The Jersey City news., 1902-07-21
THOSE BAD BOYS
Fond Mothers Learn Of
Waverly Cadets in
Camp.
TWO BOYS SENT HOME
One Uses Profane Language
ana One Engages Himself
to Three Farmers.

horn voices q number of youths in khaki
uniforms proceeded to make night hide
ots outside the Waverly Congregational
Church Saturday night. They were the
bad bad boys who have just returned
from camp at Northtield. Mass. and
their mothers were holding conference
with Pastor Briggs in the church lecture
room over their misdemeanors.
One by one, with long faces arranged
for the occasion, the mothers filed into
Mr.. Briggs's private sanctum to learn OF
what crime their boys had been guilty,
for rumor was rife that they had not
acted at all like good little Sunday
school boys.
with the exception of three" an
nounced the Rev. Howard Briggs, the
boys conduct was exemplary and salts
factory in every way
Here the mothers all looked at each
other. OF course. none of them owned
the three boys. but all waited in expec-
fancy for the announcement of names,
while the serenade went on outside.
PASTOR IS FOXY.
'And." continued the pastor, after
pause, carefully lingering number OF
envelopes carefully addressed, II am not
going to mention any names. Clouds OF
disappointment darkened the faces OF
many. while just few heaved sigh OF
relief Each of you will receive
written report of your sons conduct and
E.. r,,sfxv FOL
Pastor Briggs then proceeded to give
an account of the boys in camp, their
misdemeanors and the punishments met
ed out to them. Two boys We're sent
home because of insubordination. One
insisted upon the utmost disrespect ad-
dressed the pastor and his assistants
by their last names and swore upon
occasion. As he was in danger OF 'leav-
ening'' the whole camp, it was decided
that he must go, and on beautiful
Sunday morning, July 6, Pastor Briggs
escorted him across a three mile stretch
of country to the nearest railroad sta
tion only to find the one Sunday train
had already left, to the boy remained
over till Monday. This was the youth
who spread the report that the boys
were being unjustly punished, that they
did not get enough to eat and numerous
other things of like nature, and then
sat down to write Pastor Briggs nice
letter, telling him of the good reports
he was giving of the camp. and signing
himself "Your best friend Pastor
Briggs has the letter to frame.
THAT LOG STORY.
Among other stories spread by this
youth of the profane tongue, was that
Of the boys being compelled to carry
heavy logs until they were all tagged
out as punishment for some minor Of
tense. Two days after the boys were
out number of them broke through the
swimming law and went in for a dive
when the life guards were off duty. Fox
this they were compelled to carry logs
about three feet i'll length for one hour,
and were photographed, though with lit
tle satisfaction, as those who did not
have their backs to the camera pulled
their caps down over their eyes.
The second boy sent home got too am
Ditl0uS. lie WdIteu 70 ~ " WIN, as
he expressed it, and engaged himself
to three different farmers for the sum
mer. His father came and took him
home.
The third boy to cause trouble had
very bad habit of wandering off and
not returning till unseemly hours, but
on one occasion he lost his coat which
looked suspiciously as though he had
been swimming against orders, and that
was considered punishment enough.
PUNISHMENTS LIGHT.
In all cases punishments We're light
and usually threat sufficed. En- route
TO camp on board the City of Troy the
BOYS were wont to make more than their
allowance of noise They all slept, If
sleep it could be called, on blankets
thrown on the stateroom floor with their
shoes poked under as head rests. Punch
ing kicking and firing of shoes ensued.
The boys, however, were warned that
if they did not keep quiet. they would be
put in separate state rooms at two dol
lars per head and the bill sent to their
fathers. This seemed to have the de-
sired effect.
MONEY LIMITED.
No boy was allowed to carry into camp
more than twenty-five cents, and that
had burned through every pocket the
first day out. After that the cadets
were allowed to draw on their pastor
for necessary funds, but as the first pur-
chasing station was about FIVE miles
away, each boys expenses came under
fifty cents. Tobacco in any form was
not allowed. although the boys averaged
iii age from eleven to seventeen years.
Two hundred and fifty pounds of candy.
or fraction over eight pounds apiece,
were taken into camp and consumed with
slxty-fve quarts of ice cream, so the
bows ought to be sweet. The milk sup
ply was forty quarts per day and the
menu for the dinner consisted of beef
soup. roast chicken with dressing, boiled
potatoes. green peas, pickles, pie "a quar-
ter to each boy), milk, ice cream, cake.
watermelon, jelly and molasses candy.
And yet no sickness was reported.
POLICE DUTY.
What seemed to worry the mothers
most were the constant illusions to po-
lice duty in their sons letters. Why
they should be placed on police duty IN
stead Of being arested for misbehayior
they could not understand, but were