tc., from the Duma to the
different branches of it called commissariats, and
back again. They also fed the soldiers that were
on guard. The Scout uniform was our protection,
and everywhere that uniform commanded the respect
of the soldiers, peasants and workingmen.

"As great numbers of soldiers came from the front,
food had to be given them. It was contributed by
private people, but the Scouts had lots of work
distributing it. All the little taverns were
turned into eating houses for the soldiers, and
there we helped to prepare the food and feed them.
As there were not enough Boy Scouts, the Girl
Scouts helped in the same way as the boys.

"The Scouts also did much First Aid work. In one
instance I saw an officer whose finger had been
shot off. I ran up to him and bandaged it up for
him. (All of us Scouts had First Aid kits hanging
from our belts.)

"It was something of a proud day for us Scouts
when the Premier after a parade, called us all
before the Duma and publicly thanked us for our
aid."

Indeed it was and we heartily congratulate our Sister Scouts! But if we
do our duty by our Patrol and the Patrols all do their duty by their
Troop, that proud moment is going to come to every single Scout of us,
when the town where we live tells us by its smiles and applause, when we
go by in uniform, what it thinks of us.

We Scouts shall be more and more interested, as the years go on, to
remember that in the great hours of one of the world's greatest crises
we helped to make its history. Instances like these are very
exceptional; they could not occur to one in ten thousand of us; but we
stay-at-homes can always remind ourselves that it was the obedience, the
quickness, and the skill learned in quiet, every-day Scouting that made
these few rise to their opportunity when it came.

War and revolution do not make Scouts either brave or useful; they only
bring out the bravery and the usefulness that have been learned, as we
are all learning them, every day!

All we have to do is to fix Scout habits in our hearts and hands, and
then when our Country calls us, we shall be as ready as these little
Russian Scouts were.

In France the Scouts, known as the Eclaireuses, have agreed with us that
the "land Arm