Boy Scouts Handbook Part 7

BLUE AND GRAY

EAGLE Very shrill cry--"Kreeee"

GREEN AND BLACK

HIPPO Hiss-"Brrussssh"

PINK AND BLACK

RATTLESNAKE Rattle a pebble in a small potted meat tin.

WILD BOAR Grunt--"Broof-broof"

GRAY AND PINK

COBRA Hiss--"Pssst"

ORANGE AND BLACK

CUCKOO Call--"Cook-koo"

GRAY

OTTER Cry--"Hoi-oi-oick"

BROWN AND WHITE

BEAVER Slap made by clapping bands BLUE AND YELLOW

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Each scout in a patrol should be able to imitate the call of his patrol animal. That is, the scouts of the Wolf patrol should be able to imitate a wolf. In this way scouts of the same patrol can communicate with each other when in hiding, or in the dark of night.

It is not honorable for a scout to use the call of any other patrol except his own.

The patrol leader calls up his patrol at will by sounding his whistle and by giving the call of the patrol.

When the scout makes signs anywhere for others to read he also draws the head of his animal. That is to say, if he were out scouting and wanted to show that a certain road should not be followed by others, he would draw the sign, "not to be followed," across it and add the name of his patrol animal, in order to show which patrol discovered that the road was bad, and by adding his own number at the left of the head to show which scout had discovered it.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Outline of animals. (tr)]

BLUE BUFFALO on white ground

FLYING EAGLES "Yeh-yeh-yeh"

Black and white on red

BLUE HERONS "Hrrrr"

Blue and green

HORNED KINGBIRDS

SINAWA Black on red

BLACKBEARS Black on red

AHMEEKS

SILVER FOXES

RED TRAILERS

MOON BAND Yellow on blue

OWNEOKES

BLAZING ARROW

Each patrol leader carries a small flag on the end of his staff {23} or stave with the head of his patrol animal shown on both sides. Thus the Tigers of the Twenty-seventh New York Troop should have the flag shown below.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Banner with tiger and "27 N.Y." (tr)]

The Merit Badges (Result of work of Committee on Badges, Awards and Equipment: Dr.

George J. Fisher, Chairman, Gen. George W. Wingate, Dr. C. Ward Crampton, Daniel Carter Beard. C. M. Connolly, A. A. Jameson. Ernest Thompson Seton.)

When a boy has become a first-cla.s.s scout he may qualify for the merit badges.

_The examination for these badges should be given by the Court of Honor of the local council. This examination must not be given any boy who is not qualified as a first-cla.s.s scout. After the boy has pa.s.sed the examination, the local council may secure the merit badge for him by presenting the facts to the National Council. These badges are intended to stimulate the boy's interest in the life about him and are given for general knowledge. The wearing of these badges does not signify that a scout is qualified to make his living by the knowledge gained in securing the award_.

Scouts winning any of the following badges are ent.i.tled to place after their names the insignia of the badges won. For instance, if he has successfully pa.s.sed the signaling and seamanship tests, he signs his name in this manner--

[Ill.u.s.tration: Signature of "James E. Ward" with insignia. (tr)]

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Agriculture

[Ill.u.s.tration: Plow insignia. (tr)]

To obtain a merit badge for Agriculture a scout must

1. State different tests with grains.

2. Grow at least an acre of corn which produces 25 per cent. better than the general average.

3. Be able to identify and describe common weeds of the community and tell how best to eliminate them.

4. Be able to identify the common insects and tell how best to handle them.

5. Have a practical knowledge of plowing, cultivating, drilling, hedging, and draining.