Evening journal., 1922-08-04
Cll|BMEN CUT
LOOSE in CAMP
tcontinued from First Pase

Z him, when he gets away from IN
city. and does not have to be he'll
down by convention. Once In, tn
country he is a different being;/wor
ries of office and bills and bushes
q mean nothing. to him then.
The Scouts had a setback/ at tn
3 start of the afternoons fun. A base
ball game between the clubmen ant
Scouts was started Before II hae
+ gone zone inning. the Scouts begar
8 TO count their losses and found thal
4 the men who looked so stout and
clumysy were knocking out home
runs at a lively rate. Three runs
f were made by the clubmen in the
first Inning. and a like number by
the Scouts. The Scouts breathed
easier after the first. But at the
end of the second inning, worry
the khaki-clad youths. The club
men IN that frame had piled up sew
en- runs.
When the final reckoning came
in the ninth. the Scouts were beaten.
23 to 16. A. e. Lindley and Morris
p. Penrose did battery duty for the
clubmen. and Scouts Daley and
Brady for their team. Charles NJ.
Oberly. captain of the clubmen's
team. pitched the last three innings.
Those who played for the clu,bmen
were Morris p. Penrose. A. f. Lind
ley. Charles +. Ernst. Emmett s.
Hickman, Charles NJ. Oberly, Ed
ward r. Mack. Rotarians. and G. A.
Wedler. DR.. Ira Burns and Frank
c. Hughes, OF the Lions Club.
Following the baseball game near
ly everyone enjoyed a swim in the
river. Scoutmaster Frank A. Green
hawk, in charge of the camp, then
had crew of fourteen Scouts man
the whale boat. and show off their
sailor accomplishments. the scout
master stayed ashore and signaled
his commands to the leader of 1.-THE
crew by wig wagging.
The most impressive scene OF; the
day was when retreat was sounded
at sunset by the buglers, and, the
Gag was lowered for the night. The
entire camp OF sixty boys stood at
attention while the retreat was be-
ng sounded and until the colors |
lad been lowered from the staff. |
rhe Rotary. Kiwanls and Lions |
Club members all stood with barred
leads. The rigid attention Of the
scouts while the flag was being TAX
n down was so impressive that Il
vas fully a minute before anyone
moved. after the last note of'the re-
reat had died away.
The mess call followed retreat.
he boys were not slow In making
heir way TO the mess hall. The
all was the gift OF the Wilmington
-otary Club to the Boy Scouts last
eason. II was first built at Ran
ALA, where the boys had their
mp last year. When Camp Caesar
odney was established about twen-
of the Scouts hauled the mess
all in sections from Randaiia.
hIeh is some miles down the riv-
: from the present camp site.
he-dining hall is conducted MOST
hciently. Each boy has his ,'de-
III of kitchen police" to do, land
e does It in an able manner.
During the dinner. the Boy Scouts
ntertained the clubmen. who dined
! the same hall. with songs. They
lso gave a rousing cheer fop the
isitors with the syllables "Tgo-Ki-
I" on the end.
After dinner scoutmaster Green
iwk explained the various fires
hich all Boy Scouts are taught to !
AXE. There are twenty different
Tvs OF making a fiTt outdoors
is was a surprise to some ,of the q
siness men. who thought Ia pile "
logs was all that was necessary. >
;. Greenhawl1 said since the boys -,
d been in camp they had discov- -
ID more than sixty different spe- "
IS or birds. also variety OF snakes. &c
ne of which had been captured.
'e snakes were shown the visit
$. Snake charmers have nothing ~
q the Scouts. They picked up the "a
axes, and petted them. much the y :,
me as one would pet a dog or %
I. 81
One OF the most interesting char "
tiers. at Camp Rodney. is Uncle o,
Dick" who is reputed to be the a
best Scoutmaster in the country. 81
? has visited the Wilmington
outs for many years. He has a e
st fund of knowledge. pertaining v
Scoutcraft. and his yarns Of the \
'ntier days are listened to with !
at interest a
camp Rodney is composed of sew y
cen tents, in addition to the b
me mess shack. The tents are c
he'd around a broad campus. =
ere the boys play baseball, vol s
ball. football. etc.
is doubtful If a more pictur-
lie location could have been
I'd for a comp. IL is located at G
I'VE of the river. and has for a a
aground a wild stretch of wood ST
country which in parts is much W