10
6 37
43
27
15-1/4
10-1/4
7 38
44
28
15-1/2
10-1/2
Bugle: It is recommended that the standard bugle used in an army or drum corps be used. Each patrol should purchase these from a local music store.
Camp Knives, Forks and Spoons: Ordinary table-knives, forks and spoons may be used. An inexpensive knife, fork and spoon for use in camps, like set illustrated herewith, may be secured for about eight cents per dozen through almost any local hardware store.
Canteen: A canteen of this design may be carried by each scout on hikes and long tramps. Many army supply houses carry these in stock, where they may be secured if desired.
* Coats: Standard material--four bellows pockets--standing collar--
dull metal buttons with Boy Scout emblem. Order by age according/to following table:
Boys' sizes: Price $1.35.
Age
Breast
Waist
Length
Sleeve
Collar
18
34
32
26
31
16
17
33
31
25
30-1/2
15-1/2
16
32
30-1/2
24-1/2
29-1/2
15
15
31
30
24
28-1/2
14-1/2
14
30
29
23-1/2
27-1/2
14
13
29
28-1/2
23
26
13-1/2
12
28
27-1/2
22
25
13
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Extra Sizes: Coats above eighteen-year size will be made as extra size and will cost twenty-five cents more per garment than boys'
sizes.
Breast
Waist Length
Sleeve Length
Collar Finish
1 35
32
27
32
16-1/4
2 36
33
27-1/2
32
16-1/2
3 37
34
28
32-1/2
16-3/4
4 38
35
28-1/2
32-1/2
17-1/4
5 39
36
29
33
17-1/4
6 40
37
29-1/2
33
18
7 42
38
30
33-1/2
18-1/2
* Norfolk Coat for Scout Masters: Made of standard olive drab cotton cloth, two pleats, back and front, with belt. Price, $3.00.
Compass: Every scout should learn how to use his watch as a compass. However, should he desire to own a compass, he will find no difficulty in securing one at any local jeweler's.
*Drinking Cup: A drinking cup for individual use is recommended. The folding cup shown in the illustration is made of brass and is nickel plated. Price 10 cents.
Drum: The selection of this is left to each local troop desiring this piece of equipment. Place your order with local music dealer.
First Aid Kit: This kit for the use of the individual scout can be secured through this office or the Red Cross Society in Washington, New York and San Francisco. Price 25 cents.
* Hats: Four hats are suggested as follows: 1. Boy Scout Hat. Olive drab felt--standard quality--detachable ties.
Price $1.15.
No. 1
No. 2
Nos. 3 and 4
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2. Boy Scout Summer Hat. Olive drab drill, inside seams reinforced with leather, eyelets in crown for ventilation, detachable ties. Price 50
cents.
3. Boy Scout Hat. Extra fine, fur felt, made for hard service. Price $2.00.
4. Scout Master's Hat. Quality same as above, but larger dimensions.
Price $2.50. Be sure to indicate size desired when ordering.
* Haversack: Waterproof canvas, leather straps--buckles and separate pockets--scout emblem on flap. Price 60 cents.
Hospital Corps Pouch: This pouch has been made up specially by the American Red Cross Society and contains the following: 1 Shears
1 Tweezers
1 Carbolized Vaseline
1 Pkg. Safety Pins
2 Wire Gauze Splints
1 2-oz. Bottle Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia
1 A.R.C. First Aid Outfit (cardboard)
2 1-yd. packages Sterilized Gauze.
3 1-inch Bandages.
3 2-1/2 inch Bandages
2 Triangular Bandages (cartons)
1 U. S. A. Tourniquet
Arrange with the American Red Cross Society for purchase of these.
Price $.1.00.
* Knickerbockers: Boy Scout olive drab drill, belt guides, pockets, knee buckles, full pattern. Price 75 cents.
Age-Size
Waist
19
32
17
31
16
30
15
29
14
28
13
27
12
26-1/2
* Knives:
No. 1, Price $1.00.
