Patrol Leaders and Seconds Course

by Lee Chong Soon, Stag Patrol
Secretary for the Course
The Victorian 1931

9.30 a.m.:  On this third day after the closing of the school for Term III holidays, the Patrol Leaders and Seconds met together in the school grounds for a course in the Second Class work.

9.45 a.m.: The S.M. called the roll and the absentees were Jeswant Singh, Mehar Singh, Amrik Singh, Gurdial Singh, Ghazally, Kim Choon and M.N. Mallik

9.50 a.m.: The Bull Patrol pitched the tent.

10.00 a.m.: A.D.C. Ellis instructed the patrols on the 16 points of the compass. After which he also showed us the various methods of height finding and distance judging.

11.30 a.m.: We were dismissed to go home for our tiffin and to reassemble at 2 p.m.

2.00 p.m.: D.S.M. Ganga Singh gave instruction on First Aid. The meeting came to a close at 4.15 p.m. most of the Scouts went home but some remained, to pass the night under canvas. They were S.M. Goh Keng Kwee, PL Wong Tham Kee, Sec. Abdul Ghani and Sec. Lim Kim Chong.

10.15 a.m. The PLs and Seconds course resumed:

10.30 a.m.: The S.M. called the roll. The absentees were Mohamed Ghazally, Meoy Kim Choon, Mallik, Ghani, C. Navaratnam, Mehar Singh and Gurdial Singh.

11.00 a.m.: S.M. Foo Chong Choon came and showed us how to make and light a Pyramid Fire. We had not only to light the fire but also prepare our tifffin for the day. Our Headmaster, Mr. F. L. Shaw was also present and he went round with our S.M. to have a look at the results of our efforts in the culinary arts.

1.00 p.m.: We had our tiffin in camp and so did not go home for the afternoon.

2.30 p.m.: A.D.C. Akbar gave us instruction in tracking till 4.30 p.m.

4.30 p.m.: The S.M. inspected our cooking places to find out if we had left any tell-tale signs of having cooked our meals or not, for real good Scouts should not leave any such signs behind. All rubbish should be either burned or buried in a pit. I would advise those Scouts who go for picnics in future to note this important point. After the inspection of the cooking sites the tent was struck by the Tiger Patrol as no scout would have liked to remain for the night.

5.15 p.m.: We were dismissed.

This was the third and last day of the course. Those present were:

10.00 a.m.: We went out of the school compound on bicycles to find out a suitable place for the Scout Race. This we found to be on the road leading to Kajang from the second to the third mile.

12.00 noon: We were at the Pasar Road School. The Headmaster, Mr Thomas Abraham kindly granted us permission for the use of one of the rooms in the school. Mr S. Thambiah spoke to us on Thrift.

1.15 p.m.: We went home for our tiffin.

2.30 p.m.: We met again at the Pasar Road School where A.D.C. Akbar taught us Morse Signalling and the various methods of sending it.

4.40 p.m.: We were dismissed by the S.M. and went home feeling certain that we had spent three useful days in learning what we hope to pass on to our brother Scouts when the school re-opens.

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