Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-28

the camp late yesterday afternoon. tnlnss
| will not be in full swing until a party
| Of about sixty Scouts from this city
reach there about 100 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
A reunion Of the Boy Scouts who aided
| the American Red Cross forces at the
national encampment at Gettysburg, Pa,
| last summer will be a feature OF the
first day at the camp. About thirty
scouts from this city. Baltimore and
Frederick. who were on duty at the big
encampment. will attend the reunion. re-
turning to their homes Tuesday morn
ing.
scout commissioner at the time OF the
Gettysburg reunion last year, Will De
present. as well as the scoutmaster IN
charge of the Frederick and HagerstoWn
scouts. and Scoutmaster 7. r. Pirtie OF
Washington. The only officers who were
in charge of the boys last year who Will
not be present Monday night Will be
c. H. killian and Carleton +. Sholl OIL
Burlington. N. J.
A permanent organization will be per-
fected, the object being to keep alive the
memory OF the service rendered and the
scenes witnessed at Gettysburg year
ago on the occasion of the greatest peace
reunion the world has ever known 1t
will be the purpose of this body TO hoio
reunions each year. Philadelphia is at
this time planning to organize a similar
body of the boys who were with the In
formation bureau This body consisted OF
426 boys.
The organization, which will be COM
pleted tomorrow evening, will consist OF
the boys under the American Red Cross.
1t is expected that several speeches and
short talks will be made at the camp
fire, and every boy who was at Gettys-
burg last year has been requested to at
tend this reunion.
The following scouts Of this city expect
to attend the reunion: Leonard Zirkle,
Charles Amazeen, Claude Ayre. Marshall
De Shields. William Prentice. Millson
Goodacre, Philip McKenny. Fred c. Reed.
Lawrence Prentice. Horrall Williams and
Howard L. Derrick
Following is the program OF the re-
union: l p.m., arrive at camp: pm,
meeting of organization committee, T. R.
Pirtle, chairman: 3 pm. Gettysburg
Scouts fall in, roll call, salute, demonstra-
ton of activities: 2. M. swim: pm, re-
treat, whole camp; 5:45 pm, supper; Z
pm. campfire, scoutmaster T. R. Pirtle
presiding; address of welcome by DR..
Eastman: permanent organization effect
ed; speeches: short talks from scoutmas-
tiers and boys: campfire game; scout yell:
America (sing): taps.
Washington Boy Scouts, who will con-
stitute the first squad of campers from
this city. will leave for Chesapeake Beach
on the 11:30 O'Clock train tomorrow. They
are:
Mitchell B. Carroll, Jean Robert veditz,
George w. Read. Graeme Smallwood,
Leslie Sheriff. Thomas Somerville. Mel
son Marshall. Armand Donnell, B. B. Will
son. jr.; Adam S. King, Leon Robbins,
J. Hart Bien, Theophil Mensel, Bradley
c. L. Sweeney. Randolph F. Carroll, King
Ridgway. Hartley Fellows, John NJ.
Stockhart. Robert Douglas Miner. Jack
son Somerville, Edgar s. May. Herbert
Pierce, Augustus Hines. Paul F. Grove
jon. -dutchler Leroy Harris, Edward F.
Rohm. Edmund Frost. Clarence Parker,
Paul Robin. Raymond Brookmire, Dan
Steers. Horace Wood, Clarence Neale.
Radford Brown, Edward G. Wingate, Otto
Spiess, Clarence NJ. Exley. Jr.; Walter
Young, knut Nilsson, Frank Armstrong,
John F. Cook. Kenneth W. Boyd. Earle
Anderson.
The completed directorate of Camp
Butt was announced yesterday by Scout
Commissioner Martin as follows:
Camp director-Dr Charles A. East
man. camper, lecturer and author
Business manager-Charles A. Weaver
deputy scout commissioner of Baltimore.
Camp directors assistant-H. L, Eddy,
scout commissioner of Maryland.
Director of water activities-Sergt Mai
Henry c. Malinka, Engineer Corps.
Captain of Sea Scout-Mr. William A.
Bailey.
Farm director-Wilham N Kishbaugh
of the Maryland Agriculture College.
Clerk in business ofhce-Scout Henry R.
Appel of Baltimore.
Camp adjutant-Scout Fred C. Reed,
Troop II. Washington. D. c. eagle
Scout.
Mate of motor boat Sea Scout-Edwin
speakman. Troop 40. Washington.
Chief cook-Sergt. Frank F1agg, Cook
and Bakers School. U. S. A.. who will
have an assistant cook and two helpers
Besides the above mentioned men, the
camp executive committee composed Of
Dr.. Charles A. Eastman. II. L Eddy.
Charles Weaver. Henry C. Malinka, Ed
gar s. Martin and c. c. Rutledge
At different periods during the season
government experts and experts on scout
ing will give lectures to the boys. VIII
liam Longfellow of the American Red
Cross Society will be in camp the first
week and will give special instruction In
life-saving. He is travelling over the
country visiting the different scout camps
for this purpose. 1t has been decided by
the camp executive committee that the
boys will be allowed in swimming and
in the boats only at certain periods. and
then under supervision.
For the benefit of scouts. scoutmas-
tiers or visitors who wish to enter camp
the following paragraph is quoted from
the agreement made between the Balti-
more and Washington Councils:
Scouts not under the jurisdiction of
either the Baltimore or Washington
Council. and also scouts enrolling in
camp for less than week. shall pay
at the rate of 81 a day. All guests,
without exception. shall pay or be paid
for at this same rate; but in the case
of guests who render some special
service. such charge may by specific ac-
ton of the executive committee be re-
bated to the person paying same"
Scouts will be given transportation
from Chesapeake Beach to the camp
and from the camp to Chesapeake
Beach, which Is included in the fee
charged All others. without exception.
will be required to pay a round-trip
fee of Is cents. or Is cents one way.
All scouts and others attending the re-
union, and only staying for the one day.
will. therefore, be required to pay the
regular rate for single day.
The local council has just purchased
a new motor boat. 1t is of the cabin
cruiser type, ten-foot beam and forty
six feet over all. with an awning-cov-
cred after deck Of seventeen feet. The
lions for eight boys. while the state
room will hold four. By putting up
hammocks as many as twenty boys can
sleep on board, 1t Is believed. The
galley is furnished with e-burner
stove and has an ice box of over 200
pounds capacity. The boat Is driven by
a three-cylinder. four cycle gasoline
engine, developing eighteen to twenty
horsepower. and can drive the boat
from eight to ten miles per hour.
| The new boat will be known as the
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