資料：1932年8月20日《The China Mail》第3頁
ROUND THE CAMP FIRE
(By Patrol Leader.)
Scouters and Scouts will be pleased to learn that Mr. S.A.Sweet, Commissioner for Kowloon, who has been confined to bed with malaria, has recovered and is about again.
The Assistant Commissioner for Training (Rev. N.V.Howard) returned during the week from Peking, where he has been spending a pleasant month, on holiday.
A moonlight swim, arranged by the 7th Hong Kong (King’s College) group, was held on Tuesday night, and proved a great success. Eighteen boys, under A.S.M. Chak, traversed to Kai Tack Bund, Kowloon City, in a motor boat, kindly provided by one of the members, Scout Sin Chi-wing.
Activities are being carried on as usual, and the S.M. Mr. Ferguson, is expected to return from the North shortly.
Three boys of the 1st Kowloon Troop, Cecil Davey, V.Millington and F.Jorge, passed their First Aid tests in the Second Class Badge on Thursday. After a few games, the boys adjourned to the Church Hall, where the Troop Chaplain (Rev. W.Walton Rogers) gave a short but very impressive talk on loyalty and honour.
To-morrow (Sunday) several of the boys are entering their First Class cooking tests. A trip to the Camphor Woods will probably be made.
The 1st Hong Kong Sea Scouts are making preparations to shift into their new headquarters, which will probably be situated on the top floor of the newly erected Seamen’s Institute, in Gloucester Road, overlooking the harbour. Patrol corners have already been booked, it is understood by the four patrols, Buffalo, Sea Lion, Seal, and Seagull. The Chaplain of the Institute is the Rev. Mr. Waldegrave, Commissioner of Hong Kong Scouts.
The Pinang Gazette has commenced a Scouts’ corner, allotting a little over two columns to the movement. It is titled The Scout’s corner by “The Wolf,” and contains a report on the activities of the 1st. Province Troop.
“The Wolf” writes:-
“I hear that the number of Scouts who have submitted their names for the First Class Badge Tests, is negligible when compared with the number of Second Class Scouts there are in Penang. This is not promising, and Scoutmasters would do well if they were to encourage their Scouts to take the Tests. The Tests are quite simple and there should be no reason why Scouts who claim to have passed their Second Class Badge Tests should not go in for them. However, it is pleasing to note that the Scouts are practising hard for the Tests. Good luck to those who are going in for the Tests, and I hope to be able to record a good number of First Class Scouts in these columns at the end of the year.”
MESSENGERS FOR SCIENTISTS.
The York Boy Scouts Local Association has been asked to supply 30 or 40 Boy Scouts to act as messengers during the annual meeting of the British Association at York next September.
TO VISIT GODDOLLO.
On his return from the Norwegian National Scout Camp at Mandal next month, Mr. Hubert Martin, the International Commissioner of the Boy Scout Association and Director of the Boy Scouts International Bureau, will attend the National Scout Camp in Roumania and the Sea Scout Jamboree in Poland. He will also visit Goddollo in Hungary, the site for next year’s World Jamboree.
ASSISTANT SCOUTMASTER ONE SPOT.
Edward One Spot, formerly of the old 18th (Killarney) Calgary Troop, is an A.S.M. of the new Sarcee Indian Reserve Scout Troop. A.S.M. One Spot is one of the first Indians in the Canadian West to hold an A.S.M.’s Warrant.
THE CHIEF SCOUT TALKS.
Marksmanship.
(By Lord Baden Powell)
I have often praised Scouts for being good marksmen with the rifle, just as I have praised others for being good boxers. I don’t think that because he is a good shot with the rifle a fellow will therefore get bloodthirsty and want to go to war, any more than when he has learned to punch and counter with his fists he will want to go knocking people about.
In both cases it is a matter of knowing how to defend himself of other people against attack. A man who cannot do this is not a man – to my way of thinking.
Where I have particularly seen the want of being able to shoot is in Africa and the East. Both in Rhodesia and in Natal I have seen peaceful British settlers murdered, together with their wives and little children, simply because they did not know how to handle a gun in their own defence.
Mind you I have seen these things happen and many of you marksmen Scouts will have good reason to bless the day when you learned to shoot.
[Note:- The Marksman’s Badge is a difficult one to obtain, and involves a great deal of training.]
