You are right, the ground is through the generator body to the bracket, to the frame through the motor bolts to the gearbox and then to the battery. But often there is a lot of paint that hamper the ground, so be sure there is blank spots for good connections. You have the gen firmly screwed to the saddle plate, but be sure there is blank spots for good ground connection.
For those with the older Scouts with a bracket on the frame tube, it is more troublesome. If it is not desireable to sand off paint on the frame, a discreet wire to the battery can be squeezed between the gen.housing and the bracket.
The ordinary ground wire goes from the battery to the top cap on the gearbox shifter. But i use to put it under one of the gearbox cover nuts.
Usually the gen. is a DU 5 or 7, a very good repro can be bought here (And some good reading!):
http://www.splitdorfparts.com/
And for identification and spare parts these guys knows far more than me:
http://www.splitdorfreg.com/blancard/splitgenart1.html
http://www.mainelymagnetos.com/MagnetoParts.html