|
|
|
Baden-Powell
Visits in 1934
Major General
Baden-Powell,
Chief Scout of the World, visited Aden for the
second time in November 1934, a stopover on his
African Tour.
Baden-Powell’s visit must have been good for
recruiting as by January 1937 when he visited
for a third time there were 179 Scouts in a
total of six troops.
|
 |
B-P wrote of his 1934
visit "We did not have a rally of the Scouts at Aden
because we had had one here exactly a year ago, at our
last visit. But there was a Posse of Welcome (as we call
a Guard of Honour) of four boys from each Troop, and a
very fine, smart-looking lot they were.
 |
Also, there met
me a party of Deep-Sea Scouts from the warships.
There were about twenty of them in this
squadron. Big, hefty fellows they were, dressed
in their Rover Scouts' uniform, which the Naval
authorities allow them to carry with than on
board their ships. They had visited most parts
of the world in the course of their service
India, Ceylon, China, Japan, Malay States. They
evidently enjoyed their life at sea, almost as
much as I do when voyaging over these warm
summer seas and looking in at strange foreign
ports." |
Troops
were based on schools and at the time of his visit there
were only five Troops, with strengths as follows:
|
Keith Falconer Mission School |
25 |
|
Mariat Brothers School |
15 |
|
KGV Jewish School |
30 |
|
Sir H C
Dinshaw School (for
Gujeratis) |
18 |
|
Government
Anglo-Vernacular School |
24 |
Baden-Powell was mentioned
as being in the Duke of
Connaught's small entourage (equerry,
lady-in-waiting and B-P) on 1906. All the telegrams from
the equerry from Zanzibar and one from Mombasa mentioned
B-P as coming to Aden. Whether he remained in Kenya or
was ill and didn't come ashore I do not know.
|
The "Posse of Welcome" B-P
inspecting Local Wolf Cubs and Indian Scouts in Aden
during his African tour in 1934
|
This page last updated
Saturday, 02 August 2008
|