A Stag handle, brass lining, german silver bolsters and shield. Large polished cutting blade, screw driver, can-opener and leather boring tool (U. S. Pat. 6-10-02.)
Number 2, Price 50 cents.
Genuine ebony handle, brass lining, german silver bolsters and shield. Large cutting blade can be opened without using the fingernail.
Shackle for hanging to belt.
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Lanyard: This piece of equipment is so simple in construction that every scout ought to make his own lanyard. These are used for carrying the scout whistle or knife.
* Leggings: (Puttees). The style of leggings is the same as United States Army puttee legging. Made of best waterproof army duck.
Price 55 cents.
* Mess Kits:
Number 1. Price 75 cents.
Coffee or tea can, cup, stew or fry pan, with cover, one broiler, two handles.
Number 2. Price 50 cents.
Coffee or tea can, cup, stew or fry pan, one handle.
Patrol Flags: The patrol flags are made from a good quality muslin or wool bunting in the colors of the local patrol. Scouts make their own patrol flags. Material may be purchased at a local dry goods store.
The size of the flag is 11 in. by 27 in. Emblems can be secured from National Headquarters.
* Ponchos: A good poncho is almost an absolute necessity for the scout when on a march or in camp. Ponchos suitable for scout purposes can be secured from local dealers at prices from $2.50
upward.
Shelter Tents: Scouts should make their own tents. Directions for making tents are given in the text of this book.
* Shirts: Boy Scout shirt, standard material--two bellows pockets--
open front, coat style--standard button same as coat. Order by size.
Price $1.00
Summer Shirts:Same as above, light weight. Price 75 cents.
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* Shorts: Standard material--belt guides. Full running pant pattern--
especially desirable for summer use. Order according to age and waist measurement. Price 50 cents.
* Shoes: Any good shoe that is made up for the purpose of ease, and comfort in tramping will serve the boy scout's needs. The Boy Scout shoe is convenient, inexpensive and especially designed for scouting.
Price $2.50.
Signal Flags: These can be made from muslin or bunting which may be secured at local stores. It is recommended that each scout make his own flags. Regulation sizes of the semaphore 18 in. by 18
in. and the Morse or Myer flag 24 in. by 24 in. as shown in illustration.
Staff: Ash or bamboo, two metres, (6 ft. 6-1/2 in.), in length and about one and one-half inches in diameter; marked off on one side in centimetres up to one-half metre, and the balance in metres. On the other side it should be marked off in inches up to one foot and the balance in feet. The staff should have a blunt end. Scouts should make their own staffs whenever it is possible for them to secure the lumber. Hoe or rake handles make excellent staffs. These can be procured through any local dealer at a nominal sum.
The Scout Staff and Its Uses
Many boys, upon taking up the Scout Movement, are dubious about the value of the scout staff and many friends of the movement ask
"Why does a boy scout carry a staff?"
Experience has proven it to be one of the most helpful articles of equipment. In order to show this we are reproducing, through the courtesy of Lieut-Gen. Sir Robert S. S. {366} Baden-Powell, illustrations from printed matter used by the English boy scouts.
These illustrations show a number of different ways in which the staff will prove a handy and valuable article; in fact, essential to the Scout outfit.
The staff is very useful for beating out brush fires and outbreaks which occur on open heaths.
Wading a stream. Two or three Scouts grasp the Staff like this.
Both patrol tents and tepees can be made with the aid of the Staff.
An improvised stretcher of coats and staves.
A line of Scouts linked together on a night march. When anyone falls through some ice, throw him your Staff so that he can grasp it like this until you can get a rope and pull him out.
When climbing gates you can give yourself a push up with your Staff.
For erecting a flagstaff and forming a fence, the Staff is very useful.
A clear view can be had by looking through a small hole drilled in the Staff.
Measuring Distances.
Self-defence.
Making Splints.
Jumping Ditches.
Making Rafts.
Bridge Building.