翻譯：
營火談話
(來自小隊長)
童軍領袖及童軍們會感到欣慰，早前因感染瘧疾臥病在牀的九龍總監史偉特先生(Mr. S.A.Sweet)已經痊癒及康復。
訓練助理總監(侯利華牧師(Rev. N.V.Howard))較早前在北平(Peking)度過了一個月悠長假期，已於本週返回香港。
星期二的晚上，香港第7旅(英皇書院)舉行了一場月夜游泳，活動十分成功。18名小童在翟副旅長(A.S.M. Chak)的帶領下，乘坐由童軍冼熾榮(Sin Chi-wing)提供的汽艇前往了九龍城啟德濱(Kai Tack Bund)。
隊伍集會活動亦如常進行，而旅長(Scoutmaster)富嘉新先生(Mr. Ferguson)預料將於短期內由北方返回香港。
九龍第1旅的3名小童，戴維(Cecil Davey)、繆靈頓(V.Millington)、何希(F.Jorge)，於星期四通過了中級章(Second Class Badge)的急救考驗。在進行遊戲後，小童們前往教堂，小隊牧師華頓(Rev. W.Walton Rogers)為他們簡而精要地講述了忠誠與榮譽的意義。
明天(星期日)小童們將會進行高級章(First Class Badge)烹飪考驗。他們亦正準備前往樟木頭(Camphor Woods)旅行。
香港第1海童軍旅現正準備搬遷至他們的新旅部，是位於告士打道海員訓練學校(Seamen’s Institute)頂層，該處可俯瞰海港。小隊角落已自然地被4個小隊佔據，分別為水牛、海獅、海豹、海鷗小隊。學校牧師是華德利牧師(Rev. Mr. Waldegrave)，即香港童軍總監。
《檳城公報》(Pinang Gazette)已開設約兩欄的童軍專欄，專欄名為「小狼」(The Wolf)，並且報導了省第1旅(1st Province Troop)的活動。
「小狼」內文：
「據了解，在檳城報名參加高級章考驗的童軍數目，遠低於考獲中級章的童軍人數。情況未如理想，童軍領袖應加以鼓勵童軍參與考驗。考驗難度其實亦不高，所以考獲中級章的童軍應更進一步考取高級章。慶幸的是，已報考的童軍正加緊練習，祝願他們考試順利，希望本欄於年底可刊登關於「人數眾多的高級童軍」報導。」
科學家代表
約克區童軍會(York Local Association)已獲邀請派出30至40名童子軍，作為9月份於約克(York)舉行的不列顛協會(British Association)周年大會的代表。
訪問格德勒
出席完下個月於曼達爾(Mandal)舉行的挪威全國童軍大露營後，童軍總會國際總監暨童軍國際局專員馬丁先生(Mr. Hubert Martin)，將會出席羅馬尼亞全國童軍大露營，以及波蘭海童軍大露營。隨後亦會拜訪明年世界童軍大露營的會址，匈牙利的格德勒(Goddollo)。
「一點」副旅長
愛德華溫司博(Edward One Spot)，曾隸屬卡爾加里第18旅(基拉尼)(18th (Killarney) Calgary Troop)，現已成為新成立的薩爾西印第安保留區旅(Sarcee Indian Reserve Scout Troop)的副旅長(Assistant Scoutmaster)，溫司博成為了加拿大西部首位獲得副旅長(Assistant Scoutmaster)委任書的印第安人。
總領袖的話
射擊
(貝登堡勳爵(Lord Baden Powell))
我經常讚揚射擊術優良的童軍，就如同一位拳術優良的拳手。我並不認為懂得使用步槍射擊就會使人變得嗜血及渴望戰爭，就如同善於進攻及反擊的拳手不會渴望打人一樣。
以上情況的共通點，在於懂得如何保護自己免受他人傷害。我個人認為，這是做人的基本知識。
在非洲及東方，我都留意到有學習射擊術的需求。在羅德西亞(Rhodesia)及納塔爾(Natal)，我曾目睹善良的英國居民遭到殺害，包括他們的妻子及小孩，就是因為他們不懂怎樣用槍枝自衛。
與我目睹的悲劇相比，各位童軍射擊手應感恩自己已懂得射擊術。
[備註：射擊章難度很高，當中涉及大量的練習。]