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The Boy Scouts

good look about him. was again
blindfolded. They were led back to the
starting place and told to run and get
their hats
what direction to go, but they all went
somewhere. James Jeffry was the first
TO report back with his hat and receive
the first place ribbon. J. Irving Maloney
came in second
THE tomahawk toss was won after a
long struggle by Maloney Of Tent B.
His only serious opponent was Albert
vreeland of Tent J.
Tent d captured first place In the
archery contest with fourteen point..
The pyramidal tent was second with
eleven. They also came in rrst in a
fre-buildins coptest
The inspection was won last week by
Tent 4. on Cherry Tree hill. The boys
of that tent had a total of sixteen
points Tent was the runner-up,
with fifteen points.
Douglas Miner of Troop SO 10 at
camp with his wireless set. The boys
used to be happy when they got Mon
days news on Friday, but now we re-
ceive all the days happenings at
war. the Mexican situation and local
news all is received on the wireless,
and. best of all. We receive the base
ball scores.
Albert Vreeland and John Wade be-
long to scout troops in East Orange.
n. j.. but preferred to come TO the
Washington scout camp for the sum-
mer.
The following goes to show that no
matter what any one does some one is
bound to make joke of il. The pyram-
idal tent started boom for itself
and it's hill. The boys of the tent paint
ed signs and directions all over camp
such as. This way to pyramidal tent.
and Go to Cherry Hill. the coolest
place in camp The trade mark was
three painted cherries. The next day
the talk of the camp was Pawn
brokers hill
Many of the boys have earned the
requisite number of points for the
background of their emblem, but no
awards have yet been given. The fol-
lowing boys received their emblem at
the last Camp Butt ceremonial: Allan
virts. Hugh and Richard Johnston.
Gustave May. Harvey Mitchell, Uric
Genslinger. Fulton Middleton and S.
T. Abbott"
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tions work. They go whefe they are
sent. This has given the miuistry, OF
munitions control Of . large body OF
skilled wcYknien who osn be moved as
required s, .s. a..
Apart from the manufacture of shirs.
aeroplanss, etc. which do not fail
under the charge Of the ministry Of
munitions. there are now employed
about two million. people Of whom sew
eral hundred thousand are women. IT
follows thar there has been much labor
expended in housing munitions work
ers. Whole villages have been built
and we have provided Accommodations
for $4,000 people in twelve months.
People from all classes Of society
have joined in the manufacture Of mu-
nitions. There is. for example, on the
stan Of the ministry of munitions the
daughter of an earl, who worked for
nine months as a lathe hand in a mu
nitions factory. Large numbers Of the
best known families have devoted
themselves to work in the canteens and
to other work in connection with the
factories. There is a department in
the ministry which is solely concerned
with the provision of .canteeps for mu.
milton workers and these canteens pro-
vide meals for 100000 people daily
This enables them to get their food
under decent conditions. Charges are
made to cover the cost" ..... =,
Interruption to Private Business.
Dr. Addison pointed out that II has
been necessary to interfere arbitrarily
in private industry in order TO carry
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TW0 Immense Russian Armies Threaten
To Crush Lenberg, Capital of Galicia,
BetWeen the Jalus of Gigantic Pi1cers
Kouel Ao Menaced and Austro Germans May Be Forced
to Yield Greater Part of Conquered Russian Territory
Threat to Constaninople One of the Most
Deadly Yet Aimed at TeutOns.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS,



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Good Defensive Positions.

IT the Apstro-Gegman are compelled
to Withdraw they have an admira BILE
defensive position behind the Bug and
Gnila Lipa rivers. which rise not far
from the i.smbcrg-Rown railroad.
the one going north into the Nistula
near Warsaw. the other south into the
Dulester near Haiicz. Roughly speak
ing. this line would start at HaiicZ on
the Dniester. follow the Gnila Lipa
north, cross the railroads and go north =
westward behind the Bug until that
stream approaches the headwaters OF
the Tur)a. then II would go due north
behind the Turia and its affiuent, the
Lua. through vladimir Nolyuski TO the
Pripet marshes In these lines the
Austro- Germans would have the ad-
vantage of the very considerable raul
road system centerIng az Lemberg End
would be able to move their troops
much more rapidly from point to point
than the Russians. who would be on
the tire Of the wheel, made by the
railroads. which would serve as the
would be at the hub. at Lemberg,
So far. then, the Austro- Germans, II
they were able to draw back to the
Bug. would suffer no grave loss. But
their situation still would be menaced
by the Russian army moving south of
the Dniester and between that river
and the Carpathians. If this army
were able to keep on IL would cut the
railroads crossing the Carpathians be-
tween Lemberg and Hungary. and II
also would threaten the flank of the
armies standing behind the Gnila Lipa
and before Lemberg Two years ago
| IL was precisely this threat which com
pelled the Austrians to abandon Lem
berg after their great defeat and rout
on the line OF the Bug and Gnila Lipa.
Likely to Take Lemberg.
u,tJl
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Russians Faced Peril.

