CHAPTER VIII.
SAVING LIFE;
or,
How to Deal with Accidents.
CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 23.
BE PREPARED FOR ACCIDENTS.
The Knights Hospitallers of St. John—Boy Heroes and Girl Heroines—Life-Saving Medals.
HINTS TO INSTRUCTORS.
The subjects in this chapter should not only be explained to the scouts, but should also, wherever possible, be demonstrated practically, and should be practised by each boy himself in turn.
Theoretical knowledge in these points is nothing without practice.
THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN.
The knights of old days were called Knights Hospitallers, because they had hospitals for the treatment of the sick poor and those injured in accidents or in war. They used to save up their money to keep these hospitals going, and they used to act as nurses and doctors themselves. The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem especially devoted themselves to this work 800 years ago, and the St. John's Ambulance Corps is to-day a branch which represents those knights. Their badge is an eight-pointed white cross on a black ground, and when worn as an Order it has a black ribbon.