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[[Image:Olave St Clair Soames.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Olave Baden-Powell]]]] | [[Image:Olave St Clair Soames.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Olave Baden-Powell]]]] | ||
The Boy Scout movement swiftly established itself throughout the British Empire soon after the publication of ''Scouting for Boys''. The first recognized overseas unit was chartered in Gibraltar in 1908, followed quickly by a unit in Malta. [[Scouts Canada|Canada]] became the first overseas [[dominion]] with a sanctioned Boy Scout program, followed by Australia, New Zealand and | The Boy Scout movement swiftly established itself throughout the British Empire soon after the publication of ''Scouting for Boys''. The first recognized overseas unit was chartered in Gibraltar in 1908, followed quickly by a unit in Malta. [[Scouts Canada|Canada]] became the first overseas [[dominion]] with a sanctioned Boy Scout program, followed by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Chile was the first country outside the British dominions to have a recognized Scouting program. By 1910, Argentina, Denmark, [[Grand Duchy of Finland|Finland]], France, [[German Empire|Germany]], [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]], [[British Raj|India]], [[British Malaya|Malaya]], Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, [[Sweden]], and the United States had Boy Scouts.<ref name="bsahist97">{{cite web | last = Snowden | first = Jeff | year = 1984 | url = http://www.troop97.net/bsahist1.htm | title = A Brief Background of Scouting in the United States 1910 to Today | publisher = Troop 97 | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref><ref name="woohist">{{cite web | last = Woo | first = Randy | url = http://members.aol.com/RandyWoo/bsahis/ | title = The Ultimate Boy Scouts of America History Site | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref><ref name="scoutbase">{{cite web | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/history/ | title = The History of Scouting | publisher = ScoutBaseUK | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref> The first Scout rally, held in 1910 at The Crystal Palace in London, attracted 10,000 boys and a number of girls. | ||
The program initially focused on boys aged 11 to 18, but as the movement grew, the need became apparent for leader training and programs for younger boys, older boys, and girls. The first programs for [[Cub Scout]]s, and [[Rover Scout]]s were in place by the late 1910s. They operated independently until they obtained official recognition from their home country's Scouting organization. In the United States, attempts at Cub programs began as early as 1911, but official recognition was not obtained until 1930.<ref name="scoutbase" /><ref name="cubusahist">{{cite web | url = http://www.geocities.com/~pack215/hist-cshistory.html | title = The Evolution of Cubbing, A 90 Year Chronology | publisher = Cubbing through the Decades | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref><ref name="cubusahist2">{{cite web | url = http://www.sfbac.org/about/a_cs_history.cfm | title = Cub Scouting History | publisher = San Francisco Bay Area Councils | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref><ref name="roverworld">{{cite web | url = http://www.scouting.milestones.btinternet.co.uk/rovers.htm | title = Rover Scouts - Scouting For Men | publisher = Scouting Milestones | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref> | The program initially focused on boys aged 11 to 18, but as the movement grew, the need became apparent for leader training and programs for younger boys, older boys, and girls. The first programs for [[Cub Scout]]s, and [[Rover Scout]]s were in place by the late 1910s. They operated independently until they obtained official recognition from their home country's Scouting organization. In the United States, attempts at Cub programs began as early as 1911, but official recognition was not obtained until 1930.<ref name="scoutbase" /><ref name="cubusahist">{{cite web | url = http://www.geocities.com/~pack215/hist-cshistory.html | title = The Evolution of Cubbing, A 90 Year Chronology | publisher = Cubbing through the Decades | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref><ref name="cubusahist2">{{cite web | url = http://www.sfbac.org/about/a_cs_history.cfm | title = Cub Scouting History | publisher = San Francisco Bay Area Councils | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref><ref name="roverworld">{{cite web | url = http://www.scouting.milestones.btinternet.co.uk/rovers.htm | title = Rover Scouts - Scouting For Men | publisher = Scouting Milestones | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref> | ||