Both men recognised that wars in were changing markedly and the needed to adapt so during their joint scouting missions, Baden-Powell and Burnham discussed the concept of a broad training programme in woodcraft for young men, rich in, and self-reliance. These skills eventually formed the basis of what is now called, the fundamentals of Scouting. Practiced by of the and, woodcraft was generally unknown to the, but well known to the American scout Burnham. During their joint scouting patrols into the, Burnham began teaching Baden-Powell, inspiring him and giving him the plan for both the program and the code of honor of Scouting for Boys. This would become a formative experience for Baden-Powell not only because he had the time of his life commanding reconnaissance missions into enemy territory, but because many of his later Boy Scout ideas took hold here. During the, and it was here that he first met and began a lifelong friendship with, the American born Chief of Scouts for the British.
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