Russians Faced Peril.
If this German answer to the Russian
offensive were successful. then the po-
sition of the Russian farther ives and
approaching Kovel and NladimirNolyn-
ski would be perilous in the extreme
and these troops would be threatened
with development and capture by the
German troops in their rear moving
down the Styr from Sokul and Lutsk-
The whole of the following month was
to be occupied by the German and
Russian conflict in this sector and by
the Russian parrying of the German
counter thrust
Southwark from Brody to the Dnies-
ter river near Horodenka the two ar
mics faced each other on lines that had
not varied much since the Russians be-
gan their attack and have not changed
materially since. The 'Austro-Germans
stood facing Tarnopol and behind the
St-ypa river on the considerable hills
that line its western bank. Russian at
tempts to advance on this sector came
TO nothing and were very soon aban-
doned. Substantially the Austro-Ger-
man position here has endured the at
tack with little recoil up to the present
moment, when. because of developments
elsewhere, its position has become per-
ilous. as | will demonstrate in mo-
ment
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the Strypa and Lemberg, coming down
from the north. this Russian army Is
seeking TO cut in between the same
German army ard Lemberg from the
south. North and south these Russian
armies are already further west than
the German and Austrian forces on the
Strypa. while the Brody force is actual
ly nearer Lemberg.
What We have here. then. is an op-
GRAFTON familiarly described as that of
pair Of pincers. the pincers being the
two Russian armies west of Brody and
south OF Stanislau. They closing on
the AuStrO-German army along the
Strypa. and if they are not checked
the Austro-German army will soon
have to draw back 10 escape the jaws
Of the pincers. II it fingers too long
IL may be threatened with disaster. il
u Tetires it viii have to surrender a
very considerable amount of territory
and take its new stand not more than
thirty miles from Lemhcrg, always pro-
vIded that IL can make good its re-
treat and stard on a new line. Both
Of these things are wholly pToba BILE
but by no means certain.
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doned, and the troops concentrated
there have in large numbers been sent
to support the beaten troops in Galicia.
An odd detail is the report from Sofia
OF the dispatch of Turkish troops to
Galicia to save the Austrans. This
certainly is an ironical turn of fate
that the proud Hapsburg empire should
be compelled to ask the Osmanli for
aid. Sobieski, who saved Vienna from
the Osmanli, might we'll turn in his
grave at this new alignment of Europe.
But the recall of Austrian and Ger
man troops from the Balkans must
presently have very considerable
bearing upon conditions there. I'm
questionably. II the BulRarians find
themselves left to face the British
French and Serbs. unsupported. they
VIII question the advantage of their
latest alliance. and single defeat. far
from improba BILE, since the Bulgarians
viii be outnumbered and outgunned.
may change the whole situation in the
near east
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LOCAL SCOUT NEWS.
Troop Communication.

