New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
HEADQUARTERS NOTICES.
RulIefin No. 4.

nc SCOUT camp OF the New 0fk
City Council. at Hunters Island. will
open on Monday, July 6. Blank appl-
cation forms for attendance have been
sent TO all local scoutmnsters, and
these forms, properly filled out and
ACCOMPANIED by advance payment,
nust be sent TO headquarters before
camp passes will he issued. II will be
noted that this application is in the
form OF a letter from the scout HIM
self, and carries the Endorsement Of
the parent or guardian and a recon-
mendation to be signed by the scout
master, who is responsible for the
proper filling out of the blank.
Scoutmasters will take particular
note Of the requirements % that no
scout can enter camp, even for the
day without pass from headquar-
tiers; (2) that all applications for passes
must be accompanied by the full fee
for the period covered by the applica-
ton. Money will not be received at
camp.
Extensions of time will be made &C
cording 20 rules upon the payment at
headquarters of the additional fee. As
stated on tine blank, the fee for the
first fourteen days is % cents a day,
and after that 90 cents day. Scouts
from other councils and all adult Of
fcers nay the full rate from the be-
ginning Portions OF day spent in
camp, as from morning to evening, will
be charged for at the day rate.
Applications for the first two weeks
Of camp are now being filed in order
Of their receipt. up to July l. No
reservations will be held after that
date unless remittance has been re-
ceiveG
The camp will again be in charge OF
Field Instructor Clarke. as campmas-
ter. Scoutmaster Edward A. Lane will
be assistant campmaster, in charge Of
first aid and sanitation. These officers
will be aided by several scouts. Deputy
Scout Commissioners Charles, DierckX,
Pollard and Bull will be resident az
camp during the summer.
LORlLLARD SPENCER,
Scout Commissioner.
General Order No. IL.
General Order No. 10, issued June
80, and relating to the police carnival
to be held June &c and %, is hereby re-
scinded, as the services of scouts VIII
not be needed as guards. Several
troops from New York and Brooklyn,
already designated, will give demon
strations of scout activities.
LORILLARD SPENCER,
Scout Commissioner.
IL is expected that the cooperation
Of the scouts will again be invited for
the municipal Fourth of July celcbra
tior at the City Hail. and scou tmasters
are asked to be prepared 70 furnish
volunteers for guard duty on that
occasion in case they are required.
The fourth first aid lecture in the
course at headquarters will be given
by DR.. Coerr this evening. The final
lecture will be given on Monday, June
80, unless notices Of another date
should be sent out by mail.
Posters for Babies Week, sent out
by the Board Of Health, have been
very generally distributed by scouts
throughout the city. II is by work Of
this kind that the boys can be of the
greatest assistance TO the municipality,
and scoutmasters should afford every
opportunity 20 their troops TO helP the
city officials whenever possible. This
matter is emphasized because in sew
eral cases the packages containing
these posters were refused by the
scoutmasters TO whom they were sent.
The scoutmasters' hike last Saturday
was attended by about twelve persons.
The men walked from the end of The
subway to the farm adjacent to the
Westchester Country Club, where they
spent the night and the following day.
A membership certificate belonging
to Scout Herbert F. Giles was found at
173d st. and St. Nicholas av. and
mailed to these headquarters. It will
be returned to Scout Giles upon appli-
cation, as his address is not known.
A number of membership certificates
arc awaiting distribution. They cannot
be delivered to scouts except upon writ
ten order, and in this connection scout
masters are reminded that it is against
the rules OF the national organization
to allow scouts TO obtain uniforms or
restricted scout equipment without 4
signed order from the scoutmaster,
Countersigned BY the scout commits
sioner or his representative. Several
bows have recently presented orders
without signatures, or have asked for
badges without cards showing that
they were scouts.
District Notices.
/ There will be a field day for all
Staten Island troops on Saturday.
Scouts will 90 to the beach at Anna
dale by trolley from Richmond and
thence taking a three-mile hike. After
luncheon and q Swim Their will be
scout and athletic games, followed by
a clambake and campfire council Oh
/ tn. beach at o'clock. This is the first
general outing IN which all the troops
have participated, and large attend
ancc is expected.
Troop Notices.
/ MANY troops are preparing to go TO
private camps during the first week in
| July, and a number of them are taking
advantage of the large state reserva-
/ ton up the Hudson. Among the num-