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Each Patrol should have its own separate tent at some distance (at least 100 yards) from the others. This latter is with a view to developing the responsibility of the Patrol Leader for his distinct unit. --Baden-Powell, "The Object of Camping"
In Scout camps the tents are not pitched in lines and streets as in military camps, but are dotted about in Patrol units, fifty or a hundred yards apart or more, in a big circle round the Scoutmaster's tent, which, with the flag and camp fire, is generally in the centre. --Baden-Powell, Scouting for Boys, Yarn 9 |
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In Scouts' camps the tents are not pitched in lines and streets as in military camps, but are dotted about, 50 or 100 yards or more, in a big circle round the Scoutmaster's tent. This keeps each Patrol separate as a unit. --Roland Philipps, The Patrol System, Patrol in Camp. |
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It is necessary to point out at the start that the Patrol System is not one method in which Scouting for boys can be carried out, but that it is the only method. -Roland Philipps, The Patrol System, Chapter 1
The Patrol Method is not ONE method in which Scouting can be carried on. It is the ONLY method! -Green Bar Bill's paraphrase of
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One of our methods in the Scout movement for taming a hooligan is to appoint him head of a Patrol. He has all the necessary initiative, the spirit and the magnetism for leadership, and when responsibility is thus put upon him it gives him the outlet he needs for his exuberance of activity, but gives it in a right direction. --Baden-Powell, from the article "Are Our Boys Degenerating?" circa 1918. |
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What It Adds Up to: 1. Be a Leader; --William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt's "leadership theory," Handbook for Patrol Leaders |
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requirements are not something separate from Scouting. On the
contrary, Scouting is the Requirements. When you go hiking
and camping the subjects contained in the requirements come up all the
time. With plenty of Scouting work before them your boys simply
cannot help advancing.
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Traditional Patrol Leader Training:
Patrol Leader Training supplements "Leadership Training" by concentrating on "How to lead a Patrol into the backwoods," rather than "How to be a leader:"
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| Golden Arrow Patrol Leader Training (Troop Level) |
| Old Gilwell Patrol Leader Training Course (District Level) |
Roland
Philipps' Patrol System
The authority on the Patrol System
recommended by Baden-Powell
in Scouting for Boys
Troop Meetings
How to run Troop Meetings that support the Patrol Method
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The Patrol Method for Lightweights
All those "sage quotes" of Baden-Powell and Green Bar Bill refer to a Patrol Method based on physical distance (50-100 yards between Patrols, and significant monthly Patrol Hikes). Modern lightweight technology helps meet those high standards of yesteryear.
Short
Essays by William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt
The Patrol Method was brought to America by the great Danish Scouter William Hillcourt.
Patrol Activities
Patrol Camping
"...each Patrol should have its own separate tent at some distance (at least 100 yards) from the others."
Patrol Leader's Swearing-In Ceremony
In some forms of Traditional Scouting, a new Patrol Leader serves for a probation period of four to six weeks following his election or appointment. Before his trial period begins, the Patrol Leader recites the "Patrol Leader's Creed," which lists all of his responsibilities. If he lives up to this creed, he is formally sworn in at the Patrol Leader's Promise Ceremony at the end of his trial period.
| Patrol Leader's Creed |
| Patrol Leader's Promise Ceremony |
Patrol Competitions
Sample Point System for Encouraging Progress Toward Earning the "National Honor Patrol Award" (Formally the "Baden-Powell Patrol Award"), and Other Traditional Patrol Activities.
Silent Scout Hand Signals
Simple Troop Formations and the Silent Signs with which to signal them.
Patrol Flags & Calls
Troop Meeting Ceremonies
JLT Leadership Training Skits
The "Patrol Method" in the Early BSA.
