1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

same time, affording a good opportunity for a number of boys to catcha glimpse of the great international event in the sphere of athletics.The initiative to the participation of the boy scouts in the Gameswas taken by Captain B. E. Littorin, Chief of the Stockholm’s ScoutCorps, and Vice-President of the Scout Federation of Sweden. CaptainLitorin laid his proposal before the Executive Committee of thelast-named body, and the Committee, finding it a most attractiveone, communicated with the Swedish Olympic Committee, which approvedof, and accepted, the plan. The financial side of the questionwas discussed and arranged, and the two organizations drew up aprogramme in common for the participation of the scouts in theGames.According to this plan, the scouts were to undertake, and be responsiblefor, all the sale of programmes inside the Stadium. In additionto this, they were to be ready to assist the officials of the Gamesat all the places where competitions were going on, and where it wasthought that they could be of any use. Finally, they were to havethe disposal of the Stadium for one evening, for the purpose of givinga display en masse, in gymnastics and in suitable boy scout exercises.The following Committee was appointed for the purpose of organizingthe participation of the boy scouts in the Games:Camp-Chief and President:Captain B. E. LITTORIN.Manager and Secretary:Lieut. RAGNAR EHRNFELT.Treasurer:KURT GELLNER, Esq.Chief of scout contingent in Stadium: C. EDELSTAM, Esq.Manager for sale of programmes: Lieut. TORSTEN AXELSSON.Reception-Marshal:J. PAULUS PALM, Esq.Camp-Doctor:Dr. A. G. GRÖNBERGER.Intendant:Lieut. C. G. M. HUMBLE.Intendant:Lieut. V. LIND.Kitchen-master:Sergeant-Major P. BRUNNBERG.In order that as many scouts as possible might be given the opportunityof taking part in the movement, an invitation was extendedto all the boy-scout corps affiliated to the Boy Scout Federation ofSweden. Invitations were also sent to the British, Danish, Norwegian,French and German Scout organizations, asking them to send smallcontingents. The following corps from abroad responded to the invitation:“Det Danske Spejdercorps” represented by some 50 scoutsunder the leadership of Captain F. Zeeman; “Norske Gutters Spejdekorps”and one or two other Norwegian Boy Scout Associations, whichsent a total of 50 scouts under Lieutenant N. R. Östgaard, and “Jung-Deutschland” with about 40 scouts, led by Dr. Keller. As the Stockholmcorps had an acquaintanceship of long standing with “DanskeDrenge”, this boys’ association was also represented, and sent about20 lads under the leadership of Mr. V. Hansen.The Swedish boy scout corps that came into camp were the following:813