Scouting, Volume 31, Number 5, May 1943 Page: 26
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minute using blinker or other light,
or using buzzer or other sound de-
vice send and receive not less than
thirty letters per minute.
2. For First Class Scouts: a.
Demonstrate ability to send and re-
ceive a message by International
Morse Code including procedure
signals using wig wag at the rate
of twenty-five letters per minute,
b. Using blinker or other light send
and receive a message by Interna-
tional Morse Code at the rate of not
less than thirty-five letters per min-
ute over a distance of % mile to 1
mile. c. Send and receive by Sema-
phore Code including procedure
signals not less than thirty letters
per minute over a distance of XA
mile.
(Continued from page 5)
5. Wilderness Sanitation
If competitor did not fulfill re-
quirements for Wilderness Sanita-
tion in Part I (April Scouting), he
must do so in Part II.
6. Signaling
1. For Tenderfoot and Second
Class Scouts: a. Demonstrate abil-
ity to send and receive a message
by International Morse Code in-
cluding procedure signals and nu-
merals at the rate of sixteen letters
per minute over a distance of XA
mile using wig wag. b. By Interna-
tional Morse Code send and receive
a message twenty-five letters per
W,' 1
7. Cooking
Prepare a fire site, build a small,
smokeless fire, and cook a one-pot
meal,5 fish or meat,6 and some type
of bread.7 Put out fire — leave no
trace.
Note:
In Stalking Part I, page 26, April
Scouting, distance to be covered by
competitor should be 50 yards.
5 Chowder, chicken dumplings, or meat stew,
eggs and bacon.
"Broiled on stick or on coals.
7 Bannock in a frying pan, corn bread, biscuits
baked in a can or bake hole.
American Service Scouts Club Organized in England
A group of former Scouts and
Scouters who are now serving
in the United States Army Forces
somewhere in Great Britain have
organized the American Service
Scouts Club. It is the aim of the
club "to foster the Scouting spirit
of the members, to learn something
of the activities of English Scouts,
and to assist with Scouting in Great
Britain wherever possible."
Staff Sergeant Richard Griffith is
president of the club. It meets at
International Scout Headquarters
in London, on the second Monday
evening of each month, and its mail-
ing address is A. P. O. 887, U. S.
Army, New York, N, Y.
(L. to R.) Ralph Fordyce, U.S.N., Parkersburg, W. Va.; C. Allan Bilby,
International Headquarters; Staff Sgt. Richard S. Griffith, Club Presi-
dent, Norfolk, Va.; F. Haydn Dimmock, Editor, "The Scout"; Corporal
Charles Garrison, Cambridge, III.
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