East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-26
THOUSAND FRENCH LADS FROM
DEVASTATED AREAS SENT TO
SCOUT CAMPS FOR SUMMER
American Men and Women Take
Part in Bringing Happiness
Into Lives of Little Fellows.

PARIS, July 26.--Q n. ST.
Through the cooperation Of the three
French scouting organizations. Les
Eclareurs de France. Les Scouts de
France, Les Eclaireurs Unioniste de
france and the American Committee
for Devastated France, about a thous-
aud Frenchmen and boys, especially
from the devastated area Of the Aisne
are having an opportunity this sum
n}er Of attending Boy Scout camp,
where they are being taught the prin
/ c!ples or scouting and how to become
scout leaders,
The two camps, which will operate
! from July II to September at La
CroiX st. Ouen, (Aisne). respectively
/ will be the largest scout camps ever
/ held in France
! Mr. Lorne W. Barclay. National Di-
/ rector of Education of Boy scouts in
/ the United States has come TO France.
! Al the invitation Of the Minister OF
! Foreign Affairs, to represent the Am.
erican Boy Scouts and to collaborate
4 with representatives Of the French
Scout Organizations in the direction
Of the summer camps. in addition,
sixteen American men, many of them
college students, have volunteered
their services as assistants at the
camp schools. Among them are
Henry Cabot Lodge from Harvard,
grandson Of Senator Lodge: Paul
North and Jack Danforth OF Prince
ton; Ansley Newman and Barry Rich.
Of Yale. Some Of these boys are work.
ing their way over on ships OF the L.
S. shipping Board
Unlted States Invited TO Join
Chief Big Hawk, of the Seneca
tribe Of Indians. has accepted the In
vitation TO instruct the French boys
in Indian lore. woodcraft ana outdoor
! work, The National Catholic Welfare
Council is represented at the French
camps by George Poyle, and the DO.
minion Boy Scout Association of CAN
ada Is represented by Mr.. Labele, OF
Ottawa, Canada, Or. DEliscu. Of Tenn
lle University Philadelphia, ha,
charge of the camp sanitation.
Many Of the boys at the camps ar,
the guests of troops Of American Boy
SCOUTS who, in answer to an appea
sent 10 them by Miss Anne Morgan O
New York, have started campaign tc
raise $25 each to send q representativ,
French boy from some village in Tho
4 devastated region to one Of the two
camps as guests Of their troop.
The main leaders for the camp
were furnished by the French scout
4 ing organizations and leaders from
Great Britain, Belgium, Canada aut
The United States have been invited {,
4 Join. The French leaders specialize Ii
4 pioneering and nature study and IN,
Americans in athletics. scout games
: boxing wrestling swimming water
sports and life-saying and first aid
The Committee OF Direction for tn,
two summer scout camps has Mrs, a
Murray Dixie as rrtsidsnt and Ma
q Anne Morgan as viSc president Tn
4 Committee on Technique Is compose
4 of Lorne w. Barclay, NJ Guerin-Dcs
jardins, NJ. Jean Ioiscau, NJ. IAhb
B SEWN and NJ. II. Guerreau.
Last year the American C0mmtte
4 organized Boy Scout Camp ut Frame
n port, in the Forest OF Compieene
& where 26l boys received training i
4 scouting. At the invitation Of tn
Il French Government $50 America
i Boy Scouts camc from America {
A visit the camp and the battIefields d
d France