The following is an excerpt from the September 29, 1917 issue of 
"The Scout", a weekly publication of the Boy Scouts Association.

THE CHIEF SCOUT YARNS
A Weekly Pow-wow by 
Lt.-Gen. Sir ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, K.C.B

THE SCOUT UNIFORM

You may remember how I told you lately that a Scout, wearing his 
uniform, was at once passed through the police barrier to give 
help when the German airmen had bombed the train in which I was 
about to travel.  They recognized that a Scout was not an 
ordinary boy, but was likely to be useful and helpful;  so they 
passed him through.

I have recently heard of another case like it when a Scout in 
uniform was making his way to the scene of a great munitions works 
explosion.

A lady asked him where he was going.  He replied:  "To lend a 
hand with the injured."

"But," said the lady, "you will never get through the police."

"Won't I!" he said.  "A fellow wears this uniform can get 
anywhere/"

He was "passed through" all right and did good work for several 
hours.

So your uniform is one to be proud of.  But is will also make 
people expect a great deal from you, so Be Prepared; train 
yourself and know what to do in any kind of accident and show that 
you can do it well for the honour of the Scout Brotherhood.


BRAVE CHINESE SCOUTS

Two Chinese Scouts named Allen Chang and Jonah Li have gone to 
the Front in France all the way from China as interpreters with 
the Chinese Labour Battalion.

They volunteered for the duty because they were Scouts and 
because they could speak both English and Chinese, and because 
they wanted to join the Allies in getting justice and freedom for 
Belgium.

One of they said:  "We Chinese must do our bit in the War, 
otherwise we shall be ashamed, when peace is made, that we did 
not have a hand in helping the right."

This shows that our Brother Scouts in China have got the true 
spirit in them.


SEEKING THE WOUNDED

As some fellows have been asking again for a good first-aid 
competition, I am repeating the one which was given some time 
ago.

One patient for every patrol competing is sent out into a given 
tract of country, out of site of the patrols, and is shown where 
to lie down, so that he is pretty well hidden.  Each patient has 
to lie quite still until found.  The patients should not as a 
rule be more than a quarter-of-a-mile from the starting place, 
and should be at a good distance from each other.  Each has a 
label on him to show how he is injured.

When the patients have been posted the signal is given for the 
patrols to go out and find them.  Patrols send out Scouts, and 
move at Scout's pace looking for wounded patients.  When they 
find one, they apply first aid with any material which they have 
with them or can find on the spot.  They signal in to the 
starting base the fact that they have found a man, and they make 
a stretcher, and as soon as they have bound him up they carry him 
in.  Here the Patrol-leader is called upon to explain his 
bandaging or treatment of the patient.  

Marks are awarded (1) for general smartness and knowledge of what 
to do on the part of each member of the patrol; (2) for neat and 
good bandaging; (3) for improvising stretcher; (4) for quickness 
in point of time; (5) for correct signalling.