The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-25

country east Of the Rockies come
from the north and west
After pitching the tent, dig trench
around, with a drain on the low side
to prevent flooding.
Each camp should have a SAM
tary ditch hole built. first thing up
Oh arrival. There is narrow trench
foot wide and five feet long sur
rounded by a screen or bushes. Each
time after use a shov>ifui of dry
earth is thrown in and If camp is 10
last for a week or more some cans
OF chloride of lime should be taken,
This is very important matter TO
! the health of the party and should be
about the first thing attended to.
All camps must be left as clear OF
filth, scraps, papers. tins. bottles, etc,
as though d human being had never
been near,
Beds.
The simplest plan and the oldest
one, two pair Of blankets aud wa
ter proof under sheet. CO solid can
vas or rubber. on neatly laid bed
OF houshs, pine needles, dry leaves
or dry grass.
II you are to be away more than one
day do not forget the lanterns as it
. is hard matter TO see after leaving
the bright circle of the campfire.
Water.
Be careful about this important
part of camping. If there IS 40 spring
| handy and you are not cure OF the
water, always boil L.
Camp Fires
The day Columbus landed (prob-
ably the natives remarked white
man fool make big fire, cant go neat;
Indian make little fire and sit happy
Now We all know that camp with
out campfire would he no camp
al all: IT'S chiefest charm would be
absent
Your first care. then is TO provide
for small fire and prevent it spread
ing. In this section OF the country
this will mean carefully grubbing up,
or burning over good sized area
around the place where the campfire
is 10 be made.
! To light a fire shave 2. dry stick
of wood, leaving all the shavings on
/ the end in fuzz. Several Of these
make a sure fire kinder. Fine spliut,
ers ray be made quickly by hammer
| ing a small stick with the head of an
| axe.
| A fine camp kitchen can be made
! Of four green logs set three inches
! apart at one end, ten at the other
with fire on the ground between
| them. flatten the logs tops and bot
! tom, the top to make it easy for you
to balance your pans and pots, and
/ the bottom 10 keep the logs from
moving.
To keep fire all night, bank the
Goals, 1. G., bury them in ashes.
ALWAYS PUT OUT THE FIRE
| ON LEAVING CAMP IT Is A CRIME
| TO LEAVE A BURNING FIRE. USE
/ BUCKETS OF WAT ER, II NEED BE.
! Another important thing which all
kind of trampers and campers are
very careless about is the matter Of
their meals. Always be regular for
all meals. If you are on an all day
trip, carry a good lunch with you and
when it comes your regular meal hour
dine then. Nothing helps more to
put a fellow out of condition than
being irregular in this matter and it
is Just as easy to do 1t right
4 Good Scouts are always careful
about these things and hence are good
Scouts. The other kind of fellow Is
not Scout
Again when you intend to be away
from home for longer period than
usual, always let the folks at honR
know about It. Il forgot is poT
excuse for a Scout. one of the poins
of Scout law is that a Scout Is Courts
Gus and this Of course begins e
home.
Always take along your Scout mai
ual Oh camping trip for you vii
have plenty of opportunity to do some
good hard recalling and get In som,
useful practice work.
Two patrols makes a sood sizet
party for an all day trip. and givei
enough fellows for some good Scou
games.
Many profitable hours can be pu,
in tracking and trailing during the
holidays Give one OR two fellow:
a twenty minute start and then tn
and round them up in an hour. A.
ways put a time limit on the game
so as not to leave some fellows wan
dering around after the game IS over
Observation can also be well train
ed by looking into the store windows
these days, looti at the things in the
window tor che minute and Their
write down all Of the things that you
can remember seeing.