 The boys were arranged into four patrols , designated as the Wolves , Ravens , Bulls and Curlews . It is uncertain if 20 or 21 boys attended the camp . At least four authors list attendance at 20 boys , and that they were organised into five patrols with Baden @-@ Powell 's nephew Donald as camp orderly . These sources included an article in The Scout ( 1908 ) , Sir Percy Everett in The First Ten Years ( 1948 ) and Rover Word ( 1936 ) , and E. E. Reynolds in The Scout Movement ( 1950 ) . In 1964 , William Hillcourt added the fourth Rodney brother , Simon , in Two Lives of a Hero , bringing the total to 21 . This evidence was supported by the oldest Rodney brother , then the 8th Baron Rodney . The reasons why Simon Rodney was not listed by the other authors is not clear , but evidence that he was present and the 6th member of the Curlews Patrol , was recounted by Scouting historian Colin Walker . 
