A map showing the remarkable extent of the Boy Scout organization. The Boy Scout develops some of the best characteristics of the soldier, and without the actual military supervision.

mariner. They had to watch out for fishing-boats that work by unauthorized hours at night and to examine all boats coming in to the shore to see that the men had their permits in order. The Scouts had to answer all naval calls on the telephone, and report all vessels passing up and down; they had to patrol the beach or telephone lines, to save wreckage, and to give assistance to any vessel in distress. A vivid wordpicture, painted by a Sea Scout com

Scouts off to the cliff!' There, while the wind and rain howled over the storm-tossed seas, they waited, watching to see if they could be of assistance to their fellow-men out on the helpless vessel which was being buffeted by the heavy seas as they roared up the beach. At last the day broke and there could be seen the outline of a three-thousandton steamer driven high up on the shore, whose stearing-gear had broken down, leaving her helpless and at the mercy

monotony of our brothers who are taking the place of the coast guards who were called away to more dangerous and arduous duties."

Nor is this all of the record of the Sea Scout's duties. Despatch-carrying was one of the most essential and arduous of his tasks. He had to pass on from hand to hand the daily log kept by his own patrol and by the patrol

particularly valuable in critical moments, how they worked on farms, how they did night police-patrol work, how they performed dozens of other tasks by way of meeting the challenge of their great chief. They reflected the spirit of England and of their older brothers, who were giving up their lives in France. They justified Scouting by being good Scouts,