History of Scouting

The man The founder of Scouting Lord Lt General Robert Stephenson Smyth BadenPowell of Gilwell, (BP) was born in February 22, 1857 in England 5th of seven children Father was Reverend Herbert George Baden Powell, oxford professor,naturalist Mother was Henrietta Grace Smyth, Daughter of Admiral W.T. Smyth of the british navy, descendant of Capt. John Smyth

Lived a busy and adventurous life As a boy spent much of his spare time in openair pursuits hunting in the woods, joining his brothers in expeditions by land and in their boats. Thus he developed his powers of observation and resourcefulness and was helped to acquire many useful skills.

Family Influences - Both parents, very supportive of their children - Nature was one of their interest, went hiking, camping, boating with his family - BPS father died when he was 3 years old, mother elder brothers continued to support the upbringing of the family

School days influences - Went to a nearby school for a short time - Age 11, went to Rosehill School at Tunbridge Wells for 2 years, he performed well, gained 2 scholarships (School in Scotland and Charterhouse) - 13 years old, joined the old famous school in London (Charterhouse) - 15 years old, school moved to Goddalming Surrey, with a mysterious forest known as the COPSE where he spent most of his spare time practicing outdoor skills(woodcraft, nature studies)

He learned to use the axe, set traps for birds and rabbits, to provide food for him, cook meals in smokeless manner with twigs Does not like to be good at just one thing, he liked football, shooting debating boating, and acting, he was a mimic, good singer and ambidextrous

Life in the Military - Unable to continue his studies in Oxford, his brother Warrington advised him to take an exam in the army for direct commission - Did well in the examination, 2nd in cavalry, 4th in infantry out of 700 candidates, he was exempted from attendance at the military training school at Sandhurst - Commissioned as a sub lieutenant with the 13th Hussars in India, forming the right flank of the cavalry line in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean war

As a young sub lieutenant in India, he was able to fully develop his interest in Scouting work, reconnaissance and surveying, (The wolf that never sleeps) He did secret service work in the mediterrenean, and action against Chief Danizulu of the Zulus, and King Pempe of the ashanti in South Africa

He tried out his ideas of training soldiers in "Scouting" and taught them how to develop experience in stalking and fending for themselves, and to be observant of all signs that would give them an advantage as soldiers. He set down his ideas in the book "Aids to Scouting", which was used as a textbook for many years (Read by Boys back in England)

First developed concept of Patrols (Small individual independent units) As a soldier, BP rose to public prominence during the war against the Boers in Africa at the end of the 1800's. Most noteworthy was BP's leadership of the defending force in siege of the South African town of Mafeking. 1,251 ill equipped and ill supplied defenders against a well equipped, well supplied attacking force of 9000 Boers(Dutch settlers in South Africa)

Intsructed his men at Mafeking to Bluff the enemy with show of force as much as you like, but do not get yourself too far out of touch with your own side without orders, lest you draw them into difficulties in their endeavor to support you, do not always wait for orders if you see the situation demands action. Do not be afraid to act for fear of making a mistake. A man who never made a mistake never made anything. If you find you have made a mistake, carry it through nevertheless with energy. Pluck and dash have often changed a mistake into a success

Baden-Powell returned to England as a national hero in 1899 having successfully defended the town against the Boers.

The First Scout Camp BP was encouraged to set down his views on how he would apply Scouting to the training of boys, so he first conducted an experimental camp in 1907 on Brownsea Island off the Dorset coast. With some 20 boys from all walks of life and suitable adult leaders, BadenPowell taught the boys what he meant by Scouting. They lived in tents and cooked their own food and learned many valuable skills through games.

Scouting For Boys! The camp was a great success Tackled the task of writing down his experience in a book. "Scouting for Boys" first published in fortnightly parts, beginning January 15, 1908. Every issue sold out as soon as it hit the news stands, despite the cover price of 4d which was expensive at the time. "Scouting for Boys ranks third in the world's best sellers after the Bible and Shakespeare.

