Scouting, Volume 39, Number 2, February 1951 Page: 16
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V,
Practically every country in the free world has Scouting
WHERE WE FIND CUB SCOUTING
Each year many letters come to the National
Office showing interest in Cub Scouting and
asking how many countries continue to encourage
this program for boys. To answer the many in-
quiries, we have prepared the following list of coun-
tries, with accompanying figures giving you an
interesting comparison of facts from 1939 and 1949,
as released by the Boy Scout International Bureau
in London. The chart shows Scouting associations
who are recognized by the International Bureau.
Many other countries have Cub Scout Packs even
though they do not have national organizations.
You must remember that Scouting was forced to
go underground for its operations in the Totalitarian
countries and so no facts are available. Without
a doubt the spark of real Scouting still is alive in
the hearts of those who love and hope sometime
to share the four freedoms we Americans enjoy
(1) Freedom of Speech— (2) Freedom of Religion
— (3) Freedom from Want— (4) Freedom from
Fear.
We are strong in numbers. We can and should
be able to extend a hand of brotherhood that can
mean something.
There are now approximately 1,094,280 Cub
Scouts in the world. On Nov. 1, 1950 the Boy Scouts
of America had 757,181 Cub Scouts. Helping serve
our boys are 233,964 Cub Scouters, against 25,603
in 1939 and 98,031 registered Den Mothers against
2,610 in 1939. Last year we had 19,153 Packs. This
year 21,628 for a gain of 2,473 Units.
Cub Scouts
El Salvador
—
210
Nicaragua
—
135
Country
1939
1949
Finland
1,955
3,776
Norway
753
4,245
France (Scoutisme
Peru
—
214
Armenian
Francais)
32,799
62,677
Philippines (Included
Scouts
335
400
Great Britain
225,099
220,556
in U. S.)
9,413
Austria
—
1,894
Greece
—
10,958
Portugal
7,985
963
Belgium
3,755
13,921
Guatemala
50
297
South Africa
6,868
12,640
Brazil
1,771
2,668
Haiti
—
112
Sweden
3,070
13,279
Canada (Included
Hungary
10,500
—
Switzerland
4,406
7,446
in Gt. Brit.)
52,631
Iceland
311
255
United States
Chile
782
1,156
India
106,319
—
of America
128,556
611,309
China
13,791
—
Italy
—
6,212
Cuba
100
300
Luxembourg
661
1,043
Total Cub
Denmark
4,429
12,447
Mexico
280
1,428
Scouts in
Egypt
2,600
1,500
Netherlands
12,710
36,210
World
620,993
1,094,280
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SCOUTING
CUB SCOUT SECTION
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