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the Duma to the different branches of it called com- 
missariats, and back again. They also fed the soldiers 
that were on guard. The Scout uniform was our pro- 
tection, and everywhere that uniform commanded the 
respect of the soldiers, peasants and workingmen. 
“As great numbers of soldiers came from the front, 
food had to be given them. It was contributed by pri- 
vate people, but the Scouts had lots of work to dis- 
tribute it. All the little taverns were turned into eat- 
ing houses for the soldiers, and there we helped to 
prepare the food and feed them. As there were not 
enough Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts helped in the same 
way as the boys. 
“The Scouts also did much First Aid work. In one 
instance I saw an officer whose finger had been shot 
off. I ran up to him and bandaged it up for him. (All 
of us Scouts had First Aid kits hanging from our 
belts.) 
“It was something of a proud day for us Scouts 
when the Premier after a parade, called us all before 
the Duma and publicly thanked us for our aid.” 
Indeed it was, and we heartily congratulate our Sister 
Scouts ! But if we do our duty by our Patrol and the 
Patrols all do their duty by their Troop, that proud mo- 
ment is going to come to every single Scout of us, when 
the town where we live tells us by its smiles and applause, 
when we go by in uniform, what it thinks of us. 
We Scouts shall be more and more interested, as the 
years go on, to remember that in the great hours of one 
of the world's greatest crises we helped to make its his- 
tory. Little instances like these are very exceptional ; 
they could not occur to one in ten thousand of us ; but 
we stay-at-homes can always remind ourselves that it was 
the obedience, the quickness, and the skill learned in quiet, 
every-day Scouting that made these few rise to their 
opportunity when it came. 
