Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-17
MEXICO BOYS
ARE ENJOYING
CAMP LIFE

The following interesting letter has
been received from Scoutmaster How
ard Rhodus, who with six Boy
Scouts from Mexico is at Camp
Roosevelt at Irondale, Mo.
Irondale Reservation,
Irondale, Mo, Aug. Z, 1922.
Gentlemen
The following items are sent as a
report" of camp life and activities
at the Boy Scout Camp, called Iron
dale Reservation, at Frondale, par
icularly as affecting the Mexico
boys.
We reached here some hours late,
on Saturday night, the delay being
caused by a train wreck at Sulphur
Springs. We didn't even see the rail
road accident, so you know our boys
are all o. k.
Sunday morning the boys were up
bright and early and making tracks
toward the pool for the early morn
ing dip. 1t didn't take long for the
boys to learn where to go swimming
and with Marion Dry, (who was
elected chief of cabin LAY to hurry
them along, they were all on time.
For breakfast Robt. Tucker was
waiter at our table, and John Glass,
Jr., stayed to wash dishes. At dinner
Marion Dry was waiter and Harry
Richardson washed up. At supper Dor
rance Edmonstoh waited on US and
Ricard Kent washed up. Today these
boys will repeat except for a change
in each ones duties.
Our cabin secured favorable men
ton because of its cleanliness latter
first being badly censored.) Our table
was high up among those giver
marks for appearance and order. To
night we go after first place.
The big council fire pleased the
boys very much and they now lo99l
forward to the next one, which, oil
course, comes tonight.
The. Mexico boys today are doing
duty as camp police, which will NEAR
much to all former service men. K
those not acquainted with camp ,du
tiles, it means among other tasks thu
cleaning of the entire camp grounds
which in itself is good for the boys
The active school starts today.
The camp itself is most interesting
and complete, The boys sleep in loi
cabins, eight to a cabin, on very I'm
comfortable spring cots. The mes
hall is a large one, erected by tn
| Kiwanis Club of St. Louis.
Ths officers quarters are ~patterne'
after those.of the boys but are locate
off by themselves, The drill ground
are large and located on n Of tn
highest parts Of camp.
Then there are houses for thos
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officers whose wives are with then
for the young ladies' Of the Office an
a splendid hospital, where the doeto
and his family live There is a CON
pany store and post headquarters,
But while all of these areimportan
the camp would fail if it didn't hay
as fine a corps of assistants and IN
structors as it does have, # MT. !
w. Bsckman, the Executive Of tl
I ,St. Louis Council, who is in charg
Of the camp, was less effective; and
the men ofSt. Louis failed to contrib
ute to the Camp.
! And don't forget to give som
J credit for the camps success to IN
bows themselves. For this is Il
} cleanest looking lot Of boys eOul
expect to see. In fact you couidn
hope to see such a fine, manly lot
fellows gathered together any othe
: place than at a scout camp.
. Let me tell you a tale. Yesterda
/ met a man who had recently take
some seventy boys off on an all "a
trip. He said, "Mr. Rhodus ! spei
all day with those boys and ] nevt
3 heard n OF them swear, utter q
oath. never saw one Of them try
smoke or do anything he wouldn
want another boy to do TO him. I'M
sold me on scouting" and | thougl
rs it any wonder that fathers wal
thair hoys TO be scouts