Vane was busy with all these initiatives and qualified them as the Italian section of the British Boy Scouts, which he had founded in England after he was expelled from The Scout Association. This lasted until 1914, when Vane was called to war. By that time, however, the REI had disbanded, and in 1912 the "Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani" (CNGEI) had been founded. For this reason, the official birthdate of Scouting in Italy is often listed as 1912.