Warner Goodman was 12 years old when the

shadow of a Siege with all its hardships fell

upon him, his family and the citizens of

Mafeking. But he was such an

efficient, courageous boy that it

was not long before the great

Colonel Baden-Powell, the gal-

lant Commander in charge of the

invested town, recognized the

excellent “Scout Leader” quali-

ties of this youngster. Young

Warner showed all the character-

istics of a good “Scout”; Loyalty,

Unselfishness, Enthusiasm, In-

ventiveness and Courage.

To tell the truth, Goodyear and

his gang of boys were about the only ones

who treated the Siege more as a game. As

one of these Scouts once wrote to me: They

were full of playful nonsense and just loved

the excitement of doing errands and other

duties while shells were whistling around.

Nonetheless, they took their responsibilities

seriously, doing “good deeds”, not every

day, but every moment, and executing “man-

sized jobs” under the most dangerous condi-

tions. They were the true protagonists, the

“kernel”, of the future world-wide movement

of Boy Scouts.

THE FORMATION OF THE

CADET CORPS

When the Boer forces started to surround

Mafeking and an attack on the town was im-

minent, Baden-Powell mustered all the avail-

able manpower to take up the stand.

Alas, there was only a small handful to with-

stand the large Boer forces. Altogether 700

trained men, police, and volunteers could be

placed by Baden-Powell at strategical Out-

posts and Forts at the surrounding

flat outskirts of the town.

The whole place of Mafeking to be

defended was about 5 miles around

and contained 600 white women

and roughly 700 Natives. Gradu-

ally, the man-power position got

even worse, some of the men get-

ting killed, many others wounded.

The duties of fighting and keeping

night-watch on lookouts became

harder for the rest.

THIS IS WHERE THE BOYS

CAME IN

At Baden-Powell’s instigation, his Chief

Staff Officer Major Lord Edward Cecil, got

together all boys of the place, from 9 years

upward, and formed them into a cadet corps.

Now their exuberant activity could be har-

nessed into some useful duties which so far

had been carried out by men: Delivering

military orders and messages from and to the

Forts, keeping look-out, acting as orderlies,

and delivering civilian mail among the popu-

lation. Letter-writing was the only means of

communication among the poor Mafekin-

gians.

The boys were put into Khaki Uniform, and

wore either a forage cap or a “smasher” hat

and a yellow “pugaree.” The hat was not

unlike the Boy Scout’s hat worn today, but it

was usually turned up on one side. Boys who

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Volume 3, Issue 2

The Siege of Mafeking and the African

Seeds of Scouting

July 1, 2012

The Scout’s Oath

in Baden-Powell’s

Scouting for Boys,

1908

“On my honour I prom-

ise that —

1. I will do my duty to

God and the King.

2. I will do my best to

help others, what-

ever it costs me.

3. I know the scout law,

and will obey it.”

Siege of Mafeking 1

Schedule—Day 2 2

Schedule—Day 3 2

Patrol Assignments 2

Patrol News 3-4

Ticket Writing key

Concepts

5

Inside this issue:

Gilwell Gazette

W2-59 1 - 1 2 - 3

Location

8:00 Breakfast/Assessments West Porch

9:00 Gilwell Field Assembly Gilwell Field

9:30 Troop Meeting Main Lodge

11:30 Inclusiveness Main Lodge

Noon Team Development Main Lodge

1:00 Lunch West Porch

2:00 Patrol Leaders Council PLC Area

Scribe Meeting TBA

Location

2:30 Communicating Patrol Site

3:30 Project Planning Main Lodge

4:30 Rockets (Competition) TBA

6:00 Dinner West Porch

7:00 Patrol Meeting Patrol Site

8:00 WB Game Show Main Lodge

9:00 Win All You Can Game Main Lodge

10:00 Cracker Barrel TBA

Location

2:00 Patrol Leaders Council Main Lodge

2:30 Conservation Proj. Plan Main Lodge

3:30 Patrol Mtg/Exhibit Patrol Site

6:00 Dinner West Porch

7:00 Ticket Development/ Patrol Site

8:00 October Sky Main Lodge

10:00 Cracker Barrel TBA

Location

8:00 Breakfast/Assessments West Porch

9:00 Gilwell Field Assembly Gilwell Field

9:30 Interfaith Service TBA

10:30 Troop Meeting Main Lodge

Noon Leading EDGE™ / Main Lodge

Teaching EDGE™

1:00 Lunch West Porch

Schedule—Day 2

Schedule—Day 3

Weather Forecast

The Sun will rise in the East and

set in the West whether we see

it or not.

