Evening star., 1915-07-04

| The camping season has begun az
Camp Archibald Butt, the Boy Scout
| camp on the shore of Chesapeake oaS
a few miles south of Chesapeake Beach
| The first party of campers arrived
| there about noon Monday. The ma
iority of the boys in the party mao
| either been to Camp Archibald Butt oi
similar camps before. and accoro'"s'S
| everything went along with a rush as
| there were few tenderfeet present.
Big Enrolment at Camp.
The second week of the camping season
will flnd large increase in the numoer oi
boys at the camp. OF the boys at 'he
camp the first week the following are 10
remain:
r. Saunders. Troop 16: p Roobih'
| Troop i: c. Exley. Troop 81: A. kns'
| Troop 81: b. B. Wilson. Troop - H.
McCauley. Troop Al; F. Livermore' troop
A.. r. Zaldivar. Troop 20: J. H. h'eh'
Troop Is n. Marshall. Troop 81: H.
LeNIat, Troop A.: p. Fowler. Troop ~ ;
J. Jardine. Troop 10: p. Hardie. Troop
A.: B. Hackenberger. Troop 80: II. Wood
Troop AZ J. Muller. Troop Al: E. Pardoe'
Troop 81: W Plunkert. Troop AZ ;
Charles Gessford. Troop 10; r. Rowland
Troop 40 A. Cummings. Troop AS Henry
Griffith. Troop A.: Aubrey Ranstoh'
Troop 40. and V. Gessford. Troop ~
A large party of scouts are to leave 1or
the camp tomorrow morning They are to
meet at 18th and New York avenue at
AS o'clock and ride to chesapeake
Beach on the 10 O'Clock train. The party.
is to include the following scouts:
1s; w. Payne. Troop 4 : D. Etienne. Iroop
sc f Kidwell. Troop A. F. Strieby, Troop
33: \. Bromley. Troop q: W. Hoeke'
Troop !; & s: Burroughs 1T, Troop Troao oS; - >
H. Nelms. Troop 30: G. Reamy. Troop
81 !; +. Green. Troop 10: l.. Robbins and
J. Hoffman. Troop p. Darcy, troop !:
L. Hoelman, Troop 4 b. Wright. troop
4: J. Keister. Troop 4 : l.. Goodrich, Troop
4. Ed T. Brown. Troop 4: G. German
Troop 4 {; Morris Weger. Troop 4; F. Har,
ford. Troop 4 ID. Cpperman. Troop 4. and
Christian Schweitzer. Troop A.
Camp Wireless Working.
The camps wireless operator. Edward
s. Sherry. managed to get in touch with
the Arlington wireless towers Monday
night This was done with the help or
bed spring which was used as an
aerial. This was necessary. as the
regular aerial had not then been erect
ed. The real aerial has now been put
up. and even better results are ex-
pected
A small house in which the radio set
is to be kept will be built by the scouts
taking merit-badge examinations IN
pioneering, carpentry and craftsman
ship. From this building. which is sit
nf n
camp, the aerial will be strung extend
ing the whole length of the camp.
distance of about 290 feet. With the
radio set now in camp stations as 1ar
south as Colon. Panama, and as tar
north as Jones' point. on the Hudson
bay. have been heard.
First Campfire.
s S. Aplin. camp director. had the
honor of lighting the first council hre
of the season Monday evening. He used
flint and steel set given him by Dan
Beard. Mr.. Aplin then gave a snort
talk on camps and camp fires. TINS
was followed by a talk by Mr. Harries.
assistant camp director.
The Filipino cook. Juan. then was
called upon for a speech. Mr.. Apiln
sprung pleasant surprise by scram-
bling" a satchel of chocolate drops
The events of the evening were closed
by firing a number of giant firecrackers
to celebrate the opening of camp.
Boat Wharf Built
The camp has been greatly improved
by the addition of a 115-foot wharf.
Attached to the wharf, connected by
rallied Rangway, is a landing float for
boats net, to keep out sea nettles.
or Sea Nellies," as the boys call them,
has been bought. So far the net mas
not been needed. as the development OF
the nettles has been retarded by the
cool weather.
DIPLOMATS Son at Camp.
Among the first party of boys to ar
rive at the camp was Raphael Zaldivar.
son of the minister to the United states
from San Salvatore. He is not a scout
hu, homes to become one in short
time As soon as he had become settieu
in camp he set to work studying scout
craft and learning the various tehuer-
foot requirements. He hopes to take
the tenderfoot examination shortly.
Ready for Examinations.
The scouts seem anxious for advance
ment in their line of work. Four sec
ond class and one first-class examina-
tion applications have been turned in
already. Ten boys that have become
nrst-class scouts have put in applica
| tiona for merit badges. Some have put
| In as high as eighteen applications.
First Ball Game Played.
The Peaches and Pickles had a fast
game of ball Tuesday afternoon. The
| features of the game were the work
OF pitchers and the good fielding of
I both teams The game ended after
ave innings of play. The score:
| Peaches Observation-Disclosures. o ! Il
| Pickles. " & u
Camp Emblem Adopted.
An emblem has been adopted for
Camp Archibald Butt. II is to be
awarded to the scouts who maintain
a specified standard at the camp. 1t is
| in the design of the tenderfoot pin