Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-20
THREE MORE WEEKS
BEFORE CAMP OPENS
Boy Scouts Planning For Big
Time at LorcWood
Grove.

Lieut. Archie Alley, former scout
master of Troop 20, is now somewhere
in France with the American Expedi-
tionary Forces Mr. Alley was a good
scoutmaster and we have no doubt viii
make good as an officer in the service
His many friends here wish him the
greatest success in his work.
Three weeks before camp opens !
How many weeks are YOU gong Tor
Now Is the time to get reservation. o'et
your scouts together aud plan the week
YOU inteEd TO attend and shoot your
applications to the office. There us
yet room in every week for some scouts.
This seasons camp will be the largest
and best vet held in this State and have
rs directors some of the best men III
scouting in this country. Special ar
rangemerts for merit badge work VIII
be made for scouts wishing training in
that branch Of scout craft Watch the
papers for further information.
missionaries for Scout War Ser
vice should he in by Tuesday OF next
week. These have been out long enough
for each and every troop to have
signed them Have them into the office
by Tuesday so that the deputy com
mssioners may classify them. cards
will be sent to each scout telling hum OF
his final classification. No excuses Will
be accepted
Scoutmastcrs should make every effort
possible to see that every scout IN their
troop is registered. Reference IS made
to this particularly with regard to new
recruits Because of the iaxness OF
scoutmasters, or, possibly, the BOYS them
selves, certain horrors have bad To nc
IL
were not properly registered several
camp awards had to nc withheld he
cause the scout was not in good standing
There are several applications to he
approycd hy parents for scouts attend
ing camp. II the following scouts VIII
call at tho office they may get their cards
for this approval: Lewis Shalter, Troop
Q: Charles Fbcrhart Troop u Ed
ward Lewis. Troop Al Edcl Conner,
Troop Al: Alfred Wardel, Troop 40;
Hilbert Miller, Troop 81; George Lin
say. Troop b. These applications must
he returned as soon as possible after
being signed hv the parent of the scout
Assistant Scoutmaster Ira h. Stewart
has offered his resignation in connection
with Troop IL. What is the matter with
Troop II that thew lot such a good man
leave them Get busy fellows, keep him
TROOP @
Troop No. Q held its regular meeting
on Tuesday evening After attending
to some business We had some games
The new members were initiated and
the application blanks for the Scout
Camp were handed in. The scouts of
Troop No expect TO be in camp AT
least one week The troop will meet AT
Nelson Fritz's home to 90 down 20 the
bath house on Saturday morning to pass
their swimming tests, after which they
will 20 on hike The Stag Patrol will
take a hike Wednesday evening. June 10
Fellows, have your tests ready
TROOP 81
Troop No q held their weekly meet.
ing June a. having all members present
A new scout was enrolled, and several
Of the scouts passed their tests Scout
Executive Greenhawk being present.
talked about the Scout Summer Camp
A hike viii be taken Wednesday. June
10 Fellows. get your camp applica-
tions in early
TROOP 40
Troop No 40 met last Friday even
ing Instead Of holding our meeting in
the bows passing tests. while Others PLAYED
scout games Don't forget to be on the
Job for camp ! All fellows out next
meeting.
TROOP IS.
Troop No IS held its regular meeting
last Tuesday night at the J VI H. A
The patrol leaders reported the activities
OF their respective patrols during the
preceding week Each patrol is irving
it's best TO outclass the Others and so far
IL Is about a tie race After the reports
Mr. Schagrin talked about camp and
about the scout war service Now. fell
lows if you haven I sent in your applica-
ton for camp, do 50 now, or you wont
be able to go later After Mr. Schagrin
talked about camp each patrol leader
drilled his patrol After drilling We had
a signaling contest The result of the
contest was that all patrols were tie.
This certainly was a surprise as the Eagle
Patrol was considered the best team in the
troop. The troop took hike last Sun
day out to Thompson Grove We got
there about ! O'Clock ate lunch, rested
and then went in swimming While
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