The Washington times., 1914-07-05
BOYS ENJOY LIFE At
CHESAPEAKE BEACH
amp Archibald Butt in Fine
Order and the Lads Learn
Much Indian Lore.
BY ROBERT F. O'BRIEN.

BY ROBERT F. o'BRIEN.
CAMP ARCHIBALD BUTT. CHEsA-
PEAKE BEACH. Nd, July 5.-Dr..
Charles A. Eastman, director of Camp
Archibald Butt, is laying out a number
pf trails on the camp site in true IN
dian fashion. BY the use of these trails
livery part of the reservation will be
Easily accessible and real scouting can
Easily be enacted.
early 100 Boy Scouts from Washing
tor. Baltimore, and Frederick we're ON
hand at the opening of the second sea-
tous encampment Monday. On arriving
Il the beach on a midday train, they at
Dn e boarded a large barge, measuring
Twenty by forty feet, which was towed
/ b. the Boy Scouts own motor boat,
Sea Scout, to the destination, about f.ce
mites south of Chesapeake Beach.
However long the trip had been. much
fpiea assure had been the lot of this happy
Pbunch of nature-loving lads. The boys
from Frederick made music with their
nfes, hugles. and drums, while the I'M
accomplished carried on a vocal contest
In which the winner could not have
. possibly been distinguished. Accom-
anying the campers were a number of
outs and scoutmasters who were on
and al the Gettysburg reunion held
list summer. Having arrived at the
imp site, a difficult problem confronted
the passengers The water for nearly
FL yards from the shore was little
above two feet in depth, which made It
n possible for the Sea Scout to approach
IL shore without running aground.
TITS difficulty was soon overcome when
r. eral long poles were secured and
he boys pushed the barge ashore.
Scouts Are Welcomed.
II The scouts were welcomed on their ar
r. al by Frank c. Wood. formerly as
b tant scout commissioner of the local
+ neil, who was director of the camp
Z summer. Following his address the
|b-vs formed and marched to the top of
p high hill upon which the mess hall
T. Z tents are situated. Here the boys
F'-e introduced to DR.. Eastman. a
|S.oux Indian, who responded with a
b. # address in which he told the boys
h learn to love the birds ard beasts of
r forest: learn how to treat them with
& 1derness and never to attempt TO
m them, especially snakes, which he
3. were after all, not their enemies,
Iud they would never attack them I'M
css irritated. He warned them that
[ was his intention to point out to them
i 81 why they should not be hostile
Il ward these so-called deadly" reptiles
" no live and die so close to mother
h. ture.
After this talk, the boys were as
|s.gned tents by Commissioner II. /.
Eldy and Business Manager Charles A
" eaver, both of Baltimore. In the sf-
bernoon the boys took a swim Ter the
e. arge OF Sergt. Maj. Henry =. Maiinka,
Engineer Corps, u. S. A, who will act
director Of water activities at the
{ mp. Sergeant Malinka has organized
4 ilfe-saving patrol of eight boys. The
y. troll consists OF a captain, a boat
: ain and six regular lfe-savers. These
BOYS patrol the beach during the swim
n ng periods, and have a drill every
/ Y. They are teaching the unexperi-
I ed swimmers how 10 swim. and the
''anced swimmers different points in
Saving methods.
Form Gettysburg Corps.
turing this swimming period, a meet
.AE was held in the camps mess hall,
.s which preliminary steps were taken
il forming an organization Of the
3 outs who rendered services at the as
> mbly of civil war veterans held last
= miner at Gettysburg. 4 constitution
y as drawn up and a name given the |
NV organization, being Boy Scout
t'attysburs Service Corps
The idea in forming this organization !
- 10 keep alive the memory of services |
r"ndered and scenes witnessed at Gettys- |
3 lrg last summer, and to have an an !
d al conclave. Local chapters will be |
-" abolished in the following cities: |
"a ashington. Philadelphia, Frederick, |
Nd; Hagerstown. Nd, and Burlington.
\ J.
Members of the organization will be |
NrcOgniZed by an insignia which shall |
so a service bar in blue and gray, with |
,f'3-l9la stamped thereon, and will he |
%. Orn over the left breast The Of ,
=, ers will be selected following the dis
;rinuuon Of copies of the constitution |
% the near future. Those who were |
resent at this reunion were: Scout |
ommissioner Edgar S. Martin, of |
ashington Council; Frank {. Wood |
putty Scout Commissioner ]. W. Pat
on. of Philadelphia, and Sccutmaster |
q, r. Pirtle. of Troop No. 10.
reeting, followed by an hours recrea-
'0n for the boys. About dark 4 camp |
IRE was started, and DIR. Eastman held |
a real Indian camp council. He gave |
me boys another lecture on the beasts /
= the forest, and concluded with sew
raj legends pertaining to early Indian |
fe which he recalled from his boy
God days. Following his stories. he /
ID an authentic Indian war dance |
? round the fire, and all of the boys |
med in. Before the dance was quite 1
lshed tattoo was blasted forth from l