7. An umpire (officer or noncommissioned officer) will be with each Cossack post, each patrol, and at the position of the flags.
8. The hour when the exercise ends will be designated in advance and at that hour the umpires will bring in the Cossack posts and patrols. The same requirements regarding watches obtains as in the Mouse and Cat Contest.
9. At the conclusion of the contest the commander of each side will hand in to the company commander all sketches and reports made by his men.
10. Points will be awarded as follows:
- Each flag captured, 5.
- For each sketch and hostile report of the position of a Cossack post, 3.
- For each report of movements of a hostile patrol, 2.
The side getting the greatest number of points will win.
11. Umpires may penalize the contestants for a violation of the rules.
The same contest may be carried out at night, substituting lighted Japanese lanterns for the flags.
FOOTNOTES:
[13] The best book on scouting that the author has ever seen, is Baden-Powell's "Aids to Scouting," which was consulted in the preparation of this chapter.