Evening star., 1911-06-04
BOY SCOUTS Of DISTRICT
IN GENERAL FIELD DAY
Unique Contests to Take Place
at River View Next
Saturday.

All the boy scouts Of tho Distric.
ana some from the surrounding coun.
try will participate In a general field
day next Saturday. The boys will &c
to River View for the day. Here there
will be track and field games. The
scouts will cook their own dinner, and
those who survive this will return to
Washington In the cool Of the evening
Just before the start down the rive.
there will be a parade Of 500 scouts
These will start from the Y. M. @. A.
building at am and march to the
boat at the 7th street wharf.
On arriving at River View the scouts
will go Immediately to their tent as
signments and prepare their luncheons
Each troop is responsible for its COM
missary. Fires will be allowed. and
wood provided by the management.
The scouts will demonstrate one Of the
chief scout features, cooking.
Sports open only to scouts begin
promptly at ! o'clock. and the manage
ment announces that all entries must
be in the hands Of A. M. Chesley, Y
NJ. c. A. chairman Of the committee
the interesting features Of the day will
be competition in water boiling, tilt
Ing and troop relay races.
The water boiling contest II interest
Ing. The contestant Is given q block
OF wood, an ak, two matches and a
quart kettle Of water. The scout who
first secures boiling water. using only
the material given him. wins.
Program Of Sports.
Tho following Is the list Of sports: Is
yard dash. fourteen years and under; To-
yard dash. not over seventeen years; 90
yard dash; 44O-yard run, fifteen years and
over; standing broad jump, fourteen
years and under: standing broad jump,
not over seventeen years; running high
jump. fourteen and under: running high
jump. not over seventeen; troop relay
Qour scouts on a team. each to run about
200 yards, patrol leaders barred; special
relay. Y. NJ. C. A., Patrol Leaders VS. ALI
City Patrol Leaders Cteams to be made
A. troop: fire lighting without matches;
water boiling contest (under supervision
OF Mr.. Jenkins One scout from each
troop. Each entry to provide kettle hold
Ing not less than one quart. with fiat bot
tom not over six inches in diameter
Rules of contest In Scout ManuaD: fitting
contest (under direction Of Mr.. Fenwick.
One scout from each troop.
While the track and field events arc
being run or the following base ball
games will be played:
Noel House VS.. Hyattsville
Y. NJ. c. A. VS.. Peck Chapel.
Brookland VS.. Falls Church.
The committee in charge is Albert NJ.
Chesley. chairman. The scoutmasters of
the District and vicinity are as follows:
Y. NJ. c. A. Troop. Harvey Jacobs. scout
master: Peck Chapel Troop, H. B. Angus.
scoutmaster: Noel House Troop. E. g.
Gillfillan. scoutmaster: Brooklyn Baptist
Troop. II. w: O: Millington. scoutmaster:
Falls Church Troop. E. T. Fenwick.
scoutmaster; Friendship House Troop,
Gordon Leech, scoutmaster; Clarendon
Troop. Norris Bowen. scoutmaster: Glove
land Park Troop. g. A. 6windells, scout
master: naa,: .. nsrwyn a.C Troop; L; Middleton.
Nitchie, scoutmaster: Sherwood Troop.
Rev. Mr.. Thompson. scoutmaster: Laurel
Troop. No. 1. J. NJ. Wlnnemore, scout
master; Laurel Troop. No. q J. r Rose
berry. scoutmaster; Hyattsv1lle Troop.
Rev. A. l. Nasmith. scoutmaster; Gem
tennial Baptist Church Troop. Robert
Jenkins, scoutmaster: Riverdale Troop,
Frank NJ Stephen. scoutmaster.