Evening star., 1915-09-12
News From the Troops.
Communications have been received
from troop scribes as follows:
Troop 8.

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Last Monday troops 8, 12 and &c
participated in a field day meet at
Mount Rainier, held at the carnival
grounds. At 2:30 there was a contest
between troops 3, u and SO. There
was a large crowd to witness the pro-
gram. In the water boiling contest
Troop won first prize-a scout axe,
with Troop SO second. The antelope
race was won by Troop l. with Troop 3
second. In the dressing race the first
prize was won by Scout Hoffman of
Troop Sc. The prize in this event was a
scout mess kit, with Troop 3 being
second and Troop l 2 third Signaling
First. Troop 8; second, Troop H. In
II won first prize, mess kit, with
Troop 3 second and Troop u third First
aid contest, won by Troop 3: second.
Tronp - The silver cup trophy. given
by the citizens of Mount Rainier, which
has to be won for three consecutive
times before it becomes the property
of the winning troop, was won this
time by Troop 3, with twenty-four
points. Troop II was second with
eighteen points and Troop SO third, with
nent property of Troop 3, it must be
won twice again. Every one present
enjoyed seeing the work of the scouts
and spoke in high terms of their work
IN the neld.
Troop AZ.
"At roll call Friday night there were
thirty out of the thirty-two scouts pres
ert in uniform. Scoutmast.sr Taylor and
Assistant Scoutmaster Marsh both be-
ing present. Assistant Scoutmaste er
Stockard is still away on his vacation
at Colonial Beach. Several important
pieces of business were finished the
chief of which were the assignments
to the various troop corps for the G.
A. r. week. We hope to have an ef-
ficient corps of first-aid workers, spe-
cial orderlies mounted on bicycles as
official messengers, a bureau of in
formation and guide patrol.
I'VE had rather busy week, being
out on duty at the auto races and
turned out eighteen from this troop.
Thursday last. at the demonstration
held on the White Lot, the Ellipse, we
had fifteen present.
1--WE expect to join in with the other
troops which are going to take ad-
vantage of the offer of the Ingram
Memorial Church gymnasium and
swimming pool made to the various
troops in this city
Troop No. 10.
while the scoutmaster was on va
cation at Washington Grove. Nd, he
suggested to the boys that they become
scouts for one day. and it took very
we'll. A hike was planned and seven
boys took the oath of obedience and
cheerfulness and started for Min
eral Spring and Big Rock. At the
spring they learned the hand wrestling
and balance wrestling, drank plenty of
the water and hiked across the fields
for Big Rock. As they were going the
bird game was used. This is a game
in which each side or each scout gets
a point for each bird seen and an ex-
ira point if he can name the bird. Only
one bird of a kind is counted. The
points ran pretty even and it was sur
prising how few birds they knew on
the wing. but once told they recog-
nized them again very easily.
AT the Big Rock, which was about
tel. feet by fifteen feet. the boys want
ed to take a dip and the water not be-
ing deep enough they built a dam
across the narrowest place and raised
the water about a foot Then it was
like ten sparrows in a tree box for a
time. When lunch was over the boys
tried stalking the scoutmaster. They