Communications from two troops
have been received. Kenneth Klinger
Of Troop "a writes as follows:
Although a number of our boys are
away from the city, we have interest
ing meetings every Friday. Our scout
master. Andrew P. Helwig, took sew
eral of US to Quantico. Va, last Sun
day. where we paid a visit to Troop 1s
of Richmond, which is camping there.
We hope to go into a camp of our own
soon. The camp will last ten days.
Those who went on the outing last
Sunday were Scoutmaster Andrew P.
HeIwig. Bugler Barry Helwig. Kenneth
Klinger and Edward Griffth."
The bulletin of Troop 32. edited by
Stuart johnson and Otis Cartwright.
contains the following:
AT the meeting last Friday Troop 81,
under Mr. Marsh, was with us. and q
special program was enjoyed. There
now is a vacancy for one patrol leader
and one assistant patrol leader in the
troop. These positions will be nlled
by the scoutmaster and his assistants,
after an examination and a rating ac-
cording to the merit system
Troop ss will have nine boys in camp
during the week Of August l. They will
be accompanied by their scoutmaster,
g. Meredith Winship. This Is quite.
fine showing for q new troop, taking
into consideration that they have been
registered only little over month.
Leonard May. Troop 50. auslified as
second-class scout on August 1. having
passed all his requirements. Scout
May has been in the troop only fve
weeks He now is hard at work on the
flrst class tests and probably will be
ftrst-class scout before camp closes.
The bugle which was turned in to
this office some time ago, evidently the
property Of one Of the boys of the or
ganization. has not as yet been claimed.
The owner may receive the same If he
will call at headquarters and tell
where he thinks Ii was lost.
Archie w. Davis, scoutmaster OF
Troop 9, has reported that on Flag day.
June IA. his troop nag was lost FINDER
will please return same to headquarters
or to Mr.. Davis at sss o street noftn-
west.
washington now has 1.5ss scouts and
may be classified as follows: White
tenderfoot scouts. 93l: second-ciass
scouts. 333; first class scouts. l44' cor
ored tenderfoot scouts. ISL. One new
troop was added to our rolls during
July, and one was dropped on account
Of the troops registration having ex-
pired and the ninety dayB In which they
had to re-register also having elapsed.
scoutmasters and assistant scoutmas-
tiers. Is. LII.
Troop a. ]. Leonard Kidwell. scout
master. held a lawn party at 9Th street
and North Carolina avenue southeast,
Thursday evening. The AFFAIR was
success, many friends of the members
Of the troop attending.
troop Of Boy Scouts from Brandy
wine Summit, Pa, under the leadership
of the, scoutmester. Elias Anger. will
conduct Q camp for Q week at Randle
Highlands, near the Anaeostia river.
There will be at least twelve scouts in
the party. They and their scoutms stsr
will visit Camp Archibald Butt next
Wednesday and Thursday.
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DR.. Addison's Statement.

At the outset he disposed of the
statement which has heen made in
America to the effect that if it were
not for the munitions furnished by
the United States Great Britain would
have to quit the war.
Il have heard that statement made.
sa id DR.. Addison. and it is preposter-
Gus. of course The United States has
furnished, and is furnishing. many raw
materials which We are anxious TO get
for the manufacture of munitions. but
so far as the actual production of shells
goes. America has provided US with
only a very small percentage of those
which we have used.
Turning to the manufacture of NUM-
tions in this country. he continued:
AT the beginning of the war there
were only three important munitions
factories in the United Kingdom. In
addition. there were number of large
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GENERAL SCOUT NEWS.

AT the mitigation Of Theodore Roose.
vslt. nve- Boy Scout troops have been
Organised in Oyster Bay. ~. Y. At q
celebration held not long ago At Saga
more Hiii.. BIr. Roosevelt noticed that
oyster Bay had. no. scouts. ana steps
inrn>diateiy wsre takeA fer the eF-
eanixation Of = number sf' boys = NJ.
H01uevSlt 10 scae ~ the ;mshaters Of
the tssop csmmtttss ssf Troop .. .vo
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May Be Solved in Balkans.

