SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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From the very beginning practice reading as well as 
sending. It is harder to do and requires more practice. 
Instructors should always face the class in giving a 
lesson; in this way the pupil learns to read at the same 
time as she is learning to make the letters. This principle 
applies to all visual signalling. 
Whistle Signals 
1. One blast, “Attention ;” “Assemble” (if scattered.) 
2. Two short blasts, “All right.” 
3. Three short, one long blast, calls Patrol Leaders 
4. Alternate long and short blasts, “Mess Call.” 
Hand Signals 
These signals are advisable when handling a troop in 
a street where the voice cannot be readily heard, or in 
marching the troop into some church, theatre, or other 
building where a spoken command is undesirable. 
Forward , March: 
Carry the hand to the shoulder; straighten and hold 
the arm horizontally, thrusting it in the direction of the 
march. (This signal is also used to execute quick time 
from double time.) 
Halt: 
Carry the hand to the shoulder ; thrust the hand upward 
and hold the arm vertically. 
Double Time , March: 
Carry the hand to the shoulder, rapidly thrust the hand 
upward the full extent of the arm several times. 
Squads Right , March: 
Raise the arm laterally until horizontal ; carry it to 
a vertical position above the head and swing it several 
times between the vertical and horizontal positions. 
Squads Left , March: 
Raise the arm laterally until horizontal ; carry it down- 
