Evening star., 1914-12-27

The program for the New Year day
hikes of divisions ] and were an.
nounced yesterday by Field Executive
Apiin.
Tho hike to be taken by division No. ]
is to be one which will include visits tc
places Of historic interest Scouts are tc
assemble at the District end of the Chain
bridge at 10 o'clock in the morning. All
troops must have an officer in charge A
hike OF several miles will then be taken
to a camp site which has been selected.
where the scouts will prepare lunch.
Scouts must provide their own food and
cooking utensils. One hour will be al
lowed for the lunch
Three companies then will be formed d
and hikes to points of historic interest
will be taken. Deputy Field Executive
Maechmeyer will be in charge of Com
pany c. and Scoutmasters Taylor and
Bailey will be in charge of companies
3 and A, respectively. Scouts must
join.
Company A is to visit old Fort Nc
Pherson, and Fort Myer is to be visit
ed by Company B. The Arlington wire
less station is to be visited by Com
All scouts planning to participate in
the hike are urged to wear good, stout
shoes. If the weather is inclined to be
wet, they are advised to grease their
waterproof also should be carried, if
possible.
Treasure Hunt Plans.
Scoutmasters Of Division No. 2 are to
meet at Ingram Memorial Church Tues
day night to discuss plans for the
treasure hunt to be held by that divi-
sion New Year day. The scouts are to
meet at point yet to be selected at
1880 o'clock and one hour will be as
signed to the preparation of lunch.
Scouts who do not want to eat their
lunch 'in the open" need not report
until 1:45 o'clock in the afternoon, at
which time assembly will be sounded
and the troops will line up for inspec-
tion by Field Executive Aplin. The in
spection will be based on discipline, in
ance, attendance, insignia in resula-
tion and troop formation and move
ments. The troop making the best
showing will be presented with
troop nag measuring Is by 5i2 ieet-
The treasure hunt" is scheduled to
start at o'clock in the afternoon. The
scouts will be assembled and instruc-
tions with regard to the hunt VIII be
given. The scout who finds the treas
ure" will be given a prize.
Mess call will be sounded at o'clock
and one hour will be assigned to the
preparation of the evening meal. At
o'clock a huge camp fire will be light
ed and speeches will be made by scout
officials. The scout who found the
treasure" earlier in the afternoon will
be permitted to light the fire. Field
Executive S. S. Aplin will present
life-saving medal to Assistant Scout
master Walter Jex of Troop No. 90.
At 8 o'clock taps will be sounded and
the troops will start home. Deputy
Field Executive Grogan has announced
that troops which are not registered
will not be permitted to engage in the
hunt, but may engage in the other
events The blowing of bugles will
not be permitted except when ordered.
New Troop Organized.
At a meeting of the citizens of Hy-
attsviiie, Nd, who are interested in the
scout movement, it was decided to Or
ganize q troop for the town. The fol-
lowing were appointed on the troop
committee: v. K Chesmit. chairman;
s. c. Sturges and F. E. Heald.
The troop will be known as No 13 of
the local council. Mr.. Harry w. Dor
sey as scoutmaster. Mr.. Dorsey is
chief clerk of the Smithsonian Insti-
tute. He will be assisted by Charles
w. Clagett and the Rev. A. X. Stocke-
brand as assistant scoutmasters. The
following boys are registered as ten
derfoot scouts: Thomas NJ Latimer,
Charles MacF. Brewer. Robert G. Por-
ter, A. Elmer Robertson, George S.
Chestnut, John Cecil Ballard, Clarence