資料：1923年4月11日《The China Mail》第6頁
THE JAMBOREE.
BOY SCOUT ACTIVITIES IN HONGKONG.
“Scout Jamboree!” “What is it?” “What is it for?” “What Scouts are there in Hongkong?” “What are they doing?” are just a few of the questions that are being asked at present when the Jamboree is mentioned.
The Jamboree, so called because it cannot very well be called anything else, will consist in this casc of an Exhibition and a Concert, both to take place on Friday and Saturday next. On Friday, proceedings will commence in the City Hall at 4 p.m., when His Excellency the Chief Scout of Hongkong will declare the Jamboree open. All the rooms in the first floor will be in use, in St. Andrew’s Hall being the Exhibition proper, where specimens of Scout handicraft will be on view, and the Scouts themselves will be seen at work. St. George’s Hall is to be used as an arena in which a succession of displays will be performed, the principal one of which being the construction of a 24 ft. trestle bridge by a squad of scouts drawn from the several troops and trained by Staff Sergeant Best of the R.E’s. On Saturday the show will commence at 2.30 p.m., and on both nights this part of the Jamboree will close at 7 p.m. In addition to the displays in the arena on Saturday afternoon the 6th Hongkong Troop will perform a Scout Play in Chinese, which has been written by one of the Chinese Scoutmasters. The small room opening off St. George’s Hall will be devoted to the Nature Study and Artist Section, where a very interesting collection of Hongkong Butterflies, Moths etc. made by the “Roving Fifth” will be on view. Admission to the Exhibition will be free, though a small charge will be made for the Chinese Play.
Tea will be obtainable at moderate charges in the Chamber of Commerce Room.
On both nights, the second part of the Jamboree, the Grand Concert, will be held in the Theatre Royal at 9.15 p.m. Several interesting and amusing items are on the programme, not least of which is a more modern version of Shakespeare’s “Tempest” than that recently produced by the A.D.C. Tickets for the concert can be obtained from Messrs. Moutrie’s or from any Boy Scout or Scouter.
The purpose of the Jamboree is threefold,- to show that the Scouts in Hongkong are alive, to arouse interest and gain support, and to increase membership in all ranks.
There are about 200 Scouts in the Colony on the books of the various troops, of which about 150 are really actively and regularly spending their spare time in Scouting. There are at present eight troops and one patrol of Sea Scouts, and shortly two other troops will be in process of formation.
Something of what Scouts here are doing will be seen during the Jamboree, but far more goes on than can be shown in an Exhibition. For instance, there are about 350,000 Scouts of all ranks registered at Imperial Headquarters in London. During the year 1922, three Bronze Crosses were awarded for heroism, thirty-five Silver Crosses for gallantry with risk of life, and twenty-seven Gilt Crosses for plucky and meritorious action. Three out of these twenty-seven Gilt Crosses were won by Hongkong Scouts, all three being Chinese boys. In each case the boy’s actions were entirely the result of Scout Training, added to the “heart” to put that training into use. Ten days ago a party of five Chinese scouts set out from Hongkong to visit some scouts not belonging to this Association who live on the mainland north of Macao. They left Macao at 6 a.m. and without a map reached their destination at 4 p.m., having walked the whole way. The same week end, a party from another troop started on a trek-camp in the New Territory, and pitched their tents where the Smugglers’ Pass joins Pineapple Pass. The next morning several of them walked over very rough country along the Shing Mun Valley to Shatin in order to get back to Hongkong for a rehearsal in the afternoon, which they attended and at once returned to their camp that same evening. Boys who formerly never left the City Streets are now finding out the joys of explorations and benefits of the country in which they live, and it is in order that this pleasure may be afforded to other that your support of this splendidly sane and healthy movement is requested.
翻譯：
童軍大會
香港的童子軍活動
「童軍大會！」「甚麼來的？」「舉辦來作甚麼？」「香港童軍是甚麼來的？」「他們在做甚麼？」以上只是當大家聽到童軍大會時的部份反應而已。
童軍大會(Jamboree)，這個暫時未找到更好名字的活動，將會是一個展覽及音樂會，現定於星期五至六舉行。星期五當日，大會將於下午四時於大會堂開始，香港童軍總領袖總督閣下會主持開幕儀式。所有位於1樓的房間都會使用，聖安德烈廳(St. Andrew’s Hall)會用作展覽，屆時會展示各式各樣的童軍手藝品，同場亦有童軍進行手藝作業；聖佐治廳(St. George’s Hall)會有大型表演，屆時會由多個隊伍混合組成的小隊搭建一座長24英尺的排架橋，他們皆已接受頂尖的皇家工兵特級上士所安排的訓練。星期六的大會將於下午2時30分開始，兩日的活動皆於晚上7時結束。星期六下午亦有額外的表演，香港第6旅將會進行一項中式童軍表演，其劇本亦由一位華人旅長(Scoutmaster)撰寫。聖佐治廳旁的小房間會展覽大自然研習及藝術展品，包括第5旅搜集的蝴蝶及飛蛾等等。展覽免費參觀，中式表演則酌量收取費用。
商會室(Chamber of Commerce Room)會供應茶點，並酌量收費。
這兩天的晚上，童軍大會的第二部份，即「大匯演」，將於晚上9時15分在皇家劇院(Theatre Royal)舉行。節目內容有趣及精彩豐富，包括一個業餘話劇團(A.D.C.)較早前發布的創作，與之相比卻更為現代版的莎士比亞(Shakespeare)作品《暴風雨》(Tempest)。門票可於謀得利洋行(Messrs. Moutrie)，或向各童子軍或童軍領袖購買。
這次舉行童軍大會的三大目的，就是向市民展示香港童軍的活力，提升關注度以爭取更多的支持，以及招收更多的成員。
現時香港已註冊的童軍成員已有200名，其中至少有150名非常活躍及經常進行童軍活動。現時本地已有8個童軍旅及1個海童軍旅，另外亦有兩旅正在籌備成立。
大家可於童軍大會中一睹部份的童軍活動，但整個大會亦未能展示所有的活動。舉些例子，現時倫敦童軍總部註冊各級童軍成員35萬名，單就1922年，已頒發了3枚英勇銅十字章(Bronze Cross)以表揚傑出英勇表現，35枚英勇銀十字章(Silver Cross)以表揚捨己為人的行為，27枚英勇鍍金十字章(Gilt Cross)以表揚有勇有謀的行動，其中3枚的英勇鍍金十字章就是頒予香港童軍，而3位獲章的都是中國小童。他們的英勇表現，就是童軍訓練的成果，以及將技能付諸實踐的心。十天前，有5位華人童軍由香港出發前往澳門北邊探訪當地的童軍，他們早上6時於澳門出發，在不使用地圖的情況下於下午4時抵達目的地，全程都在行走沒有休息。同一個週末，一個童軍小隊前往新界進行露營活動，他們先於走私坳(Smugglers’ Pass)與菠蘿坳(Pineapple Pass)交界紮營，第二天早上，部份童軍因需返回香港參與下午進行的彩排，他們徒步穿過崎嶇的城門谷(Shing Mun Valley)前往沙田再往香港，並於彩排完畢當晚返回紮營地。平常不會離開市區的小童已開始找到探險的樂趣，及認識到本地優美之處。而閣下對他們的支持，就是這個非常理想及健康的運動的一大動力。