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GrteznBazffiry
I spent some time recentli with a Fox'Patrol. What a gangl I nish you
could have met th;se Foxesl Eight fellows working together like no-
bodyts business, enjoying life together, having fun together.
}ihat a spiritl
i{or did they get that vay? 1de11, Ird say that the patrol leader
haC a lot to do with it. tle nas a snooth-rtrnning feLlov with a smile
on his faee that never came off--not even when the patrol ran intc &if-
ficulties. He khev wbere he rn'as going. He had big drea-ns for the pa-
trol and every felloi+ in it. He s.r:rang nev ideas on his boys all the
tine, they talked tkrem rver together--then all pitched ln to do the
Job togetlrer.
T0GETI{ER...Irve used that word. a lot here. And possibly it is
the pass vord to that important thingr FATR0L SPIRIT. It is the key
to everything that happens in the EeEr to al-l you do:
Eaving things T0GETHER--Ihe thlngs that distinguish your patrol
fron the ottrer pairols in your troop: Your 1:atro1'narne, your flagt your
sigoaturer your call or YelI.
t'
iviakine things TOGETHER--ycur ,ratrol ]-og book, yaur eorner or den,
Jrour own -canpi4g equipnent.
Planni:rg things T0GETI{ER--clreaning up t}rings, decicil-ng on things
to do in the m.nths ahead, deterrnlning responsj-bllities for every boy
in the gang.
Do3rlF things T0GETIIER--your patrol meetings, hikes and cnmpst
your pffiip*tiJn in the activi.ties of your troop, vorking on advance-
ient logether to reacb First Class Scout rank, novi.ng fonrard together
to National Stande-rd Patrol rating.
A vhole book could" be wrltten about thcse thi-ngs (has been, as
a Eatter of fact: Your Hangbook for Patrol teaders vhich you eanrt get
along rithout)--so we eantt possibly eover then all in thi-s short pan-
phlet. But { hope that the nany i,dbas in tbe following pages and the
photographs of real 'patrols ln actitirn wi.ll give you the ambition to
try out nen things, and the desire to ttrra your patrol j-ntg the fj:rest
gang possible.
'T,MHG to
Here t s GOOD IUCK and HAPPY PATBOL your.

