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Item Name: Pioneering 1942 - 1945

Item ID: Pionee-D4

Collector Rating: 1

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Requirements January 1, 1942 until June 1953.Between December 1940 and January 1, 1942 these requirements were optional

1. Hand coil length of rope. Describe (a) kinds of rope, (b) care of rope, (c) weakening effect of knots.

2. Tie quickly 12 knots and hitches and explain their specific use in Pioneering.

3. Make a long, a short, and an eye splice.

4. Lash spars together properly using square, diagonal and sheer lashings.

5. (a) Build, without the use of nails, spikes or wire, a bridge or derrick (capable of supporting two hundred pounds in weight) or other practical pioneering project such as signal tower, monkey bridge, gateway; OR

(b) Build a shack of one kind or another suitable for three occupants. OR

(c) Using lashings only, make a model bridge at least 18 inches long, and explain the principles involved in its construction.