THE SCOUT NECKERCHIEF
   

Uses for the Scout Neckerchief

SCOUTING

  1. Signal Flag on Stick (Morse code)
  2. Signal Flag Semaphore
  3. Life Line
  4. Rope Ladder
  5. Bag, Hobo Style
  6. Lashing for bundles
  7. Caulking for boat
  8. Sail for boat
  9. Covering for food
  10. Belt, emergency
  11. Knot tying practice
  12. Substitutes for Slushing
  13. Trunks for bathing
  14. Apron for kitchen police
  15. Troop identification
  16. Good Turn Reminder
  17. Guard Rope
  18. Emergency sock
  19. Distress Signal
  20. Smoke Signals
  21. Flare
  22. Torn strips, trail marker
  23. Bathing cap to denote classes of swimmers – Red, beginners; blue, fair swimmer; white, Life Savers

TRIANGULAR BANDAGE USES

  1. Pressure of armpit Artery
  2. Arm Sling
  3. Collar Bone Fracture
  4. Ankle Sprain Dressing
  5. Fractured Hip
  6. Kerchief stretcher
  7. Padding for splints
  8. Chest Carry
  9. Tump Line Carry
  10. Hand Bandages
  11. Head Bandages
  12. Foot Bandages
  13. Support for Sprained wrist
  14. Tourniquet uses
  15. Trench Bandage
  16. Compress
  17. Smoke masks
  18. Fireman’s drag-line wrists
  19. Tied hands carry
  20. Tied hands across overturned canoe
  21. Tying good ankle as splint to broken one
  22. Guide ropes to find way out of smoky room
  23. Sun shelter for injured

 GENERAL

  1. Rope for tying animals
  2. Mosquito covering for head
  3. Sweat band for games
  4. Team identification
  5. Tie for three-legged race
  6. Sweat band for running 
  7. Red kerchief on projecting poles in transit
  8. Padding for carrying load on head
  9. Repairing Harness
  10. Substitute for hat or cap