More than 10,000 boy scouts and girl guides from all paris of the: country stood at attention this morn-ug in the beautitel and well-wooded valley below the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum when three cannon shots formally Inaugurated the most im: pressive Jamboree in the history of the land. "Altogether, 22 provinces: and municipalities were represented, those sending the largest delegations being Nanking, Shanghai, Shantung, Kiangsu, Kiangs, and Honan.
Imitation aeroplanes, tanks, battleships, and forts guarded the' ground, and maps, either painted on canvas Jaid out with gravel, were prominently displayed, reminding visitors of the territories taken away from China during the last, half-century. The highest point in the valley was occupied by the troop from Shang-hal," On the watch-tower, 120. ft. high, built on its summit, a constant guard was posted to direct the activities of some 800 boys and girls {rom the greatest city in the country.
"Thirteen boy scouts from Yunnan travelled farthest to Nanking. They came via Annam and it took them more than two weeks to get here. Special conditions in North China are said to have prevented more than '500 youths coming, but diificulltes, Ananelal and political, did not prevent 28 scouts coming all the way from Raigan to sopresint Charsar The etna has Tt own prt ofthe, telegraph "ote, radio room, Sank Saetpeber and grocery aurel One interesting troop of thirty boys and girls, all either dear or dumb, or both, attracts considerable attention, They were seen moving about silent ly, depending on gestures, fags, and pencils and paper, and in the evening en lamps for the transmission of orders, They are students of the Nanking Municipal School for the Deaf and. Dumb, The biggest day of the jamboree will be on October 10, when Gen. Chiang. Kai-shek will inspect the scouts at the national stadium. Later he will "take a salute," when more than 10,000 youths will pass before him in the grand parade—
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