted to them. Scouting -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 Victoria 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 sprend to every country in the world where democracy rules. The world total of boys and men who have benefited by Ha training runa 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 pence than any other or- ganisation of its kind.

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

In September, 1989, 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-woro-now-undertaken. 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- lecting waste paper, looking after evacuees and 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

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joined the Air Raid Defence Services or Home Guard and those of military age have joined the Forces by the thousand. Alrendy 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 decorations grows day by day.

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- struction.

Although to-day scouting is _a_world-wide_movement_one_ `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 liborty of action. so essential to its full success. In Great Britain it threw over the chance of any political blas when it rejected a gov- ernment maintenance grant in its early days with the re- sult that to-day it receives the blessing and support of all the major political parties."

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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- burs 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- ligious policy of the move- ment.

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The result has been that each denomination has been

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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 Winifred Gore, of the Society's prisoners of war department, told a reporter in London recent- ly.

"On receipt of the first payment we select a suitable prisoner--in the majority of cases a man from the ranks-and Bend his nome address to the subscriber.

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"We also let the prisoner have the name and address of his benefactor, co they can correspond whenever possible."

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This scheme has appealed par- ticularly to lonely and elderly people, and also to the very young. Several hundreds of "adoptions" have ready been arranged.

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Members of the National Spinsters Pensions Association have collected sufficient money, to ' "adopt" than 20 prisoners.

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The 220 covers the cost of weekly:'* parcetator food; » soap, cigarettes and tobacco,

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One afternoon Smith heard a call for help from his neigh- bour Jones. Rushing over, ho 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 he lent a hand. •

When the horse was safely on the porch, Jones said: "Hold the door for me; I want to get him into the house." When the horse was in the hall Jones ordered, "You push while I pull. I want to get him up the stairs." They heaved and hauled and the horse whinnied and stumbled, but they got him: up.

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

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 30 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 he goes," With toil and trouble and in- finite ingenuity they got the horse into the tub.

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

"Well, you see," answered Jones." "I have a brother-in- law who thinks he knows everything. He knows all the answers. And it makes me tired. So when he comes here 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 say, Well, what of it!" and let him worry."

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