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CHAPTER ! SCOUTCRAVr This chapter is the result of the work of the Con?itt? on Scout Oath, Scout Law, Tenderfoot, Sexond-class and First. doss Requironents; the Committee on Badges, Awards, and Equipment; the Committee on Pernument Orga#isation and Field Sa?', and John L. Alexander and Samuel A. Moffat. Aim of the Scout Movement By John L. Alexafider, Boy Scouts of America The aim of the Boy Scouts is to supplement the various exist- ing educational agencies, and to promote the ability in boys to do things for themselves and others. It is not the aim to set up a new organization to parallel in its purposes others already established. The opportunity is afforded these organizations, however, to introduce into their programs unique features appealing to interests which are universal among boys. The method is summed up in the term Scoutcraft, and is a combination of observation, deduction, and handiness, or the ability to do things. Scoutcraft includes instruction in First Aid, Life Saving, Tracking, Signaling, Cycling, Nature Study, Seamanship, Campcraft, Woodcraft, Chivalry, Patriotism, and other subjects. This is accomplished in games and team play, and is pleasure, not work, for the boy. All that is needed is the out-of-doors, a group of boys, and a competent leader. What Scouting Means In all ages there have been scouts, the place of the scout being on the danger line of the army or at the outposts, protecting those of his company who confide in his care. The army scout was the soldier who was chosen out o, all the .army to go out on the skirmish line. - The' pioneer, who was out on the edge of th9?wilde4'ness, Digitized by ?,?00? [C