AFTER all. there can be no hope of
peace in Europe until the allies are
completely exhausted or have succeed
ed in cutting the German line to Con-
stantinople and restoring and enlarg-
ing Serbia to serve as bulwark
against Austro-German expansion to-
ward the near east. Russia. Britain
and France. and for that matter Italy,
have every reason to desire the com
plete breaking of the alliance between
the sultan and the Hohenzollern. which
is menace to their colonies and a
constant peril to the peace of their
territories inhabited by millions of
MoSlems.
Russian advance from Erzerum is al
ready threatening the Turk in Asia
Minor. new campaign from Salonili.
where all the circumstances recall
Wellington's famous stand at Torres
Nedras. and subsequent successful ad-
vance to Madrid and Toulouse, seems
assured. and this campaign. if success
full. man contribute more than either
of tho present great drives to brinRing &
about peace. since ii will deprive Ger
many of the only considerable prize of
the war for her; it will. in fact. elimi-
nate that place in the sun, dear to
German hearts and so completely
achieved by Mackensen's great Balkan
campaign last year.
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EXPLAINS HOW GREAT BRITAIN
MET THE NECESSITIES OF WAR
DR.. Christopher Addison Describes Great
Industry for Supplying Munitions Or
sanized In Little More Than Year.
Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 29.-When the British
forces in France began their great Of
fensive bombardment. June 81, and for
days hurled into the German lines such
an avalanche of steel and lead as the
world had never known before. even
der that it should have been possible
to assemble so vast store of mu-
nitions. The story of how these sup
plies were created constitutes one OF
the most important chapters in the
history of British achievement during
the war.
At the outbreak of hostilities two
years ago there were only three i'm
portant government munitions fac
tories in the British Isles. Today some
1000 government-contro firms, en-
ploying more than 100000 workers,
are turning out virtually all of the
which have gone to equip the 5000, 900
British soldiers in the field
The organization of this great in
dustry has been accomplished in a lit
tie more than one year by the ministry
in May, 1915. under the leadership of
David Lloyd George. In that time
every availa BILE resource of the country
has been built for the production of
munitions Some idea of the scale upon
which this organization has been car
ried out may be gathered from the
statement that the largest Of the new
plants covers an area nine miles long
and from three to four miles wide.
A staff of 5000 people has been re-
quired to supervise the work. At the
head of this staff. and responsible only
to the minister of munitions. has been
Aman whose organizing ability has
been accorded widespread recognition
He is DIR. Christopher Addison. inter
nationally known for his medical re-
search work. For some years he has
devoted his attention to politics. and
besides holding a seat in the house
of commons, had been parliamentary
secretary to the board of education be-
fore entering on his present duties as
parliamentary secretary to the minis
try of munitions. Every detail of the
munitions production is known to Dr.
Addison, and during an interview with
a representative of the Associated
Press he told as much of the story OF
the creation of this industry as could
be made public at this time.
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$4,000 Prisoners Taken.

Briefly now, what have been the results
of nearly two months OF Russian activi-
ty in the east? Taking the Russian
statement. the cars forces have already
captured over $50 900 Austro-German
troops our own American consular
agents in Russia. VINO have looked after
sian figures have been uniformly trust
worthy in the matter of prisoners. there
fore the latest may be accented. DESPITE
natural Austrian denials The capture
of artillery and supplies has been enorm-
Gus. Moreover Ill this is going forward
steadily and the latest captures point to
a new decentralization In Austrian ranks.
In addition not less than $4,000 square
miles of territory. including all of
Bukovina, have been reconquered. This
is an area but little smaller than the
combined area of French and Belgian
districts occupied by the Germans. As
| TO the moral effect upon the world of
the Russian success il cannot be ex-
! p aggerated because it demonstrates that
! the reverses of a year ago were only
temporary. and that Russia has found
I herself again. succeeded in transform
/ ing herself industrially and managed
10 equip new millions. behind which.
as the world knows there are still
. other millions. In men Russia was al
: WAYS the richest of the allies. but the
/ real problem of the war was whether
| she could supply the men with guns
and ammunition. She has solved the
| problem.
Conversely the Russian success has
! disclosed Austrian weakness; the con-
I sequences of the Austrian defeats in
, recent weeks have been nearly as cost
| ly as those of her earlier disasters
about Lembers, which brought German
/ effort in the west to a standstill after
| the Iarne.
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bring the Germans behind the admirable
defensive lines of the Bug and the Me-
men. II would shorten their lines b: at
least a third and give them far better
railroad resources. Such a general re-
tiremenr is bE no means to be expected
IN the immediate future. at the very
least But II it comes subsequently 1t
must be viewed from its political rather
than its military angle to appreciate its
meaning On the military side IL will
give Germany a shorter and better line
To hold. but on the moral side it Will
deprive her Of half of all the Russian
territory she holds and indicate the de-
cline in German resources.
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Now the Russian armies which have
come down the Styr and along the
Rowno-Lemberg railroad are actually
far nearer to Lemberg than the Aus
tro-German armies. which have been
standing SO successful before Tarno-
pol and behind the Strypa river. These
armies are nearly eighty miles due east
of Lemberg. the Russian armies west
Of Brody are less than fifty. Unless
the Russian armies are now promptly
checked the Austro German armies will
have to retreat very shortly to avoid
being enveloped and compelled to sur
render. The Russian army coming out
of Erody already threatens to intervene
between Lemberg and these Austro-
German armies.
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CAMP ACTIVITIES.
Nature Study.