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Patrol Assignments

Patrol Duty Roster

Service Patrol Program Patrol Day 1 Antelope Owl Day 2 Bear Fox Day 3 Bobwhite Buffalo Day 4 Eagle Beaver Day 5 Fox Bear Day 6 Owl Antelope

You can observe a lot just by watching. —Yogi Berra

Beaver Here are some interesting facts about members of the Beaver

Patrol:

John Cooley – He has never had a cavity in his entire life! He

has also attended Timberline 11 years, once as a participant

and 10 times as a youth or adult staff member.

David Wilcox – He is a master money saver—to save money

on purchasing uniform items, he dyed his tan shorts green for

$6. Please take the time to check out his shorts. He blends

right in with everyone else! His son is also a participant in

Timberline this week.

Brandon Nielsen – He was invited to attend Woodbadge 3

days ago while he was out of town. He came home Saturday

night, got his physical Sunday morning between Church

meetings, spent all night Sunday and into the wee hours of the

morning gathering his things and packing, and still managed

to get 1 ½ hours of sleep this morning.

Darren Thurgood – While at Scofield scout camp 3 weeks

ago as scoutmaster, after just a couple days at camp, the au-

thorities told him he and his troop had 1 hour to break camp

and evacuate due to the wild fire in the area.

Mark Orton – Speaks 3 languages fluently: French, Farsi,

and Dari (any idea where the latter two languages are spoken?

Ask Mark or any other members of the Beaver Patrol for the

answer). Also, Mark was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan on

two separate tours for the military.

Aaron Love - On May 21, 2012, his 6-year-old son Nathan-

ael completed his last round of chemotherapy for Acute Lym-

phoblastic Leukemia (ALL) after 3-plus years of treatment—

yeah!!!

Wendy Wiltbank – Serves on the Woodbadge staff. Her hus-

band is the scoutmaster for the Timberline course this week

and her son is a participant of the same Timberline course.

Her family is not really into scouting that much. J

Bobwhite We are excited to be here and excited to be Bobwhites! Bob-

white, or Virginia Quail as it is sometimes called, are similar

to what many of us know as a quail. Initially they were part

of the pheasant family but were moved out as they are some-

what different - smarter, faster, better.

Bobwhite gets its’ name from the sound of their whistle call –

something that we may be able to imitate by the end of the

week ☺. Although these birds are quite, shy and elusive –

when threatened they can crouch, rely on their camouflage to

stay undetected – and when pushed will kick into a low flight

to escape. One member of our patrol indicated that these are

some of the smartest birds alive – time will tell ☺.

- some of this was taken from Wikipedia.org

Eagle On the first day of Wood Badge the mighty Eagle patrol was

honored to receive the honored title of mighty Eagles (a big

upgrade from the mighty Monkey Den, if not intellectually

then symbolically). The first patrol leader of the mighty Eagle

Patrol is Justin Gwilliam who aside from his rugged good

looks, quick wit, and intellectual prowess is also a pilot. Who

better to guide the first flight of the mighty Eagle Patrol?

The mighty Eagle Patrol would like to thank everyone in-

volved in the planning of Wood Badge. The food and has

been too good and the company has been even better. We are

looking forward to more of the same the rest of the week.

Rooster den we remember, watch the skies for us.

Fox Many times in life we feel like the new comer to the

event, and after running late due to a kick-off meeting on a

new project I felt that way today. I was placed with one troop

and later shifted to the proper troop THE FOXES, sorry bea-

vers. It doesn’t take long to fit in if the people in the troop are

willing to put forth a little effort and be encouraging.

