Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-16
SECOND SQUAD
GOES TO CAMP
winnie TASKA
First Nighters Put Through Ritual,
@hIarch Of a Thousand Crack
eS,7 For Obedience.

It was an enthusiastic bunch Of
scouts that set forth the morning
of Aug. IA, for their outing at Camp
Winnie Taska. This is the second
squad Of Scouts which has made
use Of the camp this year and num-
Der AZ, including the leaders. A
good idea of the camp from the
start through the first night, can
be pictured by reading the follow
ing letter. The letter was picked
up on the camp grounds and relates
the experiences Of Shorty to his
pal, AL, in the city The letter fol-
lows:
Dear Al: Well, here we are at
camp and believe me we sure have
had some time as far. Guess 1
better start from the very first
30 I won't miss telling you a
bloomin' thing.
1t Was a Hard Crew.
well, Al, to start out with, the
crew we had at the depot was
mighty one. The roll was called
and we had AZ fellows. Not as
many as the first camp but just
as pep SupPO0O 9Cu W.
want to know who was there so
here goes: The Scouts are Charles
Moroney, Robert Hallett, Delbert
Kelly, Robert Cavanaugh, Melvin
Elders, Harold Johnson, Donald
Miller, William March, Marvin Bull
lard. Orville London, Ransom
Swisher. Edmond Clarke, Burgess
Phelps, George Burgess, Herbert
Ryerson, John Spencer, Karl Kirk
man. Harry Satzman, Lee Hynes,
Arthur McDougal, Harvey Cost
header, Lenard Scott, Dalter
Heages, Francis Mccarthy, John
Devine, John Fenwick, Franklin
Simonds, Clarence March, Frede-
rick Hansen, Paul Blakemore, Nor
man Mcneil, Ed Turnbaugh, Mar
vim Elders, Carl Mathews, and Will
liam Lawson. The leaders are AL
fred Johnson, Sam Ryerson, Rich
ard Dopp, Kirk Journy, Leroy
Soody, James Jones and Harold
Lundgren.
Leaders Full Of Pep.
att sure is q dandy bunch, Al,
and 1 guess you know them all.
The leaders are the best yet and
they have always got something up
their sleeve to KEEP we Scouts on
the Jump. But that's ahead of my
letter, so guess 1 better drop back
after a wild ride on the K. L.
Southern we aHghted at Writer'S
crossing aid got our first glimpse
Of Camp Winnie TaskR. / took a
good look 1t the place and could
see right away that was going to
like it. 1t Just reminded me of a
movie I saw one time where a fell
now lived all alone in little log
cabin, way up in the mountains
Well. anyway, we were all assigned
our tents and our leaders and We
hadn't no more than got our place
fixed IN than Gus, the cook, came
out and spread the sad news that
dinner was ready. OF course l
wasn't the last one in line. You
know me, AL. OF course we had
to form in line and march to the
mess hall but when we got there
YOU should have seen the meal We
had. Meat, potatoes, coffee and all
the fixin's. 1t sure was a dandy
meal and the others have been just
as good. After we ate our dinner
we rested for a while and then we
gathered together for general in
structions. After this we set to
work cleaning up the camp.
about 8 o'clock the Taylor Ridge
Ford came to camp and got our
ball team and took them to their
town to play baseball. Journy took
h big gang Of US on a hike to the
game. 1t was a great game but
we got beat, Is to IA.
Did you ever have sore feet, Al?
/ got 'em. 1 bet 1 wore out pair
of shoes walking. But anyway it's
great for a fellow so I don't mind
it. Well, we had supper and then
laid around a bit. At shutdown we
formed in the company street and
marched to the flag pole where We
had flag lowering exercises. About
o'clock we had a camp fire and
a dandy program with singing and
talks
sMarch Of a Thousand Crackers
I'VE turned in promptly at 10
O'Clock. We hadn't been in bed
more than 20 minutes when one
long whistle was sounded which is
a signal to form in company street.
You should have seen me trying to
get my clothes on. When we all
were lined up we were given a
cracker and then we set out on a
march. We marched only few
minutes AMI then we were allowed
to eat our cracker and go to bed
again The leaders told us later
that "the march of a thousand
crackers" as it was called, was
only a lesson in obedience
We'll Al, it's another day. Kind
of rainy but it will clear up. Have
just washed myself and my teeth
and am all set for breakfast. Must