COLONEL BADEN-POWELL'S HANDBOOK ON SCOUTING.
(TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.")
have seen it stated, and not contradicted, that the Transvaal authorities are circulating Colonel Baden-Powell's admirable and valuable little book on scouting amongst their troops. And yet I have been assured that no similar distri- bution amongst our troops has been ordered by the War Office. Wherever that has been done it has been at the cost of patriotic individuals.—I am, Sir, &c., G.
[If our correspondent is well informed a great opportunity has been missed. Why should not the War Office have given a copy of Colonel Baden-Powell's little book to every trooper in the Imperial Yeomanry, and ordered the officers to see that the men mastered its contents on the voyage out ? That would not have made them scouts off-hand, but it would have laid an excellent foundation.—ED. Spectator.]
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