The Washington times., 1913-06-22
SOUTH RIVER CAMP
WILL OPEN TUESDAY
7. M. c. A. Boys to Go to Sum-
mers Vacation Home Near
Chesapeake Beach.

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boys will open Tuesday on South river,
Maryland, five miles from Chesapeake
Beach and seven miles from Annapolis.
The camp will continue until July s. Al
ready there is great activity about
Y. NJ. c. A headquarters here over the
camp and a large number Of appiica-
tons have been receiveS.
The advance guard" of boys Is al
ready at camp getting everything lneo
shape. Walter Marr ana DuiouI
Brown are taking a motor boat arouhu
Point Lookout, across the Chesapeake
bay to South river, and thence to ,he
camping ground. They expect to arrive
Tuesday In time to greet the MAIN
body, which VIII hot leave unul the
FIRST of this week. The advance party
is in charge of Edward Wilde, Francis
Wilbur. Joel Rogers, Stephen Baldwin
and Roger Birdsall
The camp this year is TO be the best
ever conducted by the boys II IL oe
clared. There is an unusually sooe
bathing beach, and boating and palnihs
will be regular features OF life IN camp.
The days program as laid out is as
follows: ,s,.
A nlunge in the river. breakfast, biniS
study for a short peisod, treeoon ue. ~
ii, when swimming taxes place uiIS. rsS.
al IL. and the entire afternoon toI
Mar work and special athletic events.
Twice a Day.
The boys are allowed two swims
day, one at about II o'clock, the othei
Ar about 4:so. besides the morning plunge
Everything is under the charge Of COM
netent instructors and leaders are sta
tionea at intervals along the batning
beach SO that there can be no danger
10 the boys. The athletic contests IN
clude running, jumping and weight
throwing. There will be separate con-
tests for the younger boys and the
older ones. Prizes will be AWARDED. a
feature of the athletic events Will oe
contests between the basepan teams
from the different tents.
The boating is to be in charge ot spe-
cial instructors. A number OF ooats
have been hired for the season. In ad-
(ition there is the big combination
boat, sail and gasolene, which VIII oe
used for practice in sailing and instrue-
ing will be features OF the entertain
ment and boys are instructed TO orinR
their fishing tackle.
The camp is to be a real tent city.
The boys will sleep on canvas hunks
and the tents will have board floors
The food is to be the very best procur-
able Fresh vegetables, meat and milk
and the like will be supplied regularly
from farms in the vicinity. The menu
viii be the proper thing for growing
boy, 1t is declared.
Cereal Coffee.
Cereal coffee or milk, corn cake or
bread. butter or syrup, hot cakes and
the like viii be provided for breakfast.
Meat and potatoes come at dinner time
and the supper will be substantial after
the hard days work
Special attention will be given to the
evening entertainments. The boys are
urged TO bring musical instruments and
the quiet hours about the camp fire in
the evening are expected to be some OF
the most attractive features Of the en-
tire outing.
The complete outfit for each boy
should include cup. dinner plate, and
oatmeal dish tenamel ware preferred(,
knife, fork, and spoons, two dark
double blankets. small pillow; suit OF
heavy underwear, shirt, tennis shoes,
q sweater. an old cap, extra stockings,
tooth brush, hair brush and comb.
soap in metal box, handkerchiefs,
swimming tights. witch hazel and
cocoa butter for sunburns. A Bible
the outfit.
Other articles which may come in
handy are: Rubber coats and boots,
baseball gloves, fishing tackle, note
book, paper and pencil, paJamas,
fSssr ,1s srgss %5FSg ssss nssds pn and
and jack knife. Straw hats. derbies,
and starched shirt are tabooed. Each
article must be marked with the own
eris name or camp number. His num-
ber must also be on each end Of his
trunk or box.
Everything is in charge of compe-
tent men, Every attention will be
given to sanitary arrangements about
the place. A competent physician is
easily within call. The location is
hours of Washington. The drinking
water has been carefully tested and
found good. ~.
The List:
The number Of boys who have already
applied for places at the camp include
the following: Jack Tullock, Henry
Reisinger, Walter Ramsey, Frank l..
Weaver, Charles 3. Weaver, Carroll
Fleming, Emery Meany. Adams King,
John Goetz. Kenneth Markward. Thomas
WiIber, Milford Schiller. Charles Wal
son Hobbs Cummings. George Pitt. Fred
erick Livermore, Paul Jones, Donald
Wight, Jerome Saks, Kenneth McLaugh-
lin, Frederick Croxton. Worth Els
worth, Jack Martin, Roger Baldwin.
Wing Kao, Maurice Guvenich. Frederick
Buckhoiz. Louis Towbes, Louis Gold-'
berg, Robert Donald Chisholm, Samuel
Solomon, Victor Hartshorn, Raymond
GstcheIi, Donald Woolf. Theodore r.
smith. John Eiseman. John Barnes,
George Birard. Samuel Waters, Joel
Rogers, Frederick Bailey. Edward Wilde.
AUGUSTUS Hines. Ranor Vaughan. Stew
art Tfngley, Gordon Young, Frank Fos-
ter, Paul Grove, Robert oldfeld. Ross
s. Anderson. Sterling Mccall Sherwood
monston, Stephen Baldwin, c. Minor
Blackford, Dufour Brown. Raymond
Gatcheli, Theodore Gatchell. and Theo-
dore simmons
L. Gordon Leech, Gordon Law waiter
Mari RAYMOND Eiiason, George Harlow
~.a c.i--S.isz leaders