Scouts

Scouts

Scout's Badge and Certificate. - On passing the necessary Examination as a Second-Class Scout, a Boy may be awarded the BB Scout's Badge. On passing as a First-Class Scout, he may be awarded the BB First-Class Scout's Certificate and First-Class Badge, which will then be worn in place of the Second-Class Badge.

To gain a Scout's Badge a Scout must obtain 20 marks in the following tests:-
(1)	Be able to write out from memory the Object of The Boys' Brigade as laid down in the Membership Card - 5 marks.
(2)	Know the composition of the Union Jack, and the right way to fly it - 5 marks.
(3)	Tie four of the following knots in less than 30 seconds, each knot, viz: Bowline, fisherman's bend, reef knot, clove hitch, sheet bend - 5 marks.
(4)	Be able to swim 25 yards - 5 marks.
(5)	Be able to name 15 out of a collection of 20 assorted articles observed for 30 seconds - 5 marks.
(6)	Be able to read and send the alphabet and figures by Semaphore Signalling at the rate of 30 letters per minute - 5 marks.

In cases where it is impossible to obtain facilities for swimming, the alternative test of running a mile in eight minutes may be substituted for No. 4, to count 5 marks.

The Scout's Badge is to be worn on the left arm between shoulder and elbow, and may be worn on BB Parades.

1st Class Scouts Certificate 1911

A Certificate and Badge as a First-Class Scout can be gained only by a Scout who already holds the Second-Class Badge, and obtains 30 marks in the following tests:-
(1)	A Scout who obtains 30 marks in the test for a Scout's Badge, and who goes up for a First-Class Certificate within one year of gaining the Badge, may count 5 marks.
(2)	Be in possession- of the B.B. Ambulance Certificate - 5 marks.
(3)	Be able to swim 50 yards - 5 marks.
(4)	Be able to name the 32 points of the Compass - 5 marks.
(5)	Be able to name and state the whereabouts of twelve British Colonies Dependencies - 5 marks.
(6)	Be able to name and describe satisfactorily six wild animals, six birds, and six trees common in the United Kingdom - 5 marks.
(7)	Be able to read and send correctly a message in Morse at the rate of 2 letters per minute, or in Semaphore at the rate of 40 letters per minute 5 marks.
(8)	Have taken part in at least six outdoor Scouting expeditions or have s a week in Camp - 5 marks.
(9)	Be able to draw a rough sketch of a route not less than one mile long, showing the principal side streets or roads passed, with noticeable objects en route, and the compass bearing on the sketch - 5 marks.

Scouts' Badges (Second-Class, 4d. each, First-Class, 6d. each), and Scout First-Class Certificates, at 3d. each, are supplied from Head-Quarters an London Office. Applications to be made by Captains of Companies, give Rank, Name, and Age, and certifying that the Boys have passed the necessary Examination.

Number of BB Scouting Badges gained 1909-1916
		First Class	Second Class
	1909/1910	52	611
	1910/1911	155	584
	1911/1912	61	265
	1912/1913	46	174
	1913/1914	45	239
	1914/1915	100	214
	1915/1916	102	322

	Totals	561	2,409

(Regulations as at 1911)

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