The Washington times., 1913-08-10
CAMP BUTT SOON To
ENTER SIXTH WEEK
Twenty-Four Boys of Troop 43
to Go Tomorrow for Stay of
Two Weeks.

Camp Archibald Butt enters upon its
sixth week as a summer camp tomor-
row. Three weeks more remain before
the closing. which will be September l.
Scoutmsster c. n. Filkins, of Troop
4S. with twenty-four boys will go to
camp August 10 for a stay of two weeks
and will thus practically complete the
membership of the camp for the re-
mainder of the season. DR.. w. H.
Leonard, medical director of the Boy
Scouts. is now in charge of the camp,
and is assisted by Scoutmaster ]. V.
Hyde. The Boy Scout" the little motor
boat which has been tender to the
camp. making daily trips between there
and Chesapeake Beach. is now in COM
mission and making regular trips for
the benefit of the Scouts.
DIR. Leonard, who took charge about
week ago, reports everything now in
shipshape form, and matters going for
ward with dispatch. There are fifty-siX
boys in camp. and all are having the
time of their lives, according to reports.
Numerous enlargements have been
made to the camp since IL opened July
= More ground has been cleared away,
the company street has been improved,
and a number of permanent improve
ments made, including a handrail for
the steps down the hill and seat near
the camp under the shade have been
made. Another year will provide a
camp ground for the boys that will be
second to none in the country, Scout
officials say.
Camp Is Well Located.
The location is excellent, about three
and a half miles below Chesapeake
Beach by water, f1ur miles by land
along the edge OF the cliff and abou:
four and a half by way OF the good road
back of the beach. The tents are pitched
OH the high bluff from which the bay
is visible through the trees There
is the wide company street with its
eight tents for boys on one side and
the headquarters tent. hospital tent,
and stor,. tent on the other. The mess
tent ix farther down the hill. built out
OH the high bluff and commanding "A
good view of the bay. All cooking is
done in tnt cook shack. below the mess
tent ard near the beach.
The camp is we'll supplied with excel
lent v atcr from an artesian well. The
boys assist with the cooking. attend to
the dish washing, do the cleaning up
about the camp. and keep order. so that
there Is plenty 30 be done by every
one Ia addition. there is work in Boy
Scout activities TO take up the atten-
tior. of ne boys so that nearly every
minute is OcCupl z
There are many hours of leisure, how
ever. when the boys do as thdy please,
when they may roam along the beach
or tramp in the woods studying birds
or trees Hours and hours are spent on
fire making withC>lt matches. or other
difficult features of scout craft
Get Better Acquainted.
On visitors day, Saturday. mothers
and fathers come TO camp, and the boys
arc in full scout uniform. and on their
good behavior. Special effort is made
on these days to maintain order. al
though discipline is released slightly To
pe Tmit the boys TO see their friends and
show them what is going on.
The results Of the eight weeks ONT
ing al the beach will be large number
of additional first-c!ass scouts, more
seCC nd-Class scouts. and editions also
TO the tenderfoOt class. The camp also
has brought the boys together in a
way that could not have been about
acquaintance among boys OF different
troops in a Ineffective way.
IF the number of brown arms and
faces and clear compilations is any
criterion of health, il belongs to the
boys who have been to camp this sum
mer." DR.. Leonard says. That the
boys have had good time is, evident
from the fact that they haye stayed
as Ion gas they have and that they do
not cease to talk of their doings a long
time after they come back from camp"