Robert Baden-Powell 1910

Robert Baden-Powell was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, a writer, and founder of the Scout Movement. He was also first ‘Chief Scout’ of The Boy Scouts Association.
Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. He wrote several military books, written for military reconnaissance and scout training in his African years, which were also read by younger boys. Based on those earlier books, he also wrote Scouting for Boys, published in 1908, for youth readership. In 1907, he held the first Brownsea Island Scout camp, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting.
On the outbreak of World War I, 1914, Baden-Powell put himself at the disposal of the War Office. No command was given him, for, as Lord Kitchener said: "he could lay his hand on several competent divisional generals but could find no one who could carry on the invaluable work of the Boy Scouts. It was widely rumoured that Baden-Powell was engaged in spying, and intelligence officers took great care to spread the myth.