The Movement is born It was suggested that boys form themselves into patrols within other organizations. But boys didn't want to be school-scouts, cadet-scouts or brigade-scouts, they wanted to be simply "Scouts". Scout patrols and troops had magically appeared all over Britain. Baden-Powell finally bowed to the inevitable and accepted that Scouting would have to become a movement in its own right

Two years, later Baden-Powell retired from the army as a Leutenant General (promoted June 10, 1907) to devote his life to this new movement called Scouting. King George V conferred upon him the title Baron of the British empire He got married at the age of 55 to a 23 year old lady Olave Soames, lived for 30 years, they had 3 children, Peter, Heather and Betty A rally at the Crystal Palace, London drew together 10,000 boys.(first world jamboree)

Scouting spread to Australia, New Zealand, and India in 1908 and other countries followed shortly after. Chile, in 1909 was the first country outside the Empire to start, followed closely by France, the Scandinavian countries and the United States in 1910. In 1937, 2,500,000 Scouts from nearly 50 countries were affiliated with the International Bureau, which was set up to safeguard Scouting and to prevent control drifting into the hands of the purely religious, political or military bodies. Wood Badge Training of Leaders commenced in 1919 at Gilwell Park, England and has over the years become established as the method of Leader Training throughout the Scouting World.

World Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell was proclaimed World Chief Scout at the first Jamboree at Olympia in 1920; he was raised to the peerage in 1929 and was awarded the order of Merit in the Coronation Orders in 1937. He travelled widely, encouraging Scouting in every country he visited. Honors were showered upon the Founder by many countries, but his last acclaim was the World Jamboree in Holland in 1937.

He retired to Kenya, where he spent several happy years with his family. He died there on 8th January 1941.

Scouting in America An American publisher, William D. Boyce of Chicago, one day in the fall of 1909 recalls stopping under a street lamp to get his bearings. London was in the grip of one of its infamous dense fogs. Out of the gloom a boy approached him and asked if he could be of assistance. Boyce happily accepted the offer. He told the boy that he wanted to find a business office in the center of the city. I'll take you there, said the boy. When they reached the destination, the American put his hand in his pocket for a tip.

The boy quickly stopped him. No, thank you, sir, he said. Not for doing a good turn. And why not? asked Boyce. Because I am a Scout. And a Scout doesn't take anything for helping. A Scout? And what might that be? Boyce asked. The English Scout told the American publisher about himself and other English Scouts. Boyce was interested in what he heard. After finishing his errand, he had the boy take him to the British Boy Scout office. There the boy saluted and disappeared and to this day has never been identified. At the headquarters Boyce met Robert Baden-Powell.

Boyce was so impressed with what he learned about Scouting that he decided to introduce it to America. At the British Scout Training Center at Gilwell Park, England, there stands a statuette of an American buffalo. It represents the highest award of the Boy Scouts of America, the "Silver Buffalo," given for outstanding service to boyhood. It was put there in 1926 in honor of the "Unknown Scout" whose good turn brought the Scout movement to the United State

Boyce and a group of other prominent Americans interested in the welfare of boys incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910, in Washington, D.C.,. That date has since been observed as the birthday of American Scouting.

Scouting Movement in UK

BSA (American Occupation) BSP

Milestones of World Scouting

1857 February 22, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell born in Paddington, London England. 1889 February 22, Olave St. Clair Soames was born. She married Baden-Powell in 1912. 1907 Baden-Powell's experimental camp, Brownsea Island, England, August 1-9. 1908 "Scouting for Boys" published. Boy Scouts office opened in London. 1916 Cub section started. "Wolf Cub's Handbook" published. 1919 Gilwell Park acquired. Start of leaders' training courses.

1920 1st World Jamboree, Olympia, London, England, 8,000 participants. Baden-Powell acclaimed Chief Scout of the World. 1st International Scout Conference; 33 national Scout organizations represented. Boy Scouts International Bureau founded, London, England. 1921 International magazine "Jamboree" first published (title changed to "World Scouting" in 1955, and now is World Scouting News).

1922 1st International Committee elected (at 2nd International Conference, Paris, France). 30 national Scout organizations represented. First world census: 1,019,205 members in 31 countries. Venture Scouts started (Rovers). 1924 2nd World Jamboree, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4,549 participants. 3rd World Scout Conference, Copenhagen Denmark. 34 national Scout organizations represented. 1925 International Scout Chalet opened, Kandersteg, Switzerland. (Now known as the Kandersteg International Scout Centre) 1926 4th World Scout Conference, Kandersteg, Switzerland. 29 national Scout organizations represented.

1929 3rd World Jamboree, Birkenhead, England. 50,000 participants. 5th World Scout Conference, Birkenhead, England. 33 national Scout organizations represented. Baden-Powell given peerage; takes title Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell. 1931 6th World Scout Conference, Vienna-Baden, Austria. 44 national Scout organizations represented. 1933 4th World Jamboree, Gdll, Hungary. 25,793 participants. 7th World Scout Conference, Gdll, Hungary. 31 national Scout organizations represented.

