I'm VERY new to this forum, and let me admit I mostly skimmed the answers before I started typing mine, but I am firmly of the opinion that the uniform is what MAKES the scout a SCOUT. Otherwise, as noted previously, a Pack of Cub Scouts or a Troop of Boy Scouts becomes yet another uncontrolled mob of boys.
We had the question come up recently amongst our Pack, particularly among Tiger Cub parents, because it was a "hassle" to get the boys to wear their uniforms. Another leader and I were discussing that particular comment just this morning, and we were of the opinion that maybe it IS
