Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-01
Camping sideIights

avgr5ed to scents for their work in the $50
600 campaign last December.
Camping sidelights
The pipe line, which supplied water tsEn ~ psp9 spe
/ uiar during the 4s-hour rain, but ater Oie
crowd Of of'i thirsty scouts about each spigot
rive miller Of Tents Is not fiction. Mt;
| Fielsher walked Up and down the streets % ot
the camp with a pedometer in biz pocket ana !l
| when he bad covered the route tine lnstru-
ment had registered hve miles.
The accurately arranged plan for 500 tents
was a failure. but Il wasn't due TO lack % ..
peoled. and some OF The tents had to be
FIFTY cases Is the record Of the hospltal tent
undoT the direction OF ScoutmAster Msry
and Dr. H. g. GoResker, Lon oi the JEFFERSON Hos
pital Tho sudden change Of weather ron tssi
some OF the heavy clothing were responsiblss
fS6 most " 9be cases were
cramps. from too many peanuts: Az II,,fI HI
minutes. scouts walter Benson Walter
Riepen. Wayne Jones' Jones and nd James les Mellon OF
Troop 81 were the hofpital orderiles.
The wireless station Of Troou t3i tscoat.
maser9 RossenheiHm In and Loeb was 2 popHbat pbat
news was being flashed across the sky and
could set their watches by the offclai time
fS sStSnt scoutmSster wfs BaeRrech aided by
scouts Carlton Woodward F. BlnswangeIr and
erected in eisht, minutes, Two other wlreiessss
stations were in camp those Of Troop ~
scoutmastcr Perkins and OF Troop Q. Scout
master Rubcrcame)
sanitation .. X"
This. is what the visitors to the camp
snsny sfac f 2tf5 %fs to- d nG
OF mud" which had been described IN the
dtssss and o ho @ @ SoafSd aD the
water almost as fest as II fell. :,
ahsd said sSoamassT s9od waReT Of Troo
E? ~ charge OF camp sanitation: The ulr2k
would never Rave Received II everything had
been ideal A It s w2py WpS Of the OISC scouts are
that those who desired could 70 home only 200
TSS others STUCK ana np enjoyed he
The busiest man during the three days was
the camD guards and head Of the informa-
tlon department. He personally answered ll3I
Of assistants replied to 1916 queries, besides
g @scd to rSeh 20 TSe Rsw 0
for such imaginary articles as the tent
hook and dozen S short PnFTe cireus Invariably
landed at the information tent in DESPAIR
scouts diS dut9 during Rsa the day % The snard
department consisted Of Assistant scoutmaster
": Donald Bishop. Braebender Dcdssi
stelnberg. The orderies.. in charge OF AS
slstant scoutmaster Dan Eyerly OF Troop So
Peerson Of Troop 81 %nm MoKaS orGf
Troop IS. and Morris Stein, OF Troop 1.
a sample corded bed ~ feet off the ground,
wac made for the scouts Of Troop % Cscout-
covers the entire floor space OF the tent. but
provides room underneath for shelves for the
shelf P from u The % dso % pole for s@aer
articles Grr Scouts John Hinchliife. James Hinch-
silent IN It said 1t was Just as good as
home"
There. were three bands in camp, those Of
Troop / tscoutmastsr KERN Troop 81 tcout-
Roon e TSg 2SP the G s SsG9a St
irg the wet hours tLeS gave concerts. There
were also few ph'negraphs In the tents.
The only aaw that captain Warren found
ton was that several OF the scouts had hair
a little bit too long. They all had halrcuts
last night.
Flrst-class tests were conducted yesterday in
sisted by Commissioner Edison and Assistant
scoutmaster Potts. OF Troop 05
Ernest Thompson Seton would have opened
Us 9.yeS the scouts declare II he had seer
tseoutmastsr MOrgan), make hre with rubbing
sticks ST Sunday night after a steady downpoour
scouts made a hre without first baking the
sticks. as all experienced Indian campers do
III of rain Scout Executive Cowing who
the feat, declared that he had never
seen Il done before and up to that time had
1t impossible
Fire was a popular asset and there were
plenty of blazes. Assistant Scoutmaster Wink
OF Troop l2S (Scoutmaster Thron) and his
troop built an Underground stove OF a l2-inch
length Of stovepipe and two pieces OF tin
uCon which they cooked cocoa and potatoes
In a heavy rain,
Fires were built in every camp street and
replenished frequently during the rain. fire.
wood being dried with brick and stone oven
built by Troop 30 (Scoutma ster r. NJ Fischer)
One OF the best heating fires was built by