1935 8th World Scout Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. 28 national Scout organizations represented. 1937 5th World Jamboree, VogelenzangBloemendaal, Netherlands. 28,750 participants. 9th World Scout 1939 10th World Scout Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland. 27 national Scout organizations represented. 1941 Death of Baden-Powell, January 8. 1946 1st Inter-American Conference, Bogota, Colombia.

1947 6th World Jamboree (Jamboree of Peace), Moisson, France. 24,152 participants. 11th World Scout Conference, Chteau de Rosny, France. 32 national Scout organizations represented. 1949 1st Agoon (International camp for handicapped Scouts) Lunteren, Netherlands. 12th World Scout Conference, Elvesaeter, Norway. 25 national Scout organizations represented.

1950 World membership reached 5 million in 50 countries. 1951 7th World Jamboree, Bad Ischl, Austria. 12,884 participants. 13th World Scout Conference, Salzburg, Austria. 34 national Scout organizations represented. 1952 1st Caribbean Jamboree, Kingston, Jamaica. 14th World Scout Conference, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 35 national Scout organizations represented. 1954 1st Arab Jamboree, Zabadani, Syria.

1955 8th World Jamboree, Niagara-onthe-Lake, Canada. 11,139 participants. 15th World Scout Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada. 44 national Scout organizations represented. 1957 9th World Jamboree (Jubilee, 50th Anniversary of Scouting), Birmingham, England. 30,000 participants. 16th World Scout Conference, Cambridge, England. 52 national Scout organizations represented. World Scout Bureau moved to Ottawa, Canada.

1958 1st Far East Regional Conference, Baguio, Philippines. 1st Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) 1959 10th World Jamboree, Mt. Makiling, Philippines. 12,203 participants. 17th World Scout Conference, New Delhi, India. 35 national Scout organizations represented. 1960 1st European Regional Conference, Altenberg, Germany. 1961 18th World Scout Conference, Lisbon, Portugal. 50 national Scout organizations represented. 1963 11th World Jamboree, Marathon, Greece. 14,000 participants.(Philippine delegation perished on the way) 19th World Scout Conference, Rhodes, Greece. 52 national Scout organizations represented.

1965 1st Pan-American Jamboree, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 20th World Scout Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. 59 national Scout organizations represented. 1967 12th World Jamboree, Farragut State Park, Idaho, U.S.A. 12,011 participants. 21st World Scout Conference, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 70 national organizations represented. 1968 World Scout Bureau headquarters moved to Geneva, Switzerland.

1969 World membership reached 12 million. 22nd World Scout Conference, Otaniemi, Finland. 60 national Scout organizations represented. 1970 1st Africa Conference, Dakar, Senegal 1971 13th World Jamboree, Asagiri Heights, Japan. 23,758 participants. 23rd World Scout Conference, Tokyo, Japan. 71 national Scout organizations represented. World Organization membership passes 100 member countries. 1972 1st International Community Development Seminar, Cotonou, Dahomey (now Benin). 1973 1st Environment Conservation seminar, Sweden. 24th World Scout Conference, Nairobi, Kenya. 77 national Scout organizations represented. 1975 14th World Jamboree (Nordjamb '75), Lillehammer, Norway. 17,259 participants. 25th World Scout Conference, Lundtofte, Denmark. 87 national Scout organizations represented. 1977 26th World Scout Conference, Montreal, Canada. 81 national Scout organizations represented.

1979 World Jamboree Year: Join-in-Jamboree around the world. 27th World Scout Conference, Birmingham, England. 81 national Scout organizations represented. 1981 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education presented to WOSM. 28th World Scout Conference, Dakar, Senegal. 74 national Scout organizations represented. 1982 Rotary International honours Scout Movement. 1982-3 Year of the Scout - 75th Anniversary of Scouting. 1983 15th World Jamboree, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 14,752 participants. 29th World Scout Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.A. 90 national organizations represented. 1984 Rotary Award for World Understanding. The International Association of Lions Clubs honours Scouting.

1985 UN International Youth Year (1st worldwide programme to be implemented with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts). 30th World Scout Conference, Munich Germany. 90 national Scout organizations represented. 1986-7 A child health programme entitled "help children grow" introduced with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and UNICEF. Membership in World Organization reaches 120 countries.

1988 16th World Jamboree, New South Wales, Australia. 13,434 participants. Scouting is honoured by United Nations Environment Programme in recognition of the Movement's outstanding environment achievements. 31st World Scout Conference, Melbourne, Australia. 77 national Scout organizations represented. Implementation of the resolution on "Towards a Strategy for Scouting". Emphasis on Scouting with the handicapped. Several seminars took place all over the world for the promotion of health and handicapped.Dr. Jacques Moreillon, Switzerland, becomes Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. (1 November)

1989 Special Peace Week: Scout activities related to education for peace. 7th Africa Scout Conference in Lom, Togo. Scouting makes celebrations to mark the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and encourage its ratification by national governments. 1990 32nd World Scout Conference, Paris, France. 1,000 participants representing 100 member countries and guests from seven other countries.

