At the meeting oe Thursday in submitting the first annal report, the Chief Scoutmaster said great pleasure my snnaal report on the Shanghai Boy Scouts as I am in a position to look back on & year that has been fall of organization and progress. Early in October 1910 Mr. Darwent, who may be called the fonder of the movement, presided over a meeting held to discuss the Scout question, at which were pre-root Mr. Beytagh, Mr. Stadd, Mr. Wells and the Officers of the Boys' Brigade and it ts maloly through the forte of these gentlemen that we to the game and it was some little time before we got to know each other. I feel that I am quite right in 1g that three months after oer start fate of the Shanghai Boy Scouts was trembling in the balance. We had 20 proper place to meet io and the niforme which bad been ordered from home did not arrive. It is only nataral that boys get downbesrted when they cannot got ahead a little, bat instead of giving in our frst few boys stood together and showed that Scout spirit wadi a feature of their work to-
However, ti t on, more recruits mere enrolled and the uniforms arrived and the Scouts actually started work,
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