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Rh and the army scout. With dummies there are deer and bear hunts, fishing for sturgeon and whales, canoe tag, games of quick and far sight, spot the rabbit, man hunt, spy in the camp, tree the coon, feather blow, fire-fly dance, lion hunt, raid the flag, throw the assegai, track the thief, snow fort, man hunt, smugglers over the border and countless other games.

Once a Scout, a boy can remain in the organization as long as he lives. joining at twelve years of age, he can rise in rank, becoming an assistant patrol leader, a patrol leader, a troop leader, and as he passes the age of 18, an assistant Scout Master, then a Scout Master, a Councilor or a Commissioner. As a man he can give as much or as little time to the work as he chooses, and train one patrol after another; and that is just what is wanted—boys who will remain in the work when they grow up and help save future generations of boys. Money is not needed so much as human service. The expense is kept at a minimum, and each patrol or troop takes care of itself, with the aid of the Scout Master or Local Council. The less boys are helped from the outside, the more self-reliant and resourceful they become. Even in camping trips a patrol roughs it and lives as cheaply as at home. In scouting all boys have the same advantages. Each has the chance of a healthy, moral, mental and physical development, and each has his character built and moulded by the principles and daily habits of life which arise from his activities in scouting.

References: The Official Handbook for Boys, published by the Editorial Board of the National Council; Two Little Savages, by Ernest Thompson-Seton; The Boy Problem, by W. B. Forbush; First Aid to the Injured, edited by the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A.; Camping and Woodcraft, by Horace Kephart; Emergencies, by C. V. Gulick; The Boy Pioneers, by Dan C. Beard; The Handbook for Scout Masters, published by the Editorial Board of the Boy Scouts of America; The Coming Generation, by W. B. Forbush; Boy Training, by John L. Alexander; Boy Life and Self-Government, by George W. Fiske. For full biography upon Scout work and the different phases of Scouting see the Appendix of the different publications and hand-books of the Boy Scouts of America.