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BadenPowell devoted to world brotherhood Robert Stephenson Smyth BadenPowell more affectionately known as P was born on February in London England At the age of 12 B received a scholarship from Charterhouse School one of Britain most famous public schools A public school In England Is a private The school was then in London but shortly It moved to Godaunlng In Surrey Just outside the school grounds and out of bounds for the boys were some woods where have snared killed and cooked rabbits over such a tiny fire that the smoke did not give him away- valuable training for later on Choosing a military career B served years with his regiment rising ultimately to become its Colonel in Chief He served In campaigns In India Afghanistan and South Africa The founder greatest fame as a sold ier was in the Boer War he of Mafeking a small town in South Africa Here with men he was besieged by Boer soldiers For days his small force held out against these immense odds until a relief column of British soldiers arrived Mafeking played a part In Scouting too for it was here that P organized his Messenger Cadets and gave them many jobs to do Trained in efficiency obedience and smartness they performed many tasks After the war Baden Powell organized the South African Con stabulary Their uniform was the basic uniform upon which the Boy Scout uniform was designed While still in the army P had written a book called Aids to Scout It was designed to assist in the training of soldiers as army scouts Many youth organ rations in Britain were using ideas from this training manual as adventures for their boys He discussed this matter with leading youth workers including Sir William Smith the Founder of the Boys Brigade then the largest boys organization in the country As a result of these discussions a boys camp was organized In July August 1907 and although it was not In tended that way at the time It did actually mark the birth of the Boy Scout movement The camp was held from July to August and the Scoutmaster was the then Lieut Gen Robert Baden Powell Assistant Scoutmasters were G W Green and P later Sir Percy Everett The site of the camp was Island The camp was a tremendous success and upon this ex periment the Founder wrote his book Scouting for Boys has run into many editions which were revised from lime to time by the founder Today years later it is still a best seller By the end of its first year It had been translated into five other languages It was Illustrated with sketches by B P most of them based on events from his own career In 1909 King Edward VII who had taken a great interest in the new movement made the founder a Knight In recognition of his work for boys By this tune P had become Inspector General of His Majesty Cavalry King Edward suggested to him that the Boy Scout movement was so riant that would doing his country a great service if he devoted his full time to It B resigned from the army and gave all his time to Scouting which was growing by leaps and bounds all over the world 11 was King Edward VII who inaugurated the rank King s Scout later changed at the request of Queen Elizabeth II to Queen s Seoul Britain and the Empire and to other countries loo The first country outside the Empire In the Western Hemisphere to adopt Scouting was Chile In Canada troops were organized In 1908 and in the first few years all badges books etc came directly from England The year 1912 was an eventful one for P for Scouting and for Guiding It was the year in which the founder married Miss Soames Lady later became the Chief Guide of world It was at the 1920 Jamboree that the International Confer of Scouting was formed It was in this year thai B P was acclaimed as Chief Scout of the World the only man to ever hold that title After the first World War B devoted Ihe rest of his life to promotion of a world brotherhood through the Scout Movement He believed that no better way of world brother hood could be found than enrolling future citizens Continued on 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