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[[Image:Romania's Scouts membership badge.png|thumb|140px|Membership badge of Cercetaşii României]] | [[Image:Romania's Scouts membership badge.png|thumb|140px|Membership badge of Cercetaşii României]] | ||
'''''Cercetaşii României''''' ( | '''''Cercetaşii României''''' (Romanian for "Romania's Scouts" or "Romanian Scouts"; in full '''''Organizaţia Naţională Cercetaşii României''''' - "National Organization of Romanian Scouts") is the primary national [[Scouting]] organization of Romania. Founded in 1914, it became a member of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] (WOSM) in 1993. | ||
The coeducational ''Cercetaşii României'' has 4,927 members as of 2004. | The coeducational ''Cercetaşii României'' has 4,927 members as of 2004. | ||
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Romania was a founding member of the WOSM, having formally had Scouts between [[1914]] and [[1937]]. The first patrol of Boy Scouts was established in Romania in [[1912]], thanks to a group of [[professor]]s, [[physician]]s, [[Romanian Army|soldiers]], etc. ([[Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci]], [[Alexandru Borza]], [[Vladimir Ghidionescu]], [[Constantin Costa-Foru]], [[Nicolae Iorga]], [[Ion G. Duca]] and Colonel G. Berindei) who were familiar with the Scout movements in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and Germany. | Romania was a founding member of the WOSM, having formally had Scouts between [[1914]] and [[1937]]. The first patrol of Boy Scouts was established in Romania in [[1912]], thanks to a group of [[professor]]s, [[physician]]s, [[Romanian Army|soldiers]], etc. ([[Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci]], [[Alexandru Borza]], [[Vladimir Ghidionescu]], [[Constantin Costa-Foru]], [[Nicolae Iorga]], [[Ion G. Duca]] and Colonel G. Berindei) who were familiar with the Scout movements in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and Germany. | ||
The translation of [[Baden-Powell]]'s book ''[[Scouting for Boys]]'' into | The translation of [[Baden-Powell]]'s book ''[[Scouting for Boys]]'' into Romanian was published in 1915. That same year saw the official founding of the ''Cercetaşii României''; on the occasion, Lord Baden-Powell sent a message of congratulations, with the admonition that Scouting should be adapted to the local situation. | ||
During World War I, Romanian Scouts were very active in defense activities (''see [[Romanian Campaign (World War I)]]''). [[Ecaterina Teodoroiu]] guided a patrol of Scouts and Guides and was employed as a nurse, before joining the [[Romanian Army]] and dying a heroine. Many Scouts who helped the transporting of the wounded were killed during the air attacks. On [[September 29]], [[1916]] Baden-Powell sent a message expressing regret to the Scouts for the death of their fellows. At the end of the war, the Boy Scouts marched in the front of the Victory Train, under the [[Arcul de Triumf|Triumphal Arch]] in Bucharest. | During World War I, Romanian Scouts were very active in defense activities (''see [[Romanian Campaign (World War I)]]''). [[Ecaterina Teodoroiu]] guided a patrol of Scouts and Guides and was employed as a nurse, before joining the [[Romanian Army]] and dying a heroine. Many Scouts who helped the transporting of the wounded were killed during the air attacks. On [[September 29]], [[1916]] Baden-Powell sent a message expressing regret to the Scouts for the death of their fellows. At the end of the war, the Boy Scouts marched in the front of the Victory Train, under the [[Arcul de Triumf|Triumphal Arch]] in Bucharest. | ||
