The Washington times., 1911-06-27
BOY CAMPERS Of
!. N. c. A. ARE Off
FOR SOUTH RIVER
New Finance Rule Forces
Youngsters to Keep Money
In Camp Bank.

"Hey! Rip! Give me a receipt for this
dime. 1 want to deposit 1t in the camp
bank"
One of the hundred exuberantly hap.
py, shouting boys that left this morning
for the Y. M. c. A. camp at South
River. Nd, walked toward Howard
Ripley. the duly appointed custodian of
the exchequer and displayed a piece OF
shining silver.
Aw. watts 'er matter witchuh? II
vuh give it to him yuh can only get
little at a time" warned another
camper, who was "wised-up" to the
and-stomach ache plains of thise in
charge of this years camp.
And that let the secret out.
Director Albert NJ. Chesley explained
that last year when the boys were their
own bankers, they consumed pop and
other pain-conducers in such copious
quantities that paregoric was popular,
so this year it was decided they should
all deposit their money with the camp
banker and be given allowances" in
heath-preserving amounts.
Put Limit on Spending Money.
incidentally. it was hinted 10 the par
eanp was sufficient spending money.
But at Fifteenth and II streets north
fast this morning, where the three-car
tnterurban train was being loaded with
boxes, blankets, and all the other things
that go to make up camping. expedi-
lion. II looked as though some Of the
bows had held out" on the bankers.
Fruit vendors and purveyors of aesopha-
ms 1fR1 .lrf,
business.
Gotta da peanut butta?' said one
foung camper. initiating the native Of
sunny Italy.
''Drinka da wata'? Yessa." And he
produced glass of water. One hum
hred Guffaws told him of his mistake.
But these were only incidents of the
Ftart Of the fifteen days outing. The
toys busted themselves in having good
times, while nervous, fretful parents on
tne outside of the cars were trying to
punt up :he tent leaders that would
rave direct supervision of their boys.
They kept the directors of the camping
plans buried beneath ar ever-increasing
Food Ct questions
But shortly before o'clock the three
pig cars were packed and ready to con-
Fey the yelling youngsters to Camp Pa
tole, from which place they took wag-
pms to the camp at Edgewater, Nd
Several of the boys who could not 20
the next day or two.
To Have Camp Paper.
From the blowing Of reveille each
morning at o'clock, until taps at 9:1O
IN the evening. when the order is
flights out, quiet" there will be a
continual round of pleasure. Three
times day the boys can go in swim
ming, and they will receive instructions
from H. w. Long. Raymond Eliason is
to be editor of the daily camp paper
The Wangdoodle." Mark De Grange
has charge of the entertainments. Dr.
+. A. Iremen is camp physician. and
Arthur Smith will give Instructions in
sCoutcraft.
July is to be visitors day. The boys
will be gone for fifteen days. Each
tent has taken the name of some ball
team in the big leagues.
Boys Who Made Trip.
Besides the instructors already men
toned, those in charge of tents are
Gordon Law. Winfred Dawson, and
Mills Hanson. The boys who left this
morning are Burnham Yung Kwai, Mel
yin Myers, Stephen Treulegen. Harold
Rose, Chauncey Needham, Howard Eel
lows, Charles Fadeley, Myron NJ. Jones,
Louis H. Grieb, Gray Rutherford,
steers, Frank Ellis, Jerome Sutherin,
Herbert Bruncken, Pierce Jewel, Stan
ION Henry, Spencer Brenizer, William
Rohannon, Dwight Terry, Edwin Mand-
Ter, Dillon Roberts, Ernest Alliger, Ar |
thur Hamilton. John Barnes, Logan c. |
Ramsey, Dufour Brown, Edward Wilde, !
George T. Hall. Robert ROBBERS, William
Engel, Elvin James, Cecil Baumgarten,
Alfred Moran, Saul Brown, Phillip |
Eough. Victor Hartshorn, William Cav |
baugh, John Cobb, Adolph GUIDE, Spen- |
GER Burroughs, Norman Siedon, Carl |
Goodman, David Bradley, Herbert Boy
g., v,,1t- 7 ~, d., n.
ando Smith, Carl Fink, Steven Bald
win, Coleman Fishback. James Horna- |
bay Arthur Barker, William Feldhaus, /
Goodwin Miller, Robert Page, Harry |
Campbell, Foster Wood, David Gates, |
Edward Adams, Francis Grove, Stuart |
Heitmuller, Willard Robbins. Herbert
Oates, Jameson Carswell, Wallace
hoover, Eugene Smidt. Edward Tib-
bott, Lloyd Tibbott, Carroll Tiffany
Walter Pettus and Edwin Edmonston.