The Washington times., 1915-09-12
BOY SCOUT GUIDES
TO Do DUTY DURING
R.ENCAMPMENT
About 1900 Lads Will Be
Equipped For Emergency
Work in City.

One thousand or more khaki-clad
Be- Scouts will serve as guides ana
make Themselves generally useful during
the G. A. r. encampment here from
September 27 to october 2. At Boy
Scout headquarters. it is said, that the
citizens committee had requested 1,50
or 1900 scouts to do duty during the en-
campment and that every available
'little trooper" would be pressed into
service.
The Boy Scouts have covered them
selves with glory at a number OF large
affairs, similar to encampments of the
G. A. r., and 1t is confidently expected
they will win further laurels the latter
part Of this month.
Assigned As Guides.
The lads will be instructed on the To-
cations OF the headquarters of the q.
A. r., and the various other patriotic
organizations to be here during the
week, and they are expected to be walk
ing encyclopedias of information. They
Will be assigned as guides for individ-
ual veterans, be equipped with flrst ald
kits SO as to render emergency medical
treatment to the veterans. and with
their long wooden staffs they will as
sist in keeping the line of march un-
obstructed on Wednesday. September
%, when the big parade is held.
During the recent Confederate re
union in Richmond. Va. bad weather
prevailed throughout the week and the
no little discontinue but for the assist
ance Of the Boy Scouts in helping them
with their baggage. finding their board.
ing houses or hotels, SUPPLYING hrst
It is understood that w. J. B. Hous-
man. national scout executive, who di-
rected the activities of the little
troopers" in Richmond, and who was
the recipient Of many encomiums for
their gallant and humanitarian work,
will come to Washington 10 lake chnrse
Of the Boy Scouts work during the
encampment. At Boy Scout headquar...
ters it Is said that Mr.. Housman VIII
come here If he can make arrange
ments to postpone other important
work.
Three General Hospitals.
DR.. Walter Van Sweringen, vice chair
man of the medical committee. and
secretary of that organization. is work
ing hard to complete arrangements for
the three general hospitals to be es-
building. and the White Lot. Dr.. Van
Swerinyen, who has handled all the
correspondence and details of the medi-
cal committee. has written a letter to
Adjutant General Henry P. Mccain set.
ting forth the needs Of the three hos
pitfalls. The War Department has agreed
to furnish all necessary equipment for
these hospitals and for the fourteen am
bulance stations along the line OF ma. On
of the parade. Request has been made
for thirty-five cots and a quantity OF
surgical APPARATUS and other hospital
paraphernalia.
Asks % Orderlies.
In addition to this. DR.. Lewis ]
Battle. chairman of the medical com
mittee, has asked that twenty-five
orderlies. or enlisted men, be assigned
for duty at the three general hos
pitfalls to assist the local doctors ant
nurses and for the protection Of tn,
Government property lent to the med
ical committee.
sufficiently large number of Wash
ingtonians have volunteered to furnish
their own mounts and ride at the heac
Of the parade as citizens escort
William F. Guide. chairman Of the ex
ecutive committee, feels assured thi
pageant. Chairman Guide will call 1
meeting for one day this week. whel
he will gather the prospective members
of the citizens escort together to in
form them of what their duties will be
how they should dress. and how thei
horses should be equipped.
The encampment begins two weeks
from tomorrow. and from now until th'
various committees having to do will
the arrangements will be busy com
pleting .,nal details and picking VI
the loose edges" A number of meet
ings and conferences will be held thi:
week with a view of disposing o.
all the details several days in ad
vance of the arrival Of the vanguard o
the veterans, which is expected abou
the middle of next week.
Plan Many Surprises.
Local G. a. R. veterans. particular!
Col. John McElroy, acting commando
of the Department of the Potomac
which will be host to all the WISHING
veterans, will meet every night tn:
week. They are planning many testivi
ties. surprises. and good times for 'thel
old comrades; and are sparlns na no time fe
the receptions and entertainments.
The Fifteenth Army Corps reunion
committee will meet in G. A. r. Hal
Wednesday night, at which time all vet
Grams OF that corps are expected to b
present and discuss plans for a get
together of the Fifteenth during the en-
Campment
Major Junius Thomas Turner will en-
tertain the California veterans durin
the reunion. He has sent out invita-
tionS to the survivors of the "Califor
MIA lo0' and the California Cavalry Bat
talon. Major Turner says these organ
cations composed the warp and woo
of the Second Regiment of the Massa
chusetts Volunteer Cavalry. comman md
ed by Col. Charles Russell Lowell. jr.
Out of the ass men who entered tn