It is often this way with the young men we work

with. It seems like someone is always in the situation of try-

ing to find where they fit in and who will help with that tran-

sition. It is obviously much more difficult for the boys who

have an established system to find a way to include someone

new but if we can encourage this trait with the boys it will be

a significant benefit to the whole group.

I often think of leadership in sports and what made a

good leader for the teams I participated. It seems like there

are two ways for the leaders to approach there position. Some

approach the position of a leader from the top and working

with the best athletes and hoping those that are a little further

behind will catch up. It seems to me that this method creates

more of a separation than creating a true team. The other

method of leadership is a little extra effort with those that

need it in order to lead the whole group forward. Often those

top athletes don’t realize how far forward they are projected

by stepping back to help those who made need a little help.

The foxes stepped up today.

Owl We survived our first day at Woodbadge not knowing what to

expect. The staff, leaders, food and organization has been

great and we all give a big THANKS to all involved in put-

ting this week together. Everything has gone very well with

the owl patrol and we are all excited to see what fun we will

have tomorrow and the remainder of the week. We are all

getting along great and Elizabeth is wonderful. We look for-

ward to working and learning from her all week. We don’t’

know what we would do without her.

Patrol News

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So far everyone is getting along and coming up with some great

ideas for the week in our patrol meetings. We’ve already been able

to participate with the program patrol and will give the flag cere-

mony tomorrow morning. We all feel this is going to be a great

learning experience and can’t wait to sing more and more songs.

Keep and eye out for some owl treats….

Have a great week, Owl Patrol

Bear Today we saw the formation of the fearsome Bear Patrol. Just like in

the wild, bears are few and far between but definitely makeup for

their small numbers (we are one of the smallest patrols) by their in-

credible size and strength. We look forward to mauling the other

patrols.

We are going to highlight one of our patrol members each day…

First up is Josh Hallstrom. Josh lives in Lehi – on the east side of I-

15 right across from Trafalga and is the Cubmaster in his unit. He is

new to being an Adult Leader in the scouting program but did earn

his Eagle Scout growing up in Hawaii. He loves conducting pack

meetings and watching how much fun the boys have as they progress

through cubscouts. His favorite pack meeting is the Arrow of Light

pack meeting because of all the symbolism and what it teaches the

boys as they transition to 11 year old scouts. Josh has 5 kids and

works as a software engineer.

Stay tuned for tomorrow for more…

Buffalo Is there a Buffalo in the house? You bet we have an excellent group

that includes Eric, Brent, Paul, Jeff, Cheri, Sarah and our wonderful

Troop Guide Brad Babcock. The first day we learned Listening to

Learn, and it was a great lesson to remind us to listen more intently

so we are able to understand and help more people.

Our patrol wants to have the opportunity to get to know us. So we

are going to spotlight a couple people each day. Today we are start-

ing with Cheri. We are grateful that she was able join us. Cheri has

three kids, has been the PTA President at Sego Lily for two years

and has worked in the Scouting program for 8 years. 6 years with

Cubs and 2 years with the Boy Scouts. We also want to spotlight

Paul he grew up in Lehi and FINALLY climbed to the top of timp at

50 years old. He is married and has three children and is currently

an empty nester!!! We look forward to the many experiences that we

will have during our stay this week. On to doing our VERY BEST!

Antelope The organization of wood badge is off to a good start as we

eat lots of food at lunch. The antelope have been bloated and are

rolling on the ground sick. The patrol lesson on listening was help-

ful to understand what to do with the young men and understand

their needs. We are practicing listening to others even if we are old.

Weather report! Hot so drink lots of water. The

weather rock predicted a little rain and it evaporated

before our very eyes.

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“Master, where shall I work today?”

And my love flowed warm and free.

Then he pointed out a tiny plot

And He said, “Work there for me.”

But I answered quickly, “Oh, no!

Not there!—Not anyone could see,

No matter how well my task is done.