Climbing a Mountain.--Carry the Staff cross-wise, and if you slip, lean inwards upon it, against the side of the mountain. The weight of your body will then drive the end of the staff into the earth, and so anchor you.
Levering up Logs and Stones.
Rope ladders,
Feeling the way over marshy ground.
Recovering Objects Floating in the Water--
First tie a line to the centre of the staff. Then tie a piece of string to each end of the staff, and the other ends of these strings being tied to the centre. That will keep the staff at right angles to the line that is in your hand.
By swinging the staff out over the water, beyond the floating article, you will be able to draw the latter in close to shore.
* Stockings: To match uniforms, made of heavy material and suitable for scouting. Price 30 cents in cotton, $1.25 in wool.
Sweaters: Any local clothing store will be able to secure for the scout the kind and quality of sweater needed.
* Telegraph Instruments: Beginners' telegraph {367} instruments, to be used in learning the Morse code, may be secured through any electrical supply house. The instrument illustrated, five ohms, price, $1.30.
Tracking Irons: Excellent tracking irons can be made of 7/8-inch heavy band iron, using the design presented here. Any local blacksmith will gladly assist the boys in making their irons.
* Troop Colors: Made of superior wool bunting upper half, red; lower half, white. Reproduction of the official badge super-imposed in green and gold. Sufficient space left for troop number and name of city. Size of flag, 22 in. by 36 in. Letters to be attached by the local troop. Price without letters $1.00.
* Trousers: Full length for scout masters: Made of Standard olive drab cotton cloth, belt loop. Price $2.00. If breeches are preferred, they may be had at same price. Better quality of boy scout suits--made of U. S. Army standard olive drab cloth. Coat $2.50, breeches $2.00.
Watch: Every scout should possess a good watch. No particular make of watch is recommended. The choice of this article is left entirely with the boy and may be bought through a local jeweler.
Water Bottle: In some cases where the individual scout is not furnished with a canteen, the patrol may desire to carry a supply of water on the march. For this purpose water bottles capable of carrying a large quantity of water may be secured. These should be purchased through some army supply house.
* Whistles: Scout standard whistle, for use in signaling by whistle.
Made of brass, gun metal finish, ring at end to attach to lanyard. Price 10 cents.
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Suggestions for Measuring
Name
Street
City
Coat Measure
L - All around at breast under coat
M - All around at waist under coat
Sleeve
C to D - From centre of collar seam to shoulder seam Then
E - To elbow.
F - To full length
Breeches
M - All around at waist under coat
Leggings
G - Size of calf
H - Size of instep
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Hat
Size of hat
Size of linen collar worn
Answer following questions plainly:
Age?
Height?
Weight?
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
This list of reference books has been prepared for the use of scouts, to supplement information given in the handbook prepared for their use. It has been the aim to give as wide a selection as possible, in order that the boy scout might not fail to find in the local public library, some book on any subject in which he may have particular interest.
The list includes literature directly or indirectly related to scouting, as well as some appropriate books of fiction.
For convenience the books have been listed in accordance with the subject headings of the various chapters of the Handbook. Some of the most experienced librarians of the country have submitted material which has aided in the preparation of this list. For this kindly cooperation, sincere thanks is given.
Many of the books have been carefully reviewed by someone connected with the boy scouts, and in many cases through the courtesy of the publishers copies of these books are available for reference purposes at the office of the National Headquarters.
Suggestions for additions or improvements upon this list will be gladly received at any time. Communications should be addressed to the Executive Secretary, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
[Transcriber's note: In the following list of books the first line is the title, the second the author, the third the publisher. The author and/or publisher may be omitted.]
Scoutcraft
Notes on Scouting and Reconnaissance
Jas. F. M. Livingston
London, Clowes
Pioneering and Mapmaking for Boy Scouts
C. R. Enock
London, Pearson
Scouting for Boys
Lieut.-Gen. Robert Baden-Powell
C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. Henrietta St., London
Three Amateur Scouts
Jadberns
Lippincott
The Boy Scouts
Chipman
Burt Co.
