The Washington times., 1913-07-13
BOY SCOUT CAMP
DEVELOPS HEALTH
Fishing and Grabbing Mingled With Hard Work. Color Into
Cheeks Of Lads Who Are Summering at Chesapeake
Beach-Study Goes With Pleasure.

Visitors to the western shore of
Chesapeake bay. about midway between
Chesapeake Beach and Plumb Point,
these days may observe tremendous
activity. Early In the morning he will
be reused by the sound of the bugle.
and later may see a motley collection
Of young animals troop to the shore,
disport themselves in the waves and
presently depart up over the hill with
wild yells and carrying crabs. founders.
and other products of the ocean which
are driven in to the shore by the
storms.
Between fifty and sixty healthy. Wig
orous, strong, active boys are having a
summer vacation there. Camp Archi-
bald Butt. summer camp for Washing
ton Boy Scouts. Is just up from the
beach-a few hundred yards. and the
antics and gayety are really part of
the regular training of the camp.
Moreover. within certain lines. these
activities are carefully regulated as to
hours. and the manner in which they
are carried out
Revert To Natural Type.
The boys are revertinG for a time to
the natural type" They rise with the
sun in the morning and go to bed at
night as soon as dark arrives. They
do not eat when Eungry-that would
never dc. for the scout master says
they are hungry all the time-but they
do eat heartily, exercise violently Or
quietly, according to their desire, and
all the time breathe in great volumes
of good. fresh. tissue building salt air
which is rapidly bringing color to their
checks and cleaning out systems which
may have become clogged b. too seden-
tary a life during the school months
There are sounds of smOthered con-
versation about the camp at daybreak
Long before reveille blows tousled
heads have been thrust from beneath
tent flaps and voices commented on
the slOwness Of the day to arrive in
tones loud enough for the head scout
master to hear
With the first sound of the bugIe the
boys are out and dressing up their pa
rade lines in front of the headquarters
tent. Sleepy heads are reported by
tent leaders and assigned to punish
ment in the shape of disagreable de
tails 1t Is significant that the most
popular detail is mess tent detail"
These boys serve the food. The most
unpopular detail is cooks details"
These boys wash dishes.
Rare Collection OF Clothes.
But here they are on the parade
ground. Such a collection Sweaters.
pa lafniS. DalDlTS sultS, scout suits,
every day clothes. and more often
combinations of these that put to
blush the most eccentric comedian of
the vaudeville or variety stage.
SettinS-up exercise puts limberness in
law muscles. "'TentiOn," "All parade
for swim." anC away they 30 for the
beach Their natural characteristics
come out at this time and the Doys
show quite distinctly what they are
made Of"
Into the water they go. Oblivious of
possible crabs until shrill scream from
somewhere along the beach announces
that they have found something"
''Oh boys, come here quick, Bring the
ret, | got one, He's whopper."
Half a dozen young fellows make a
lash for the locality. One. more OBJ
serving than the rest, hurrles ashore for
the net He meets the others coming
back. 'It was little one. Wasn't
much good any way" they grumble and
go back into the surf to sport until
called by another ardent fisherman.
But there Is q good deal Of hard work