Not that tiny place for me!”

When He spoke, He was not stern

But He answered me tenderly:

“Little One, search that heart of thine.

Are you working for them, or for me?

Nazareth was a little place

And so was Galilee”

-Unknown

were appointed messengers or postmen received a dispatch

pouch. None of the boys were armed.

DRILLING AND SCOUTING

The corps drilled regularly under Major Lord Edward Cecil.

Warner Goodyear was made their leader and appointed a

Sergeant-Major. The boys were a smart bunch and kept

proud bearing at all times, fully conscious of their responsi-

bility and importance.

Baden-Powell frequently watched the drilling with great

satisfaction and asked himself: Why cannot all boys be like

that? That and there he made his resolution to form a civil-

ian corps of Scouts on similar lines as soon as the war was

over. B-P himself taught the boys woodwork, camping and

hiking whenever he could manage.

THE POSTAL SERVICE

The majority of the boys, however, became mail carriers.

This local mail service, as already stated, was of great im-

portance for everybody, as at most times it was the only

means of communication between relatives, friends, etc., to

tell each other that they were still “alive and kicking.” It

kept up the morale of the fighting men and the population

and helped winning though gloriously against heavy odds.

The postage revenue thus obtained served to pay for the

upkeep of the donkeys the cadet boys rode to deliver mail,

for the purchase of Bicycles and their repairs, for boxes,

bags and other running expenses.

WARNER GOODYEAR POSES FOR THE

STAMP DESIGN

The Bicycle, in fact, became the symbol of the Mafeking

Cadet Corps, and when Warner Goodyear was unanimously

considered as the obvious choice to be immortalized on the

1d. stamp, his Bicycle certainly had to appear on it, too.

Warner Goodyear was chosen as a worthy stamp subject

representing all those brave boys under him, and a photo-

graph had to be taken of him in preparation for the stamp

design.

After the siege ended, the boys of school age returned to

school and formed the School Cadets. The older boys joined

the Bechuanaland Rifles. All of them, however, kept to-

gether, and calling themselves “The Scouts”, went out

camping and scouting whenever the opportunity offered.

B-P returned to England in 1903, becoming Inspector-

General of the Calvary, and after two years Commander of a

northern Territorial Division. During that command, he

started the Boy Scout movement.

The first Boy Scout, Warner Goodyear, however, died in

1913 at the early age of 26.

(Continued from page 1)

The ticket was created to help you realize your personal vision

of your role in Scouting. Ideally, you write your ticket on your

primary Scouting Role.

Your ticket consists of three parts:

1. A description of your Scouting role

2. A statement of your vision of success

3. A plan of action composed of five significant goals that can be

attained within 18 months.

You are not expected to realize you vision immediately upon

completing your five goals; reaching the goals is merely a kick-

start to a long-term work in progress.

No minimum time requirement has been established with re-

spect to completion of a Wood Badge ticket. However, many

years of experience indicate that completion of a Wood Badge

ticket should require at least 6 months of continuous effort.

Ideally, you will complete the five goals between 6 and 12

months.

You have room for creativity; your ticket will not look exactly

alike another’s. It is assumed that you will pattern your goals to

use more or all of the skills you will learn during the course. It

may be helpful to list corresponding skills next to each goal. It

is not required to incorporate any designated number of skills.

However, at least one goal must address increasing diversity in

the BSA. Possibilities include goals that promote diversity in

units, districts, and/or councils that encourage a more diverse

BSA membership; or that help the youth better understand the

nature and importance of diversity in Scouting and in America.

(This will be discussed in detail on Day Four during the presen-

tation “Valuing People and Leveraging Diversity”.)

The goals will be written (using the Wood Badge Ticket Work

Sheets in your notebook) in support of your current Scouting

responsibilities and should be designed to provide maximum

positive impact for youth membership. The ticket should be

meaningful and should enable you to practice the skills learn in

this course.

Each goal should be “SMART” and address “who, what, where,

when, why, how measured, and how verified” (as listed on the

work sheets).

Ticket Writing Key Concepts

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