Yarns for Boy Scouts
Lieut.-Gen. Robert Baden-Powell
C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd.
Henrietta St., London
Woodcraft
ANIMALS
American Natural History
Hornaday
Animal Artisans
C. J. Cornish
Longmans, Green & Co.
Animals at Home
Lillian Bartlett
American Book Co.
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Animal Heroes
Seton
Century Co.
A Wilderness Dog
Biography of a Grizzly
Seton
Scribners
Biography of a Silver Fox
Seton
Scribners
Claws and Hoofs
James Johonnot
American Book Co.
Dan Beard's Animal Book and Campfire Stories
D. C. Beard
Scribners
Familiar Animals and Their Wild Kindred
John Monteith
American Book Co.
Four-footed Americans and their Kin
M. C. Wright
Good Hunting
Theodore Roosevelt
Harper Bros.
Habits of Animals
E. Ingersoll
Half-hours with the Lower Animals
C. G. Holder
American Book Co.
Haunter of Pine Gloom
C. G. D. Roberts
Haunters of the Silences
C. G. D. Roberts
Grosset & Dunlap
Homes, Haunts and Habits of Wild Animals
I. T. Johnson
House in the Water
C. G. D. Roberts
Jock of the Bushvold
Sir. P. Fitzpatrick
Longmans, Green & Co.
Jungle Book
Kipling
Second Jungle Book
Kipling
Kindred of the Wild
C. G. D. Roberts
King of the Mamozekel
C. G. D. Roberts
Krag and Johny Bear
Seton
Scribners
Life Histories of North America
Seton
Scribners
Little Beasts of Field and Wood
Cram
Little Brother to the Bear
W. J. Long
Ginn & Co.
Lives of the Fur Folk
M.D.Haviland
Longmans Green & Co.
Living Animals of the World, Vol. I,
II, III
The University Society
Lobo, Rag and Vixen
Seton
Scribners
Lives of the Hunted
Seton
Scribners
Mooswa
W. A. Fraser
My Dogs in the Northland
E. R. Young
Revell Co.
Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac
Seton
Scribners
Red Fox
C. G. D. Roberts
Shaggycoat
C. Hawkes
Shovelhorns, Biography of a Moose
C. Hawkes
Some Curious Flyers, Creepers and Swimmers
J. Johonnot
American Book Co.
Some Useful Animals and What They Do for Us
J. C. Monteith
American Book Co.
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Squirrel and Other Fur Bearers
John Burroughs
Stories of Animal Life
C. F. Holder
American Book Co.
Stories of Humble Friends
Katharine Pyle
American Book Co.
Story of the Trapper
A. C. Laut
The Romance of Animal Arts and Crafts
H. Coupin and John Lea
Lippincott
The Romance of the Animal World
Edmund Selous
Seeley & Co.
The Wolf Patrol
John Finnemore
Trapper Jim
Edwin Sandys
Ways of Wood Folk
W. J. Long
Wild Animals at Play
Seton
Doubleday Page & Co.
Wild Animals I Have Known
Seton
Scribners
Wilderness Ways
W. J. Long
Wild Life in the Rockies
Enos A. Mills
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Wild Life of Orchard and Field
Ingersoll
Wolf, the Storm Leader
Frank Caldwell
Dodd, Mead & Co.
Wood Folk at School
W. J. Long
Ginn & Co.
ASTRONOMY
A Field Book of the Stars
W. F. Olcutt
Putnam
Astronomy
Julia McNair Wright
Penn Pub. Co.
Astronomy by Observation
Eliza A. Bowen
American Book Co.
Astronomy for Everybody
Simon Newcomb
Doubleday, Page & Co.
Astronomy with an Opera Glass
G. P. Serviss
A Study of the Sky
H. A. Howe
Scribners
Astronomy with the Naked Eye
P. Serviss
G Harper Bros.
Children's Book of the Stars
Milton
Macmillan Co.
Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know
J. E. Rogers
How to Identify the Stars
W. J.