Re: Boy Scout Patrols

On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Janet-Claire Deschanel wrote:

> Now, here's my question: Our Webelos den (7 boys)
> visited a Boy Scout troop a few nights ago which
> could be prepared to accept all of the boys into the
> troop come next February. I had expected that the
> boys would be integrated into existing patrols, but
> the Scoutmaster takes the view that the Webelos den
> would enter as its own patrol and keep that patrol
> (forever).

My understanding after reading all the Webelos Information I could find,
including a small Webelos Leader Guide Online at:
http://www.usscouts.scouter.com/cswlg.html, was that the Webelos are to
choose their OWN Patrol. When they cross-over to Boy Scouting they retain
their own Patrol and have their own identity separate from the previous
Patrols. I was told that if the group that crosses over is too small they
tend to go into the Patrol name that is being used by other boys in the
Troop. Last year our Pack only had one boy cross-over. He, of course,
didn't keep the "Patrol" name of his Webelos Den because of this fact.

Alicia

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