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The Patrol Leaders' Council of Troop 2 of the American contingent at the
lighth World Janboree, meet to judge the troop's homemade patrol flags.
G'tpaBazffi sa{s
"THE PATFToL
fr was a grand jamboree-the Eighth World Jamboree in Canada,
I the "Jamboree of New Horizons." Friendship making was in high
gear. The brotherhood spirit zoomed. Within a few days, boys fro-m
countries around the world became bosom oals.
/^ But what struck me most forciblv at th6 world iamboree was that
this was a patrcl jamboree. For the first time in S6outing'S history, a
world jamboree, its organization, its outfitting, its feeding, was based
on the patrol as the unit. For the first time, the system we have used
at our national jamborees was adopted to serve the Scouts of the
world--even to the point of using the "Rotation of Responsibilities"
chart in our American Handbook lor Patrol Leaders as the most ef-
ficient way of getting things done in camp.
Did it work? Of course it did! The patrol method always works-
when it is pcrmitted to work, when the patrol leader is given full re-
sponsibility and trusted to carry it out.
I'll have to admit that the Datrols we had at the iamboree consisted
of high-grade fellows-all of them at least First Class Scouts, many
of them Eagles.
But the same thing works with less trained Scouts, even with a
group of brand-new Tenderfoots. You'll turn out a good patrol in short
order-provided you get going right off the:bat with these three
things: a patrol name with a real meaning, a patrol flag that stands
for the whole patrol, and honest-to-goodness patrol activities.
Wlrcf's lhe rsmc of your palrol? Don't tell me-let me guess:
Flying Eagle? Beaver? Wolf? Fox? Flaming Arrows?
Well, maybe I didn't get it ilght in your particular case-but I
would have been right eight times out of ten. Almost eighty percent
of our patrols have just those five names. How did they get them?
They probably opened up the Handbook for Boys and skimmed the
list of patrol names. "Sounds good-that's us!"
There should bE far more to getting a patrol name than that. The
name you decide on should have a very special meaning for every
boy in the gang.
Take a couple of hikes, for instance-and maybe your name \ilill
come to you. Say you're out some evening. You hear a rustle in the
underbrush. You iim the beam of your flashlight in that direction.
Right in front of you scampers a raccoon-black mask, bushy tail,
and all. You set off full sDeed after it. It reaches a tree, climbs it with
amazing dexterity and disappears. You didnt get your animdl-but
you got yourselves a name: "Climbing Raccoon Patrol."
" If-thai method of getting a parofname doesn't pan out, try this
way: At a patrol meeiing, iliscuss the things you want to accomplish
in Stouting. Is it your g-oal to become good hikers? "Roaming Buf-
falo Patrol' mighi be fhe name for you. Is swimming your big in-
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parrol a camping unit; all the patrols of trmp emping to.
! getheethat'e real lroop camping. And rhat was the
TrAcH
world jamborel cinp-
ing, toHr jambo cantping for short-the mct efrectiye way of Scout
@mp!ng.
How does it worlr? Well, have a lok at the pieture of e tnical iam.
bore patrcI of ths American @ntingent, and rhe patrol lesd6ri' council
ol one of our New England trops.
Equiprent: four two.boy tents to €ach Datrol of eight. a dinim flv.
tables and benches for eeaiing rho patrol and irs guesis, ; kilche; bdi
with _slorage epace for food and witft work space for preparing it, char.
coal burners.-pols and pans, and the ueual itemE that make up a patrol
camping outfit,
- Patrol organization for getting the job done: head cook, aEsislant cwk.
lireman, walerman, kirchen cleaner-upper, assistant kilchen cleanenrll
per. campsite cleaner-uppeewith the patrol leader the .,foreman- of
the "crew,-' Ieady to step in where hie helo is needed.
,Camp routine ihe full-responsibility of e-ach parrol: ready on rime for
planned activities; cooking for the whole patrol; eating as a fanily, with
provision for a couple ofledere as gues;, and *ith -Grace beforl' each
meali clean-up and neatness around the Datrol camDsile,
responzibilitips to the troop as a wholer rigular daily meelings
of-Special
rhe patrol leaders'couneil ro determine what neids to be-done: a!.
pointment of patrols to take turns _as "service patrol" for keeping tEe
troop site in shape as a rhole; and as "prograin patrol" to handle the
troop^activitieE of the day, such as ceremonies, entertaining of gueste,
campnres.
_Wirh everyrhing lined up in this fashiono each camper wirh a definito
job ro do for the common good and doing it, camp -life becorrres easy.
The resrrlt is rhat rhere'll be plenty of houri avlilabli each day for doing
_the many special things yor-wani to do in canpand at a world jem;
boree. for friendship making.
terest? Then what about "Diving Otters"? Is it tracking and stalking?
Then "Silent Panthers" might be just right.
Withyour pofrol nome cftosen, rhe next step is to get apatrol flag.
Sure, sure-you*can probably buy a ready--made latrof flag to frt
your patrol name.,But you will get far more fun and-far montpatrol
interest out of making your instead of using a ,,store-boupl\ten"
one. How oo vou so about rtI-own
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First of alli d9cide91 its_shape. Study the patrol flag page in your
Handbook lor Patrol Leaders'and deaide whether v-ori want vour
flag to be square or triangular, long or short, pointed-or roundea, or
some very original shape.
Next, the material. What'[ it be? Muslin or felt, duck or split
leather?
Then, the design. Get all the patrol members to work Announce
an art competition. with each fellow to submit at least one entrv.
"We can't 'draw!" some of them will howl. Make 'em, Even tde
crudest design may have an idea in it,
. Finally, the actual making of the flag. Again, get evory fellow in
on it-one to secure the material, one to transfer the design, one to
do the.painting, one to cut the flag staff, one to carve i! one to dec-
orate rt.
Proud of your patrol flag? Sure! And you'll be evei prouder of it
after it has followed you through sun and rain-when each datc
carved into its staff reminds you of some wonderful patrd oxperience
vou have had.
Wlren everyffting is soid crnd done, it's those patrd 6,pcri.mos
that count the most-the patrol meetings you.have, )Iour pstrol hikes,
your patrol camps, your patrol good turns-all the occasions when
you get together and do things together.
That's where PLANNING and LEADERSHIP come in. P and Z-
the initials of your ofhce, Mr. Patrol Leader.
Planning is done by the patrol as a whole. It is here that you de-
cide on the great things you want to do. It is here you determine what
you need in the line of equipment, food, program, for a successful
hike or camp. It is here you set the dates for your activities.
The leadership is yours-but if you are smart, you won't do all
the leading yourself. On the contrary, you'll distribute the responsibil-
ities evenly among your Scouts: a buddy team for getting together
the camping gear, another for buying the grub, another for lining
up transportation, and the rest of the gang for running special activi-
ties such as games and campfires.
With everyone "in the know" and everyone "in the act," you will
bave a patrol that'll be humming along on all cylinders.
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GET UP TO STAI{DARD !
Just how good is your palrol? Maybe
it's good for your troop or your disfrict.
But that may mean a lof or very little,
depending on how good all fhe ofher pa-
trols are. So insfead of maiching yourself
againsf the patrols you know, match your
gang againsf the Naiional Siandard pa-
frol. Then you'll find out wheiher you are
good, lust fair, or-well, simply poor.
Buf, more imporfant yet, you'll learn
what you need to do to be top patrol in
your froop.
Your pa-
trol can qualify as a National Standard
Patrol by scoring 750 or more points dur-
ing a four-monfh period.
Affer your patrol qualifies, fill in all
blanks (be sure to
cAT. N0.6-3
include your address and Scoutmaster,s
approval), tear out the pages, place
fhem in an envelope, and mail to Green
Bar Bill, Nafional Council, Boy Scouls of
America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Then Green Bar Bill will send you the
National Sfandard Patrol stencil. Trans_
fer ihe stencil design to your patrol flag
with a stencil brush dipped in a small {i
(r
amounf of paint. Buf don'f stop here.
You'll want to place fhe delign on other
&
pieces of pafrol equipmenf, such as your
camp chesf and bulletin board. Each o
member who helped your pafrol qualify
is permifted to use lhe same design on
his pack, sleeping bag, and other gear,
with the exception of fhe o#icial Scoul
uniform.
 ]{ATIONAI STANDARD

e Pafrol
PAIROT SCORII{G

Pafrol Leader
(Name )

(Address )
Palrol leader allended four palrol lead-
ers' council meelings ( 100 pointsI or two
(City, zone, siate ) meelings (50 points).