Opening of an Information Centre in Moscow. Formal agreement, the Kigali Charter, between 23 Scout and Girl Guide associations for the promotion of programmes of cooperation in the form of twining projects. Memberhsip in World Organization reaches 131 countries "Operation of Solidarity" to enable 1,235 children irradiated by the Chernobyl disaster to be the guests of Scouts and Girl Guides in 15 European countries, in collaboration with UNESCO, the Soviet Children's Fund and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

1990-1 World Scout Environment Year. 8th World Moot, near Melbourne, Australia. 1,000 young adult Scouts from 36 countries. A feature of the Moot was the World Youth Forum. 1991 Creation of the World Scout Parliamentary Union, Korea at its constituent assembly gathering 60 parliamentarians and Scouting officials from 22 countries on 5 continents. 17th World Scout Jamboree, Mount Sorak National Park, Republic of Korea. 20,000 participants representing 135 countries and territories. Introduction of the Global Development Village.

1992 9th World Moot, Kandersteg International Scout Centre, Switzerland. 1,400 participants from 52 countries. 35th JOTA: at the invitation of the World Federation of Great Towers, Scouts and Guides had the opportunity to communicate from the tops of 13 towers around the world using the newest communication systems including videophone and television as well as amateur radio. For the first time all five Regional Scout Conferences met in the same year and all will now meet on a triennial basis in the year preceding World Scout Conferences. Creation of Scout Resources International (SCORE), the official Scout Shop of the World Organization.

1993 33rd World Scout Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, with more than 1,000 participants from 99 member countries. Opening of a World Scout organization office in YaltaGurzuf in Crimea covering the CIS and related countries. 1994 International symposium on "Scouting: Youth without Borders, Partnership and Solidarity", Marrakech, Morocco. 440 participants representing 118 Scout associations from 94 countries. Adoption of the Marrakech Charter to enhance partnership. Signature of an agreement with UNICEF on Oral Rehydration Therapy, Geneva, Switzerland. The International Public Relations Association bestowed its annual President's Award on to WOSM for "outstanding contribution to better world understanding".

1995 18th World Scout Jamboree, Netherlands. 28,960 Scouts, leaders and staff attended from 166 countries and territories. Operation Flevoland pemitted Scouts from 50 countries to participate. Signing of an agreement of co-operation between the World Scout Organization and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the UN. Youth Forum held by the UN in Geneva, Switzerland; approximately 2/3rd of delegates were or had been Scouts or Girl Guides.

1996 6th World Youth Forum, Moss, Norway. 34th World Scout Conference, Oslo, Norway, with more than 1,000 participants from 108 member countries. 10th World Scout Moot, Sweden. 1st Mongolian Jamboree. 1,200 participants. Membership in World Organization reaches 140 countries. 1997 90th Anniversary of Scouting. Creation of the Eurasia World Scout Region, serving the 12 countries of the C.I.S. 1st official Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI). Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the World Health Organization, AHM (Leprosy Relief Organization) and WOSM to eliminate leprosy.

Opening of an Operations Centre in Dakar, Senegal to serve French Speaking associations in West Africa. 2nd World Scout Parliamentary Union General Assembly, Manila, Philippines. WOSM and four other youth Organizations launch programme to promote the value of nonformal education.

1998 New "World Scout Pin" launched. 19th World Scout Jamboree held in Picarquin, Chile. 1999 WOSM member countries reach 152. 7th World Scout Youth Forum, South Africa 35th World Scout Conference, Durban South Africa, with nearly 1,000 people from 116 countries.Peace Cruise in the Eastern Mediterranean

2000 11th World Scout Moot, Mexico. 5,000 participants, 71 countries3rd World Scout Parliamentary Union General Assembly, Warsaw, Poland. 2002 WOSM member countries: 1548th World Scout Youth Forum, Greece 36th World Scout Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, with 1,225 people from 125 countries.20th World Scout Jamboree, Sattahip, Thailand. 24,000 participants from 147 countries and territories

2003 4th World Scout Parliamentary Union General Assembly, Cairo, Egypt. (December)The first World Scout Interreligious Symposium held in Valencia, Spain with representatives of 12 religions and 33 national Scout organizations. (December) 2004 Panafrican Youth Forum on AIDS: a matter of education. Organized by WOSM on behalf of the Alliance of Youth CEO's. Dakar, Senegal. Attended by 300 from 42 countries. (March)Dr. Eduardo Missoni (Italy) becomes Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.