According to the camp scribe last
week was one Of great activity at
Camp Archibald Butt. near Chesapeake
Beach. Md. His letter is as follows:
Mr. Fosters snakes arrived last week
and were first shown at the campfire
Each snake slept in a little white sack
of it's own. Long stories were told
about each snake as Mr.. Foster calmly
held 1t in his hand. The first snake
shown was the king snake. Its nose
had been injured in transportation. and
because of it's bad temper II was not
held long. The black snake. or black
racer. a non-constricting snake, was
next shown. Mr.. Foster held him tight
ly. because it is very swift snake,
and II let loose would quickly crawl
away. volunteer was asked to PICK
the next snake from the bag. and Au-
brey Lanston stepped forward. He had
to pick up a big. lazy bull snake. also
called a pine snake.
The camp museum now is in charge
of Mr. Foster. Many lizards and tur-
ties are included in II. The scouts are
observing many things which they
passed by before. A sacred beetle was
seen rolling an edible heap away much
larger than himself. which. 1t was told
he would eat all at once without stop
ping.
Saturday morning Mr.. Foster con-
ducted a nature hike to Willows. the
camp post office, then on to Plum point,
and finally home by way Of the beach
The feature of the hike was to see who
would collect the most leaves and
plants and identify them when they
got back to camp. Two green snakes
we're cautured on the way.
After leaving Plum point shoes and
stockings were taken of TO walk along
the beach. An outlet stopped the party
a while, but it being only about three
or four yards wide one OF the boys
started to wade across. He was just
ready to step on the other side when
down he went up to his chin. The swift
waves and stream together had dug
down into the stream bed so deep that
wading was impossible. A large log.
however, was thrown over the spot and
all walked across that in safety.
Near camp the water came all the
way to the foot of the clins and there
being no path over them the mixers
waded along the bottom with the water
up to their waists.
and named his, leaves. Granville
Dickey easily won first place and
prize of a compass. He had total
of seventy-two leaves. B. b. wilson,
who won second place ribbon. had
sixty leaves Clarence Parker came
third with forty leaves.
Mr.. Foster conducted the last nature
race Granville Dickey of the pyra-
midal tent. ran away with the race, get
ting almost every leaf that Mr.. Foster
called. Dickey has Joined the scouts
since coming to Camp Butt. He i'm
mediately became an apt pupil of Mr..
Foster and in a short space of time
learned nearly all his leaves.
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Rumors Of Separate Peace.

These weaknesses In Austrian mill
tary establishment have again set on
foot rumors of a separate peace with
Austria, but there seems no real
foundation for such rumors as yet. One
thing the Russian success has done, and
that is to terminate the Austrian
menace to Italy. The Austrian cam
paign in tho Tsentino has been aban-
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Lemberg Their Objective.

Meantime away to the south. as has
this region are approaching Stanislau
and aiming at Lemberg along the Lem
berg-Czernowitz railroad. Precisely as
the Brody army is endeavoring to get
between the Austro-German forces on
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Changes in Five Weeks.

Going southwark again and crossing
the Dniester. the change in the situation
in FIVE weeks is striking. At that time
the Russians had just taken Czerno-
witz and penetrated into Bukovina.
Today they occupy all of Bukovina,
have crossed the Galician frontier and
a.e in possession of the town of kolo-
nea, with its important railroads, have
cut the Lemberg-Budapcst railroad
south OF Stanislau at Delatyn and sent
cavalry forces up this line into the
Jablonica pass as they have sent other
cavalry into the Bukovina passes lead
ins into Transylvania beyond the Car
pathians.
Substantially all of this progress was
made several weeks ago and a hood IN
the Dniester compelled Il suspension OF
operations for some days. But recently
We have been told by ,Petrograd tnat
the operation has been resumed and the
Russians are pressing northwest to-
ward Stanislau. which is close at hand.
and aiming at Lemberg. which Is north
and west.
Roughly speaking, then. the situation
in the southern half of the eastern
front has been at all times a threat at
I,cmberg created by two Russian ar
mice one in the north and one IN
the south. moving around the hanks
and striking at the rear OF the main
Aazt.o-German army. which is DEFEND
= tire Lemberg region along the
Strypa