Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-23
More Than Two Hundred VIII Take
Part in CrUnd offensive of
"GCtisbutton."
EnCAMPED ON HIGH PLATEAU
Splendid Spirit and Grit Displayed
By Youngsters In Trying
March to Camp.
TWENTY-FIVE GIVEN MEDAL S
Rewarded During Cpmpfirc session
for Great WORT In Liberty
Loan Campaign.
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WITH THE Roy SCOUT ARMY
! on TURKEY MOUNTAIN thy cour.
Ter Via Red FnrkD March % % % p.
M --Taps was sounded. ami scarcely
had the welcome notes floatcd out
over the high plateau. which had
been selected for the mobilization
camp OF the Tulsa County Roy
Scouts, than more than two hundred
tired little bodies had wrapped
themselves In their blankets and had
thrown themselves down on the
glound to steep. Shortly after to-
ntrrow's sunlise thcy VIII be cn-
garod In the greatest battle ever
launched by an Oklahoma boy scout
~ S4ny
f. Somewhere into the rough region
to the west Of the encampment Eagle
Scout Fred Woodsor and captain
Wetzel viii lead ono halt of the for
tes. there to entvencn themselves and
prepare TO defend their positions
against the other half which will he
directed in their offensive by Major
]. A. Bell Seven O'Clock Is the hour
fCt for the launching OF the attgcS,
and unless one force shall have been
Rnnthilated the conflict will continue
until 3 o'clock In tn" afternoon. nt
which time assembly will he sounded
.hnd the contending armies will as
scmhle 10 check up tntu losses
That side with the smallest number
OF casualties then viii be declared
the winner.
FIRST Day FNcntfuI.
The first lay OF the twU-duy out
Ing Of the Tulsa County Boy Scouts.
under direction of Captain Fred
Thompson, has hcen an eyentful one
Called upon 10 undergo an uneNpect-
ly severe march over tho most diff
cult terrain. the youngsters. In splte
OF their heavy packs. stucl manfully
to tho task. not one failing by the
wRyside during the long hike from
the detraininI point TO the camp site,
up pfecipltous rocky slopes, down
Into valleys and up again. following
n twisting trail that took nearly two
hours TO travel
Darkness was beginning 20 fall
when the Tulsa contingent 1870
strong. aud the Sand Springs troop
OF thirty marched on to the plateau.
There they found the jerks troop al
ready enCafnpod. Immediately the
buglc sounded mess and in q twink
ling the plateau wan dotted with
campfires around which the young
stcrs gathered 10y troops for their
first meal
Thus refreshed they assembled
about mammoth. bonfire In front
Of headquarters tent 10 lis'en to Dr.
J. w. Abel deliver his famous Lln-
coin ndaIes
MEDALS Given Heroes.
Twenty-Five MENTORS Of the Tulsa
city troops late this evening we're
decorp ted for valiant service during
the second Liberty loan. with
proud bearing each of tho scouts
who had earned the honorary medals.
advanced for Charley MverJ. deputy
scout commissioner 60 pin IN the
decorations. Those thus hOnored
We're
Edison Berlin. Donald Ware. Raw
mond Fisher James kaufman, Clif-
ford Zoll. Glenn North Courtney
Perlin. I,eo Donahue OF troop 5;
Carlton Cunningham. Walker Mon
roe, G. J. Huyck, Ernest Brook,
Charles CUNNINGHAM. Henry Sahles.
Miles Savage. Eugene T. Thackery,
Fred Pcnnett. Donald Rell. Mark
Smith, Walter I.usr OF troop Z; and
Theodore buchanan. Frank FranU.
william Overtnp. Ron Sterling and
Nelson McClepry ~ troop 7.
One Casualty First Day.
To noncombatant whose name
for military reasons ~ withheld, but
whom II is permitted Co say. is ac-
credited to OklRhomn's Greatest
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