sentences:  Only a few troops were directly registered as soon the practice was discontinued and new "mixed" groups were encouraged to join the National Scout Association of their country of residence.In 1955 only two such groups were still active, a troop in Iraq that disbanded that year, and the first group to be registered, the International Troop 1 in Yokohama.The international troop in Yokohama is the only remaining active troop of the small group of the originally directly registered mixed-nationality troops.