Baden-Powell
SIR ROBERT STEPHENSON NSON SMYTH, a British military officer born in London, Feb. 22, 1857; was educated at the Charterhouse School; joined the 13th Hussars in 1876; was Adjutant in India, Afghanistan, and South Africa; Assistant Military Secretary on the staff in South Africa in 1887- 1889; took part in the operations in Zululand in 1888; Assistant Military Secretary in Malta in 1890-1893; on special service in Ashanti, commanding the native levies, 1895, for which he was brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel, chief staff officer in the Matabeleland campaign, for which he was brevetted Colonel; and became Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the 5th Dragoon Guards, in 1897. In the war in South Africa in 1899-1900, he signally distinguished himself by his grand defense of Mafeking, Cape Colony. (See BOER WAR). In recognition of his services the Queen appointed him a Major- General. He establishe the Boy SCOUTS (q. v.) in 1908, becoming a Lieutenant- General in the same year. General Baden- Powell has published several works including "Reconnaissance and Scouting" (1890); "Vedette" (1890); "Cavalry Instruction" (1895); "The Downfall of Prempeh" (1896); "The Matabele Campaign" (1896); "Scouting for Boys" (1908); "My Adventures as a Spy" (1915); etc.
BADENWEILER (bäd'en-vī'ler), a watering place in the republic of Baden, near Mülheim. Its mineral springs are now rated among the indifferent waters, BADGE and it is of interest chiefly for the ruins of Roman baths that were discovered in 1847. The foundation of the town is referred to the time of Hadrian, and the remains of the vapor baths, of which there are excellent specimens, are supposed to be of the same period.