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Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts
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Only as each and every member does her part will the camp be a complete
success. The daily tasks should be assigned to individuals or groups, as
in:
The Pine Tree Patrol System
The chief advantage of this system is that whenever the need for work of
any description arises, there is always someone whose duty is to perform
that particular task, thus avoiding the inevitable question of "Who will
do it?" The Pine Tree Patrol system does not in the least interfere with
regular schedule of Scout activities; on the contrary, it saves time
since more than one hand on each spoke of the wheel keeps it in
continual motion. When the system seems too complicated for a small
camp, the captain can simplify it to suit the circumstances.
Each girl in the Patrol is assigned a number which requires of her:
1. Certain well defined duties to perform for her Patrol.
2. Certain specific knowledge expected of her in the exercise of her
"specialty."
3. Proper care of her special "station gear."
4. Willingness to teach her understudy all she knows.
5. Willingness to learn the duties of the next higher numbers.
[Illustration: --THE PINE TREE PATROL--
REAR RANK: "THE BLUES"
Water Wood
Junior Baker Scout Scout
2 4 6 8
1 3 5 7
Senior Scribe Lighter Handy
Scout
FRONT RANK "THE REDS"]
The front rank (Reds) is in touch with and under the Senior (Patrol
Leader); the rear rank (Blues) is in touch with and under the Junior.
The Senior receives her orders from the Captain and transmits them not
only to 3, 5 and 7, but to Junior as well. The Senior and ranking Patrol
officer keeps an eye on the Junior and her rear rank. The Captain, of
course, is the general overseer, but the Senior has charge of all
routine troop duties, superintends camp details and is virtually a first
Lieutenant to the Captain. The Junior is a second Lieutenant and assists
the Senior in the supervision of the camp.
_The Senior_ (No. 1) looks after the flags, tentage, blankets, equipment
and personal baggage, while the Junior (No. 2) has charge of food,
fires, water, cooking, and kitchen work. They appease the demands of the
outer and inner man.
_The Scribe_ (No. 3)--She is secretary, bookkeeper, log writer,
recorder, correspondent, tent pitcher and First-Aid Scout.
_The Baker_ (No. 4) is the Junior's first aid. She is charged with the
care and use of cereal foodstuffs all the way from corn on the cob to
flap-jacks and "sinkers," and the cooking outfit and kitchen fire.
_The Lighter_ (No. 5) has care of the lamps, lanterns, candles, matches,
oils and all "leaky" stuff. She understands telegraphy and electricity
and is chief signal Scout and assistant tent pitcher. She must keep the
camp well illuminated.
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