The Boy Scout Movement took a start in the United Kingdom when Lord Baden Powell (Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell) organised a Scout Camp at Brown sea Island on 1907 and the 'Scouting for Boys' was published in 1908. The movement spread quickly in United Kingdom and other countries of the world.
IN 1907 B-P took 21 boys to
Brownsea Island as part of an 'experiment' that was destined to change his and millions of other lives. Though the long-term aim was to 'grow men', the concentration was, literally, on Scouting for Boys and, naturally enough at that time, little thought was given to the next stage in their Scouting development. And the only certain thing we know about boys is that they are destined to grow up.
The cruel reality for many was that the next and final part of their lives was to be spent in the killing fields of Flanders - almost one third of the
Brownsea lads, for example, were lost. For those who were just too young to fight, the great game of Scouting must have seemed just that, a game for 'kids' when their older brothers were fighting for King and Country. Very few Scouts remained with their troops past the age of 15. There was a clamour from the few remaining Scoutmasters not at the front to stop this 'leakage' away from the Movement, just at the time older boys were most needed.
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All members of the Scout Movement are required to adhere to a Scout Promise and Law reflecting, in language appropriate to the culture and civilization of each National Scout Organization and approved by the World Organization, the principles of Duty to God, Duty to others and Duty to self, and inspired by the Promise and Law conceived by the Founder of the Scout Movement in the following terms:
The Scout Promise
On my honour I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God and the King (or to God and my Country);To help other people at all times;
To obey the Scout Law.
The Scout Law
1. A Scout’s honour is to be trusted.
2. A Scout is loyal.
3. A Scout’s duty is to be useful and to help others.
4. A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout.
5. A Scout is courteous.
6. A Scout is a friend to animals.
7. A Scout obeys orders of his parents, Patrol Leader or Scoutmaster without question.
8. A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties.
9. A Scout is thrifty.
10. A Scout is clean in thought, word and deed.