(1 April)2005 World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Millennium Campaign. 9th World Scout Youth Forum, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia. 37th World Scout Conference, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia with 122 Member Countries. UNICEF and World Scouting sign Memorandum of Understanding. WOSM member countries: 155 territories

2006 1st Eurasia Jamboree held in Byurakan, Armenia.New World Scout Brand launched in October. 2007 Centenary of Scouting.150th Anniversary of B-P's birth.21st World Scout Jamboree, Hylands Park, Chelmsford, United Kingdom.Scouting's Sunrise 1 August.Gifts for Peace project presents more than 120 projects.50th JOTA.1st World Congress on Education to be held in Geneva.Mr. Luc Panissod (France) becomes Acting Secretary General of the World Organization of the

2008 Kazakhstan's National Scout Organization, 'the Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan (OSMK)', becomes an official member of WOSM on 16 January 2008.1 July 2008: National Association of Cambodian Scouts (NACS); Association of Scouts of Montenegro; Scouts of Syria; National Organization of Scouts of Ukraine (NOSU) joined WOSM.

Total number of Member Organizations of WOSM to 160. The admission of Montenegro as a Member Organization changes the status of the National Scout Organization of Serbia, which retains membership in WOSM. They will also receive a new certificate of membership at the Korea Conference.10th World Scout Youth Forum, Iskan, Republic of Korea. 7-10 July 2008. 38th World Scout Conference, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. 14-18 July 2008.

The Birth and Development of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines

Scouting was introduced in the Philippines by the Americans as early as 1910. However, the earliest recorded all-Filipino troop was organized in Zamboanga by a young second lieutenant by the name of Sherman L. Kiser through the sponsorship of Mrs. Caroline S. Spencer, an American widow who was in the Philippines to do works of charity with the people of Sulu in 1914. The troop was composed of 26 Muslim boys and was known as the Lorillard Spencer Troop in honor of Mrs. Spencer's son who was an active Scout in the U.S.A. The first recorded Filipino Boy Scout troop was formed in Zamboanga on November 15, 1914, the date the boys took their oath before Lt. Kiser. It was called Lorillard Spencer Troop, after the son of Mrs. Spencer.

The setting for the formation of the allMuslim troop was the early years of the American occupation when American soldiers were all over the country to quell the remaining pockets of rebellion after the Philippine-American war. Mrs. Caroline S. Spencer, an American widow who was in the Philippines o do works of charity with the natives of Sulu. Assigned to arrange for her transportation and accompany her during her trips to various islands in the Archipelago was a young second

In one of their trips, Mrs. Spencer noticed small boys wandering aimlessly and she wondered aloud about having someone to worry about having someone to worry about providing direction to their lives. She suggested to Lt. Kiser to form a Boy Scout troop and they discussed the matters seriously. It was natural for Mrs. Spencer to suggest this because her son, Lorrilard Spencer, Jr., was active in Scouting in the United States.

In 1923, the Philippine Council BSA was formed through the efforts of the Rotary Club of Manila mainly to launch Scouting as a nationwide movement and provide guidance to the troops which had been independently organized throughout the country. Commonwealth Act No. 111(sponsored by Assemblyman Tomas Confesor of Iloilo) by then President Manuel L. Quezon on

October 31, 1936, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines was established as a public corporation tasked to, according to Section 3 of the law: "to promote through organization and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in Scout craft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are in common use by Boy Scouts."

Seven original charter members January 1, 1938, BSP organized and took over from the BSA Steady rise in membership (36,000 Scouts and Scouters by 1941)

Operation Disrupted by World War 2 (1942 to 1945) February 24, 1945, National Council, reestablished October 1, 1946 recognized by The Boy Scouts International Beureau as an independent National Scout Association

The Seven Founders of The Boy Scouts of The Philippines

Since its founding the BSP has played an active part in history with respect to community service/development and character development Filipino World Scouting leaders (Antonio Delgado, Francisco Roman, Jejomar Binay) Participation in major Scouting events Exploits of the BSP included assistance during world war 2(First aid, crowd control, intelligence) Famous Leyte Landing Scout Valeriano Abello given The BSP Gold Medal of honor Many Acts of heroism, Sahjid Bulig (Pagoda tragedy in Bocaue, Bulacan), 11th World Jamboree delegates,

From the early troops in 1914, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines prides itself today as one of the largest Scout organizations in the world, in terms of the number of Scouts against the number of young people of Scouting age, with over 2 million members nationwide.

Thank You! Happy Scouting!