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- All patrol members parlicipaled in coun-

cil, district, or lroop camporse or similar
Al least two patrol meetings each monih Al leasf {our palrol hikas or overnighls event ( 100 poinlsl or al leasl half o{ the
{of four monfhs { | 00 ' points } or one wilhin four monihs (100 points) or at patrol members parlicipated in lhe evenl

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meeting each monih {or {our months (50
points !. least lwo wiihin {our months (50 points}. ( 50 points I.

Ai least two palrol Good Turns during -' Two patrol membars advanced one ranl At least 75 per cenl of palrol membgrs
four monlhs ( 100 poinis) or at leasl one during four months (100 poinls) or one correclly uniformed {100 points} or at
Good Turn during four monlhs (50 palrol member advanced one ranl during leasl 50 psr c6ni of patrol members cor-
points ). {our monlhs {50 points}. raclly uniformed (50 points).

PATR,OI SCOR,E FOR

FOUR.MONTH PER.IOD
_t9_
{Monrh }
To
:, _-_lg_
( Month )
l.-points 6._points
2.---points 7.-foinfs
3.--points 8-points
4*-poinfs 9. points
( 5.-- l0-_points
Palrcl has flag, signalurc, call, and log
TOTAL
-points - nccdcd^-POINiS
bool up-lo-dalc for four months { lfl) {Tolal of 750 pointr to qualify.f
poinis|. or petrol har fiag and log bool
up-to-de te {or iwo monlhr 150 poinfuf . { Scoulmartcr'r I
"pp.or.l
 By William Hillcourt
TAKE A GOOD LOOK at a successful
patrol some time ago-and what do you
I Its parrol ffag-always honoied,
.1. se.e?
Jealously gyar-d9d, properly cared for. It goes
wherever the fello_ws go, on every hike. every
camprng trip-it flies from the top of rhe clifl
tirey scaled, from the bow of the lead canoe.
It's their emblem, their callins card.
.l.f yogr gang. doesn't have-a flag yet, get
with it. You can't afford to let anot[ei oatiol
meeting slip by without choosing un embl"-
and deciding on your flag.
Your first -may
patrol flag
-_ be one of the
;H: National Supply Service flags_tie printed
one or the embroidered. But eventuallv vou'll
ffi want to make your own.
.So spread out these pages before the
whole gang and study each o[ the llags.
What do you think of them? SomewhJre
among them may be a design you like,
or_ a suggestion that'll stimulate yout grey
cells^into thinking up sometiing o"*. "
After you have decided on- shape and
design, get a piece of appropriate material
lor your flag-something strong and tough
and of a color that will stand rain and sun
without fading. Some patrols prefer canvas
for their flag, others go for sptit leather_
surt vourself-
Transfer the design to the material, then
pamr lt or get some pakol mother to
embroider it. Or cut out tlte desisn from
a piece of material of a contrastin-g color,
and cement it on with textile cement. Then
add a border all around the flae.
_ Get a good, sturdy staff, and ittach your
flag ro ir with leather thongs.
But donl stop here. yiur flag should
gro-w with_ your patrol. So,
put a star on
lr ror each year the patrol is old. paint
a First Class badge'on it when at least
fifty percent of the fellows have reached
that rank. Add a ribbon to it for each
important event in the patrol,s life. Carve
the dates of hikes and iamps in its staff.
There's no end to the ideas. you can
work into your patrol flag-theie's just
one rule to follow: Whatever you pur on
your flag or flag staff must have i verv
.meaning to every Scout in youi
special
gang. That's the way your patrol flag will
nerp your patrol spirit to grow.
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Enlarge simple design by first drawing over it a net- lines l" apart, Then fill in each square wirh the de-
work of vertical and horizontal lines, l/4" apart. Next tails of corresponding tiny square. Transfer enlarged
draw a similar network on another piece of paper, with design to flag material, or cement cut-odt of it on flas.

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For conpletely original patrol flag design, run "art best. Get the whole gang into the making of the flag.
contest" in the patrol. Divide gang into buddy teams, For a staff, select and cut a sturd/ sapling on a pa-
have each team develop a design, then ballot for the trcl hike, then carve it with toten and secret symbols.

For a 3-D totem, use design fron natural hietory book, screw piec€s ,_together, drilling holes first to prevent
magazine, or S.out Field Book. Draw each part separalely splitting.-Drill_hole up inro tolem. down into- staff,
on r/a" plywood. Saw out pieces, Sand edges. Glue and glue in dowel. Paint uith two coals of paint or enamel.