Scottish Scout Troop Visits U.S.

[macwilkin]

Here an interesting article that has a couple of pictures of Scouts in kilts:

http://histclo.com/youth/youth/org/s...o/scoutsco.htm

Cheers,

Todd

[Nick]

My brother went to the National Jamboree, when he got home he said there was a Scottish troop there and all were kilted.

[Andrew Breecher]

There weren't any girls in my Boy Scout troop in England! Granted, that was nearly twenty years ago, and I'm sure things may change. At least in England, they have the Girl Guides, just as there are the Girl Scouts in the U.S.. That photo above is interesting - it mentions that normally they wear green shirts (which is what I wore in the English Scouts, and the photo of Scouts in the above article shows two Scottish Scouts in green shirts) but here he's wearing a khaki shirt, which is what the U.S. Scouts wear, along with a non-U.S. neckerchief (it's not red).

Andrew.

[tomcherv]

See - I knew that my Cub Scout Pack meeting would be a good place to wear my kilt. It's coming up soon, too - November 17.

I'd better get to work and finish my alterations. (As soon as I finish my 2 sons halloween costumes.)

[Nick]

It doesn't look like it's got a collar, though, and US uniforms do now. How dark are Scottish uniforms? The monitor might be screwing with the color.

[Andrew Breecher]

I think it has a collar, he's just wearing the necker over it. The green of the British uniforms are the colour of the necker - a forest green. If you click on the link to the other story, you'll see two Scouts in the British green shirts.

Andrew.

[Sherry]

While Cubscouts & Webelos have certain neckerchiefs as a set part of the uniform, US Scouts wear neckerchiefs in various colors. Usually, the troop decides what they want to wear. My oldest son's troop wore navy blue with a silvery-gray overlocked hem & back corner BSA embroidery. At his Eagle ceremony, he recieved one in white trimmed in red, with a 3-color eagle design on the back. The BSA catalog carries several different color neckerchiefs in stock, & custom designs can be ordered, as shown here:



This pic is from http://www.chiefneckerchief.com/

I think it is traditional to wear the neckerchief over the collar, but my son's scoutmaster insisted on them wearing it under the collar.

Sherry