Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-24

Next Saturday will mark the closing
for the season of Camp Archibald Butt.
the Boy Scout outing camp on the
Chesapeake bay. On that day the
scouts will board q large two-nasted
schooner and start for home. WASH
ington should be reached some time
Monday, IL fair winds are encountered.
Tomorrow the last squad OF scouts
will go to the camp. They are Clarence
Parker, Crespin Reynolds. Henry
Christiani, Lawrence Glover. Louis
Iuber and six members Of Troop NO.
OF Cleveland Park whose names nave
not been forwarded to headquarters.
A, scoutmasters' conference was held
At the camp last night. Scout Commits
eioner Martin went to the camp Fri
day to remain over until Monday. An
invitation was extended to all scout
masters to spend last night and today
at the camp, and number OF them ac-
cepted. At this meeting plans Tor the
fall and winter season were discussed.
Among those present besides Mr.. Mar
tin and Dr. Leonard were T.. l.. Masch-
,oeyer of Troop No. 81, I. G. Priest OF
Troop No. 8, William B. Marshall OF
Troop No 81. /. w. Partin Of Troop No.
Bowman Of Troop No. 80 and Assistant
Seoutmasters kothmann and Manley OF
Troop No. 43.
number of motion pictures were taken
AT the camp Friday. They are to De
used in several reels showing Boy Scout
activities which are to- be shown through.
out the country under the auspices OF
the national headquarters One picture
taken was that of A. W. Gregg; 5r., son
Tex, who is an expert at rope twirnns.
other pictures were taken as follows: :,
Demonstration of Field Telephone
by Fred c: Reed, Troop H. ana ciyoe
McCurdy. Troop 10: y
Tent of Coats scoutnaster J. v;
Hyde and Arnell Carpenter OF Troop 10
and Chester Guy Of Troop 10.
ter J. v. Hyde. Scouts H. Nicholson. 1.
Bottazzi. Norris Gaddess, Joe Goldstein.
Hayes, Jack Russell Sherzer, J. O'Donno-
ghue and Frederick Appel.
LEG Wrestling by Chester Guy and
'.Knot Tying" B. Landy, F. Appel.
Hayes Jack, ]. O'Donnoghue, K. Rogers.
+, Swindeils, b. Frye. S. Burroughs, c.
McCurdy. F.. Schneider. l. Bottazzi, r.
Sherzer, n. Gaddess. A. Coughlin. ]. Egg
gleston, P. McKenny, A. Sherzer, w.
Jones. A. McCurdy. H. Derrick and r.
Barton.
First AID. Reed, A. Carpenter. c.
Hut building-NorrtsG addess, ]. Noble
Simpson. Donald Chisolm.
Second-class. requirements, and g.
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Bridgemaking-W. Jones. j. Kidd, w.
Gee, A. MeCurdy, A. Johnson, s. Bur-
rouxhs g. Kidd, j. ". Hyde.
Mattress making-Chester Guy.
Signaling. Morse. sending-"Troop Al"
by George Manley.
McC1rdy. j. Noble Simpson. E. Colburn,
A Carpenter, III. Greenfield, G. Manley,
j. V. Hyde. III. Derrick, W. Jones, F.
Schneider, P. Mckenny. T. Forbes. D.
scaiing-H. Greenfield. W.. Jones, T.
Cullen, A McCurdy, D. Chisolm, H
Derrick, A. Carpenter.
Two officers of the Engineer Corps
stationed at the Washington barracks
are to go to the camp tomorrow TO give
the scouts instructions in Topographic
surveying and other subjects of like
nature While there they will surve,
the camp site.
A base ball league was formed at tn
camp during the past week. Team No
was composed of scouts from tents Nos
and z: team No. 2, from tents Nos.
and 9. and team No. 3, from tents Nos
and 5. Their captains were Howar,
Derrick Arneil Carpenter and BenjaMl
Landy, respectively.
One of the features at camp dur
ing the past two weeks has been tn
building by ]. Noble Simpson, Norri
Gaddess and Robert Chisolm Of hu
with bows from pine and other trees
The hut was built as one OF the re
uuirements for the award Of the meri
badge on camping. Chester Guy, Ar
nell Carpenter and Evan johnson hav
built a signal tower, these scouts bein
candidates for the pioneering meri
badge Both pieces of work have bee
much admired and reflect great credi
on the boys who made them
C. " FiIkins of Troop No. 4S, &C
tonpanied by Assistant Scoutmaster II
w, Kothmann, arrived at camp Monda