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THE BOY SCOUTS'
ASSOCIATION, ,
, (INCORPORATED). '
'_ 1;
, OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
—Praise from the President.— .
In reply to the, welcome accorded him on
taking the chair for the first time as Presi
dent of the Boy Scouts' Association, the
Duke of Connaught said:— 'As Chief Scout
of Canada,- 1 have been among' nearly all
the boys of that country. In Canada, as
in England, we have our depredators.
Ihere were people who did not believe in
it; there were people who imagined that
there was militarism at the back of it. I
have done my best to point out that if mili
tarism means making bovs respeccable, re
spectful, moral and manly, then there is
militarism at the back of it, and a very
good thine that is. But that is not my idea
of militarism. In foreign countries where
they have large armies you know that tie
whole administration is subservient to mili
tary conditions. You will recognise that
there neither is, nor will be anything on
those lines in the scout movement.'
—All Patrols Look Out.—
Mr. Rudyard Kipling recently ? wrote
what he entitled 'A patrol song':—
Thro are our rcpihtionsr
There's just one law for the Scont;
And tbo first a£d the last, and the present; asd
the post,
And the future and the perfect Is 'Loot o»tl'
L, thou, and he, look out!
Vi't, ye, and thty, look out!
Though jon didn't or you wouldn't, ?
Or you htdn't or you couldn't, -
You jolly well 'must' look out!
Look out nhen' yonr temper goes
At the end of a losing game,
And jour boots are too tight for your-tce*
And vrm ansirer and argue and blame,
It'« the hardest port ot the law.
But it hes'to be learned by the Soout—
For whining and shirking and 'jaw,**
All patrols look out)
—Personal.—
Mr. E. J. Apps (Honorary Commis
sioner) is on a tour through Europe, where
he has had an opportunity of seeing various
hoops of foreign scouts. At the time of
writing he was in Switzerland.'
Scoutmaster Roennfeldt (1st Laura
Troop) has been in Adelaide for the last
fortnight, and his services, 'in assisting with
the English Scouts, -have been invaluable.
—The Duke Smiled.—
Patrol Leader G. Langborne, who re
cently arrived m Adelaide from the Isle
of Wight, narrates a humorous incident
which occurred at a scout rally at which
the Duke of Connaught was the inspecting
officer. The Duke asked the lad standing
next to Langborne- whether he had done
his good turn that day, and on an affirma
tive reply beina given the Duke asked what
was the nature of the deed. The answer,
given in all earnestness, was, 'Please, sir,
I scratched father's head this morning!'
— Honours List.—
1st Lama Troop.— Scout M. Shepherd,
fireman, missioner, and King's Scout; Pa
trol Leader j; Smith, pathfinder; Cpl. M.
Cole,: pathfinder; Scout L. Morrison, path
fitder; Scout R. Campbell, pathfinder;
Scout) W. Milhinch, pathfinder; Scout K.
Nanearrow, pathfinder; Scout P. Acott,
utbfinder: Scout H. B&ehm, pathfinder;
Scout 'R; Laurie, pathfinder.
1st Port Adehid? Sea Scouts.— Sea Scout
W F. Bouquet, tenderfoot and second
das?; Sea.Scout S. McLeod, tenderfoot and
second cla»s; Sea Scout H. Smith, tender
foot; Sea Scout C. Smith, tenderfoot; Sea
Scc-ut F. Edwards, tenderfoot. '.
1st 'City (Q.B.I.) Troop.— Scont.; K.
McCarthy,- naturalist; Scout H. Hoop«r,
ambulance and., cooking: . ;. '-.
v . i-; '*???! —P;rbmot:ons.— ' V ..
1st City ^O.B.1:) ' Troop.-M. Qpldrick
end G.^Twbingj tojbe patrol'leadera; - JL
Hooper and Symbns, to be corporal*. . i
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