[歷史] Scouts Celebrate St. George’s Day

資料：1949年4月24日《Hong Kong Sunday Herald》第24頁

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Scouts Celebrate St. George’s Day

St. George’s Day was celebrated yesterday by some 1,500 Hong Kong Boy Scouts, Wolf Cubs, and Sea Rovers at a parade in the Botanical Gardens.
Unlike last year’s celebrations which were marred by a heavy rainfall, brilliant sunshine added colour to the parade in which about 40 Packs of Cubs and Troops of Scouts formed smartly under their leaders’ orders.
The band of the Aberdeen St. Louis Industrial School played ‘The King’ as the Governor was welcomed by the President and Commissioner of Hong Kong Boy Scouts. All scouts were called to the ‘Alert’ as the Chinese and British flags were hoisted. The Scout and Cub Laws were read and the Deputy Colony Commissioner, Mr. C.C.Quah, led the Scouts in reaffirming the Scout Promise, followed by the District Cubmaster, Mrs. Stoker, who led the reaffirmation of the Cub Promise.
Next came the presentation of the Gilt Cross for Bravery to Mr. Raymond T.C.Yue by the Governor for outstanding bravery when Mr. Yue rescued a Chinese woman and child in the disastrous squatters hut fire at the site of the former Queen’s College.
The Prince of Wales Banner was presented to the winning troop in the Spring Rally, and in the Camp Competition held last winter, Certificates for Rally Competitions and Camp Competitions, and the Inter pack Football Shield, were also distributed.
Hong Kong’s need for people trained and disciplined was stressed by Mr. A.Morse, the President, in a speech to the Scouts He added “you may be British, Chinese, Portuguese, Indian or any nationality, but with the same uniform, the same badge, and the same code, you are fused, you are fused into one band of brothers today which will become the band of united citizens of the future whose loyalty will be to Hong Kong.”
Speaking of England’s Patron Saint, St. George, and his fight against evil, Mr. Morse said: “You are, as Scouts today, the inheritors of the ideals and traditions of these Knights. In these days, as of old, honour is your high ideal, as it was theirs. Your code on which your association is based was taken from the code of the Knights. In these days, as of old there are still fiery dragons of evil that rear their ugly heads around us.”
A message from the Chief Scout was read by the Governor in which the Scouts were commended for “acquitting themselves well, in the past year, and their valuable help in times of need.”
The message stressed, “the necessity for all Scouts to pay great attention to practical training, as with all the goodwill in the world, a scout could not rescue a drowning man, if he himself could not swim.”
The lowering of the flags concluded the ceremony.

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翻譯：

童軍歡慶聖佐治日

為慶祝聖佐治日，昨日有大約1,500名香港童子軍、小狼、羅浮海童軍於植物公園(Botanical Gardens)進行了會操。
對比去年活動舉行時之暴雨，是日燦爛的陽光輝照着會場，約40個小狼團及童軍團由領袖帶領下精神抖擻地集隊。
香港仔兒童工藝院及聖類斯中學樂隊演奏「天佑國王」(The King)，總督在香港童子軍會長及總監的陪同下進場，中英國旗升起，全體童軍立正。接着宣讀童軍及小狼規律，香港副總監柯昭璋先生(Mr. C.C.Quah)帶領童軍覆誓，小狼區長史篤士夫人(Mrs. Stoker)則帶領小狼覆誓。
接着由總督頒授英勇鍍金十字章(Gilt Cross for Bravery)予余子洲先生(Mr. Raymond T.C.Yue)，以表揚其於舊皇仁書院棚屋大火中拯救一名華人婦女及一名小童。
接着頒授威爾斯太子錦標予勝出春季比賽及冬季露營比賽的旅團，頒發兩場比賽的證書予各勝出旅團，以及頒授小狼足球盾(Inter-pack Football Shield)。
會長摩士先生(Mr. A.Morse)致辭，表示香港現急需專業及有紀律的人士，「你們可能是英國人、中國人、葡萄牙人、印度人，或其他國籍人士，但當你們穿上同樣的制服，配戴同樣的徽章，守着同樣的規律，你們就是一個整體，今天合而為一成為兄弟，他日亦將合而為一成為香港的良好公民」。
至於英格蘭的守護聖人聖佐治(St. George)，及其對抗邪惡的故事，摩士先生說：「你們今天作為童軍，繼承着騎士的精神及傳統。今天的情況與往昔一樣，如同騎士一樣，信譽就是你們的高等信念。總會今時今日所訂的規律，亦是來自騎士規範。而現今世界，亦如以往一樣，存在着如同惡龍一樣的邪魔罪惡」。
總督其後宣讀來自總領袖的訓勉，其評價現今童軍為「過去一年之表現出色，並無時對他人提供適切的協助」。
訓勉指出，「各童軍必須努力進行各種訓練，以使你們得以對別人施以幫助，正如一位不懂游泳的童軍，拯救不了遇溺的人」。
會操隨着降旗儀式而結束。

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