The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
ROOSEVELT CAMP
IS NOW SCENE
OF BUSY SCOUTS
Daily Routine of Scout
Rendezvous Is
Told.

camp hOOSeNcll. tne "dSnNStoh
Coy Scout camp. is in full operation
with 100 Scouts in camp. This is
the largest camp that the local or
ganization has ever had. and the
most successful one. The Scouts
have been having the "time of their
lives" this past week.
From the time the bugle blows in
,the morning until taps are sounded
-at night, Camp Roosevelt is a busy
place with not a dull moment.
Reveille sounds, and with 1t
voices are heard in the long rows
of tents Turn outr' shouts the
camp director, and forms emerge,
some shivering in paJamas or more
abbreviated garb. a few disdaining
such marks of civilization appear
fully dressed, having slept in their
clothes all night. Thus they feel
they are real back-woodsmen. The
morning air is chill and the setting
up exercise is welcome.
Then off for a morning dip and
back in a hurry to get to breakfast.
As the long line of Scouts, often
hundred or more, passes into the
dining hall. the doctor or. his assist
ant inspects teeth, faces and hands.
and he who is not clean may not
enter there. The morning dip is not
compulsory. but the morning tooth
brush and nailfile are, and the
doctor may not be easily fooled.
The long tables seating a dozen
or more Scouts clatter with the
noise of enamelware and spoons -
rapidly handled that there is no
room for question as to appetite,
and the directors whistle sounds for
silence in a disappointingly short
time. II, however. you have not had
enough you can finish after the an
nouncements for the morning are
made. So the program for the day
lis given out. First, tents in order
and inspected. Second, Scout school
flor those working on tests and
merit badges. Third, morning swim.
then dinner and announcements for
afternoon after that. The Scout
masters detail the kitchen and table
boys. and the rest hurry off to get
the tents in order.
The table boys clear and wash
the dishes and then scrub the tables
and then the under side Of the
tables. and wash the floors in their
section. and. sometimes. they do it
twice If the competition for the
table honors is very strong. Work
finished. Quartermaster Hall in
spects the tables and dishes, dish
towels. and dish pans, and chooses
the winner. mid shouts of the
victors, and. not infrequenty. hearty
calls of approval from the losers,
for this is the spirit of good Scout
Meanwhile the boys at the tents
= lraN .
must be dried and aired. Shoes
pajamas aired. with the blankets.
hack of the tents: all damp clothing
must de dried and aired. Shoes
must be arranged neatly, clothing
hung on racks or ropes or put care
fully in bags or cases; guy ropes
must be at the right tension and
all litter about the tents cleared up.
To get 100 per cent on inspection
means something. and to get the
flag awarded each day to the
highest tent is an honor worth
while Each days score counts or
the troop and individual scores OF
each Scout. and there are prizes for
the highest score Tents must be
ready for inspection at a fixed time
and woe to the lazy Scouts who are
not ready Their chance for the fias
is gone for that day. and IL they
are not penalized with extra kitchen
duty. peeling potatoes, cutting wood
and other things which all boys de.
light to do, they are lucky. indeed.
Inspection over. some Scouts hunt
up their manuals and go to the di-
rector's tent for Scout school; some
take axes and get saws and nails
from the carpenter and are OF for
handicraft, and few just laze around
and think of the things they are
going to do.
Handicraft Is featured at Roose-
velt and II is the plan to allow each
troop to undertake some special
camp Improvement Here is a troop
working hard on the path to the
dining hall, that big open-sided
building on the bluff among the big
trees. They have thrown a couple
of logs over small ravine and
! nailed pieces of small trees across
for a corduroy path. Later some
L steps must be made up the hill and
a hand-rail will be needed. They
can't do more than the very neces-
sary things this year, but when they
come back next year, they will put
up an elaborate rustic railing and
perhaps, extend the pathway. Thi:
will be their own contribution to
the camp equipment, and year after
year they may carry it on as they
come to camp and do something or
it Another group of Scouts 4:
decorating the dining hall with rus
tic work, another making some
seats near their tents
Suddenly a bugle soundsi Swim
ming" "swimmingr sounds from
all directions, and all work or study
stops at once. In a moment, Scout.
appear in bathing trunks, and star
on the run for the bathing beach
What a place for a swim. Real sail
water and plenty Of it, with a beau.
tiful white sand beach. So gradual
does the beach slope that one car
wade out a quarter Of a mile with
out getting over ones depth, which
makes it absolutely safe.
The watchful doctor on the life.
boat seems to have an eye for every
boy in the water and all too soor
he shouts, -all out and all come
out promptly, else bathing privileges
may be revoked for days to come.
: And then dinner. just as soon a.
you are dressed. and that don't take