 Following the successful camp , Baden @-@ Powell went on an extensive speaking tour arranged by his publisher , Pearsons , to promote his forthcoming Scouting for Boys , which officially began the Scout movement . It initially appeared as six fortnightly installments , beginning in January 1908 , and later appeared in book form . Scouting began to spread throughout Great Britain and Ireland , then through the countries of the British Empire , and soon to the rest of the world . A reunion of the original campers was held in 1928 at the Chief Scout 's home at Pax Hill in Hampshire . 
