Evening star., 1914-05-31

! A plan of giving instruction in school
subjects to scouts at Camp Archibald
Butt is now under consideration. III
enough requests are made for such in
struction this season regular instruc-
tor. approved by the school authorities,
will be obtained. Applications should
be made at once.
| A report has been circulated that sew
eral scoutmasters have resigned. This
report is false. No information has
been received at headquarters that any
scoutmaster anticipates resigning- J.
H. Dellinger of Troop No. 81 resigned
in April on account of extra duties
which made it impossible to carry on
the work. c. n. Fiikins resigns June
| 1 from Troop 43. but retains Troop
No. l of Kensington and threfore does
not alter his relations to the local or
ganzation, the kensington troop being
under the jurisdiction of the Washing
| ton council.
| The preliminary work in preparing
Camp Archibald Butt is well under way
and will be complete in about Two
| weeks.
| Mr.. Longfellow of the American Red
Cross will be at the camp the opening
week and will train nte-sa
ing corps consisting of scouts for TINS
work during the camp season. scouts
who wish to try for these positions
| should get in application for the nrst
! week in camp.
| Four scouts will be given positions
| which will make it possible to ne In
camp at least four weeks this summer
at no expense to themselves. Ihese
boys will be selected from those VINO
expect to spend part of the summer
in Camp Archibald Butt.
| An official of the scout organisation
has offered to pay the expenses on an
| Boy Scouts in good standing who can
not afford to go to camp otherwise ior
at least one week.
| First and second class examinations
will be given saturday. June ls. at the
old Washington Golf Club grounds. at
Rosslyn. Va. Applications should be
IN office by Wednesday. June 10.
The following merit badges have
been awarded during the past week;
| Robert .. Young. public health:
! Amand Donnen. handicraft; Augustus
w Hines. craftsmanship handicraft;
Charles Rynex, public health, personal
health: c. S. Thurtell. leather work
ling; Robert Bonde. personal and public
health; Clifford Spence. personal and
public health; Otto Spiess. personal ana
public health; Lloyd Harrison, camp
ing; Waldo Jones. public heaith'
Thomas Nikirk personal health. Stephen
Williams, personal and public health:
George H. Sheriff. camping HOWARD
Galley, camping, and Frederick w.
! Livermore. camping.
June will be the most active month
,,of the present year Already sew
! eral new troops are in process OF
formation and the enrolment viii IN
crease by over 100 before the opening
of camp June 30
more local council and officials left
Baltimore Saturday evening in the sail
boat G. w. Bennett for the camp site
TO make final plans for camp. They VIII
,,o Xos hi iy,cr
| Sixty Boy Scouts assisted the G. n
R at Arlington cemetery yesterday.
They were in charge of Scoutmaster
H. l.. Taylor.
The local scout organization has sew
veral exceptionally able boys who
wish work during the summer. and
local headquarters will gladly put
| those needing such help in touch
with these scouts.
Rock Creek Camp Notes.
Troops 1. 10. Ii. %. 30 80 30. A and
4S were represented. Scoutmasters Bailey
and Taylor had charge of the camp and
as soon as troop reported on the ground
it was assigned space and general orders
Scoutmaster Bailey gave the use of his
automobile for hauling water which had
| to be brought from a spring half a mile
| away. and his three long blasts on his
auto horn brought the thirsty scouts
hurrying down the hill to load or unload.
Saturday was a gala day for the boys.
They started at 5 am and hiked down
to the creek for the morning wash-up.
Some twenty small fires were soon blaZ-
ing and the appetizing smell of bacon
and eggs. hot cakes. coffee or cocoa was
| enough to make the scouts sing out,
Hurry that breakfast up" However
within a few minutes the bugle sounds
mess CALI and hungry line of scouts
fall into line for the breakfast rations.
Scoutmaster W. X. Woodward with Troop
| % had a splendid camp-six dog tents
and a forester headquarters tent
Commissioner Siddons. who visited the
| camp Saturday afternoon in company
with Scout Commissioner Martin. picked
out Mr.. Woodwards troop camp as be-
ing the best appearing OF all troops.
Commissioner Siddons addressed the as
Sembed scouts.
Saturday morning the troops turned out
in battalion formation and were photo
graphed. The evening was one not soon
| to be forgotten. as it was the local coun-
| Gil campfire, President Colin A. Living
ston of the B. S. A, Arthur c. Moses of
the local council. Commissioner Martin
and Scoutmasters Ashley, Bailey. Mar
shall. Maschmayer. Pirtle, Woodward
and Taylor being present
After the campfire had been lighted the
scouts and their visitors sat around in
| a large circle and listened to several
| interesting talks.
Scout 2. A. Biggs of Troop 81 received
| his badge as Eagle Scout, being pre-
sented with it by President Livingston.
and was accorded three rousing cheers
| by the $50 assembled scouts.
| Arthur c. Moses gave an account of
| his experiences in the northwest in a
blizzard and told also about big game
hunting. After a general discussion the
campfire meeting was closed and all the
scouts rose and sang America
Taps was sounded at 10 pm. and in
half an hour the camp was stiffness itself.
Next day being Sunday, the boys.
after cleaning up tents and grounds had
two Sunday school classes in the morn
ing, Mr.. Leech of the Y. NJ C. A. and
Mr. Marshall of Troop As conducting the
services in the morning. and in the after
noon Mr.. Chesley, also from the Y. NJ
C. A, came out and addressed the boys.
The afternoon was spent in getting
ready to break camp and at 5:fo the
order to strike tents was given. and
inside ten minutes the long line of tents
was down and packed into blanket rolls
and the order to march was given and
the big weekend camp at Rock Creek |
Park was over.