He had noticed them in the streets, and seen how they behaved as all Scouts should, and was very pleased to see it. He wanted them to go on as they were doing. Let them make themselves capable of being Scout patrol leaders, so that they could take on other boys, and make them into good Scouts, too. If they did that they would be helping the movement, and helping him by spreading the movement.
Sir Robert then thanked the boys for their beautiful present of a motor-car to his wife and himself on the occasion of their marriage. It was a delightful thing to get a present from so many thousands of Scouts. Their thanks were due to Lord Glanusk and his staff for the way in which the camp had been provided for. It had entailed a tremendous lot of hard work.
Afterwards Sir Robert Baden-Powell gathered around him the Scout-masters, and briefly expressed his appreciation of their work. The attendance, he said, had exceeded all expectations,
An inspection of the foreign detachments of Scouts concluded the morning's events.
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