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International Boy Scouts, Troop 1 was the first "mixed nationality" group formally registered by the World Scout Bureau and has been continuously active since its foundation. The Troop's "mixed nationality" Charter dated October 30, 1925 was issued after the newly formed International Bureau received approval to directly register such "international" groups at the 3rd World Scout Conference. The Charter was signed by Lord Baden-Powell. ==Background== In Japan, as early as 1908, Scouting came to the notice of a number of influential educators, some of whom adapted Scout ideas to their educational work. However, the first Boy Scout Troop to be established in Japan was begun in Yokohama by Clarence Griffin in 1911.〔Boy Scout Kanagawa Renmei "50th Anniversary Publication," ''神奈川連盟連動史'' (Kanagawa Renmei Rendoushi), Boy Scouts Kanagawa Renmei, 2000, p.911〕 As an adult, Griffin was very active in the foreign community in Yokohama and decided to begin a Boy Scout troop in the fall of the 1911. The first meeting of the new troop was held in October〔Yajima, Iwao, ''日本のスカウト遺産百選'' (nihon no sukauto isen hyakusen), Vistaworld, 2010, pp.8〕 of that year with 18 new Scouts: 12 English, 3 American, 2 Danish, and 1 Norwegian.〔Boy Scout Kanagawa Renmei "50th Anniversary Publication," ''神奈川連盟連動史'' (Kanagawa Renmei Rendoushi), Boy Scouts Kanagawa Renmei, 2000, p.19〕 On December 12, 1911, Clarence Griffin and the Scouts, mostly British and all students of Saint Joseph College, the primary and secondary school for foreign boys located on the "Bluff" in Yokohama, gathered at the Gaiety Theater on the Bluff to demonstrate Scouting skills and to officially celebrate the beginning of the troop.〔 This is the troop that greeted Baden-Powell on his visit to Japan on April 2, 1912.〔''The Japan Gazette'', April 2, 1922, "A Distinguished Visitor to Japan", Yokohama, p.5〕 B-P had not heard of any Scouting in Japan prior to his arrival〔Yajima, Iwao, ''日本のスカウト遺産百選'' (nihon no sukauto isen hyakusen), Vistaworld, 2010, pp.22〕 and expressed surprise at being welcomed by a local Scout Troop. Baden-Powell himself presented Griffin with a warrant as Scoutmaster〔''The Japan Times'', Nov 17, 1962, Howard Van Zandt, "1st Boy Scout Troop Activities in Japan", Yokohama〕 and the troop was subsequently registered with the Boy Scouts Association in London as the "First Yokohama", a "British troop abroad", and by that registration its membership was restricted to youngsters of British nationality. It does not seem that this limitation was strictly adhered to, but the troop generally marched behind the Union Jack and the Scout flag, and was frequently referred to as the "British Troop." This troop, the First Yokohama, was the forerunner of the International Boy Scouts, Troop 1. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Boy Scouts, Troop 1」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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