Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-08

Two more weeks and the 1915 sea
son at Camp Archibald Butt, the Boy
Scout rendesvouZ on the shore of the
Chesapeake bay will be over Boys at
| the camp say the last two weeks prom
| Use to be the most enjoyable Of the en-
| tire season.
Mr.. Longfellow of the American Red
Cross is still at the camp instructlng
the boys in swimming and life saving.
He expects to remain until August IL.
Bronze, silver and gold buttons are
given to the boys passing certain tests
in swimming and life-saving. To win
the bronze (beginners) button boy
must swim fifty feet The boys who
win the swimmers or silver button
must swim 100 yards. using two differ
emit strokes; swim fifty yards on the
back, make a plain clean dive from a
takeoff and a dive from the surface
to fetch from the bottom.
To win the gold button or title Of life
saver, silver button winner must
demonstrate three breaks and three
carries in the water, and resuscitate.
Up to date no one has passed the re-
quirement for the gold button, but quite
number have won the silver badge.
They are Edward Sherry, Edward Par
doe, Jack Sommerville, Fulton Mid
dieton. Hart Bien, Spencer Hough,
Louis Harwood, John Hough, H.
Eteenne, Robert Buckler, William Har-
ris. Drexcilius and Perry Colman
Enjoy Motor Boat Trips
Sea Scout are planned for the boys each
week. The seventy,mile trip 10 An
napolis and back. which is taken every
Tuesday, is particularly enjoyed. Fri
day night a twenty-mile moonlight trip
was taken down the pay. the poat
starting at 1880 o'clock and returning
at 10 O'clock A similar trip was taken
saturday night. AS the motor boat will
not accommodate more than thirty
three passengers at a time, the boys
take turns in going on trips All the
boys not going on the Tuesday trip are
given their chance later In the week,
so no one is disappointed.
Scouts Take Hike
Thursday two separate hikes were
held. Scoutmaster Taylor, in charge
of sixteen boys. took sixteen-mile
walk to Huntingtown, Md, and back.
After reaching Huntingtown they de-
cided to take roundabout course back
to camp so they turned south to Hunt
ing creek, then northeast to Sandy
Bottom. where they encountered a
y
wade in water for several miles. From
Sandy Bottom the boys came directly
back to camp, arriving in time for sup
per.
Troop 2, took party on a five-mile
hike to the willows. This party also
was caught in a downpour of rain. An
overnight hike was planned for that
night, but was postponed to later
date on account of the rain.
Pass Merit Badge Examinations.
Sixteen boys have passed total OF
twenty-seven examinations for merit
badges since camp opened. The latest
who qualified for badges are Perry Col
man. swimming, first aid Scruggs,
swimming, first aid, personal health,
public health; Hatcher, cooking: Bar
| ker, cooking: Grogan, athletics; Ed
ward Sherry, swimming.
Cause of Disappointment.
| The terrific storm which occurred
| Tuesday night wrecked the pier at
| Chesapeake Beach. AS result the
motor boat Sea Scout could not take
I aboard prospective visitors waiting to
! go down to the camp Wednesday,. and
many were disappointed. The camps
| pier withstood the storm. having only
| one pile knocked out of place. The one
| redeeming feature of the storm was
| the good swim the boys had the next
morning. The hurricane wind which
blew all night piled up the water on
the west shore of the bay until the
| boys had four feet more Of water to
swim in than they ever had before.
Foot Races Held. -
Foot races were held on the beach
last week. There were no tents rep
resented in the races, as all the teams
were chosen from among the boys. In
the senior 100-yard dash, Edward
Pardoe came in first. with Hart Bien
close behind him. The large number
entering the junior 100-yard dash
made it necessary to run three heats.
The prize winners were: Jeffrey. first;
the 40O-yard relay race for seniors the
"All Stars" beat the walled On
Castoria" by two inches. The boys
| composing the winning relay team
| were Frank Watson, Hart Bien, How
ard Derrick and Evans Gregan.
Defeat Plum Point Team.
In. ball game played between Plum
Point and Camp Butt on the Plum
Point grounds, the Scout team turned
| the tables on the Pointers and won
| by the same score they lost by the
Tuesday before. The game was a much
harder one than the score shows. There
were only seven hits made during the
entire game. and four Of these were by
| Camp Butt. The fielding OF the Camp
team was rather loose at times, but
braced up in the pinches.
| Mark Shoemaker, on the mound for