The Cub Scouting movement was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1916, nine years after the foundation of the Scouts, in order to cater to the many younger boys who had not yet reached the age limit for the Boy Scouts but who wanted to take part in Scouting.

In 1914, there were articles in the Headquarters ' Gazette ( a then regular newsletter to leaders ) outlining an official scheme, however this was not what Baden-Powell wanted.

There were also many girls who wanted the same thing as well – Baden-Powell came across a group of Girl Scouts at the Crystal Palace Rally in 1909.

Both men recognised that wars in Africa were changing markedly and the British Army needed to adapt ; so during their joint scouting missions, Baden-Powell and Burnham discussed the concept of a broad training programme in woodcraft for young men, rich in exploration, tracking, fieldcraft, and self-reliance.

It was also during this time in the Matobo Hills that Baden-Powell first started to wear his signature campaign hat like the one worn by Burnham, and it was here that Baden-Powell acquired his Kudu horn, the Ndebele war instrument he later used every morning at Brownsea Island to wake the first Boy Scouts and to call them together in training courses.

Seton, a British-born Canadian living in the United States, met Baden-Powell in October 1906, and they shared ideas about youth training programs.

In fact, Baden-Powell wrote his original military training book, Aids To Scouting, because he saw the need for the improved training of British military-enlisted scouts, particularly in initiative, self-reliance, and observational skills.

Sir William Smith, the founder of The Boy's Brigade, asked Baden-Powell if he had ever considered rewriting his training manual for soldiers, " Aids To Scouting for N. C. O. s and Men " to make it appeal to boys.

The main policy is Traditional Scouting – which is taking Baden-Powell ’ s 10 Scout Laws and using them, along with Baden-Powell's original training programme and rank system.

The first Wood Badge training was organized by Francis " Skipper " Gidney and lectured at by Robert Baden-Powell and others at Gilwell Park ( United Kingdom ) in September 1919.

Maclaren's interest had been in providing a campground, but Baden-Powell envisioned a training centre for Scouters.

He emphasized the importance of Scouters ' training at Gilwell Park for Scouting by taking it as the territorial designation in his peerage title of 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell in 1929 when the barony was conferred upon him by the king.

Beads from Dinuzulu's necklace, captured by Robert Baden-Powell, were later presented to Scout leaders following Wood Badge leadership training.

Baden-Powell recognised that wars in Africa were changing markedly and the British Army needed to adapt ; so during their joint scouting missions, Baden-Powell and Burnham discussed the concept of a broad training programme in woodcraft for young men, rich in exploration, tracking, fieldcraft, and self-reliance.

These men had particularly influenced Baden-Powell as they continued training minds and body even when off duty.

Baden-Powell thought this would not be attractive and suggested that it could grow much larger when scouting would be used.

At the time, Baden-Powell intended that the scheme would be used by established organizations, in particular the Boys ' Brigade, from the founder William A. Smith.

In this respect, the almost limitless and sometimes esoteric knowledge the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook offers is a gently satirical comment on the " Scout Bible ", as the original Scouting For Boys by Baden-Powell was sometimes known, a book giving advice on a vast range of subjects, including " Smoking ", " How The Empire Must be Held ", " Courtesy To Women ", and " How to Revive A Suicide "

Sea Scouting had its beginning at a campfire in England when Baden-Powell voiced the hope that older Scouts would be interested in learning about boat management and seamanship.

The Baden-Powell Scouts retain the belief that essence of the movement should be based on outdoor activities related to the skills of explorers, backwoodsmen and frontiersmen.

The smaller neighbourhood around Gloucester Road tube station can also be considered part of South Kensington, as well as the institution area around Exhibition Road, which includes such famous names as the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Royal Albert Hall, Imperial College London, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal College of Art, the Royal College of Music and Baden-Powell House.

This was because young women were approaching Scout leaders asking if they would be able to join the organisation, and Baden-Powell responded to this but he felt having girls and boys in the same scout troops would be an unnecessary distraction for both groups.

In English, this motto is most commonly Be Prepared, and it is no coincidence that this motto can be shortened to B. P. and Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the movement, used to shorten his surname into B .- P.

With barely trained forces and aware of the Boers ' greatly superior numbers, commando tactics and the failure of the earlier Jameson Raid, Baden-Powell decided that the best way to tie down Boer troops would be through defence rather than attack.

Even though it was supposed to be a " white man's war " Baden-Powell also armed 300 African natives with rifles.

However, the organisation remains co-educational, a fact which runs against the origins of scouting method as promulgated by Baden-Powell and maintained by the many Scouting organisations today ( evidence of this fact may be shown in the organisational structure of world scouting: the World Organization of the Scout Movement is separate from the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts ).

Von Bonstetten felt that this location could be the permanent international meeting place that Robert Baden-Powell had in mind where Scouts from all over the world could meet.

Guiding began in the UK in 1910 after Robert Baden-Powell asked his sister Agnes to start a group especially for girls that would be run along similar lines to Scouting for Boys.

Baden-Powell copied Burnham's practical style of dress, including " a grey-coloured handkerchief, loosely tied around the neck to prevent sunburn ".

The Scouting movement, established in 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell, employs non-formal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities.

Two years previously, Lord Baden-Powell presented him with the Order of the Silver Wolf, the highest honourary award possible on behalf of the Boy Scouts Association of Canada, for which he had served as President.

Baden-Powell visited Australia in 1912 and in later years ( 1927, 1931 and 1934 ) to encourage the extension of the movement in Australia.

Baden-Powell wrote a book, Aids to Scoutmastership, to help Scouting Leaders, and wrote other handbooks for the use of the new Scouting sections, such as Cub Scouts and Girl Guides.

As General Baden-Powell noted, when he was looking, many years later, for a suitably inspiring term to adopt for his youth movement to train young boys in fieldcraft and other ' para-military ' activities, the word Scouts encapsulated a spirit of ' dash ' ( enthusiasm ), expertise-within a defined set of skills-and familiarity with both the local conditions.

Originally, Baden-Powell intended for Scouts to salute each other in greeting when they first saw each other for the first time using the " secret sign ", or half-salute.

But this Scout only helped him cross a street ; he did not take him to the Scout headquarters and Boyce never met Baden-Powell.

The Boy Scout program began in England under the leadership of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell.

Baden-Powell gained fame in Britain through his leadership of British troops during the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War in South Africa in 1899-1900.

Twelve hundred Canadian troops were part of the South Africa Constabulary under the leadership of Robert Baden-Powell, and it was after seeing these troops in action at the Relief of Mafeking that Baden-Powel ordered 10, 000 of these hats for the British Troops under his command.

Like the British government, the local politicians feared that increased military activity might provoke a Boer attack, so Baden-Powell decided to obtain many of his own stores, organise his own transport and recruit in secret.

However, it was Mafeking that resulted in Baden-Powell becoming a national hero in Britain, and it was his fame that enabled his Scout movement to catch on so rapidly.