Evening star., 1922-05-21
BOY SCOUTS HOLD
BIGGEST FIELD DAY
Every Troop in District and
Alexandria Is Rep
resented.

With scouts representing every
troop in the District, the biggest field
day ever participated in by the Wash
ington Boy Scouts was held at the
Woodrow Wilson Boy Scout Reserva-
ton at Burnt Mills. Md. yesterday
afternoon. There were a number Of
entrants registered from the Boy
Scout troops of Alexandria. Va, also.
In addition to such events as first
aid, signaling, flrelighting by flint and
steel and the old Indian method-the
bow drill, several new contests were
added this year-such as chariot race.
wall scaling and fitting contest. which
proved most popular.
The field day was conducted by the
following officials: Edward D. Shaw.
council; Linn C. Drake, assistant ex-
ecutive; James D. Hall and J. T. X.
Plant, field executives, and Deputy
Commissioners A. D. Smith, f. NJ. Van
Natter, w. l.. Brown. F. w. Pearce,
Henry Tryon. H. E. King. w. B. Mar
F. E. Matthes. Winners of the vari-
Gus events will be announced later.
Music Memory Contest.
/. The Boy Scouts of Washington
gathered at Wilson Normal School
Friday evening to compete in the
first Boy Scout music memory contest
to be held in the country.
Twenty different classical selections
were played and the scouts wrote
down the names of the piece. its COM
poser. and the country in which he
was born. The contest was the Sec
ond in an elimination contest to de-
termine the eight leading scout teams
in the city.
The winners will meet on next Fri
day evening to try for the city cham
pionship. To the troop making the
highest mark one of the local music
stores will give phonoGraph. while
the second prize will be radio set.
The Boy Scouts. 800 strong will
again assist the old veterans of the
civil war by decorating each of the
10000 graves at Arlington and Con-
gressonal cemeteries with an Ameri-
can flag and a spray of flowers next
Saturday in preparation for the Me-
mortal day services.
Scoutmasters' Club Meets.
The Scoutmaster's Club visited the
home of Scoutmaster Lugenbeel. last
Tuesday evening at Mount Rainier
and were royalty entertained at din
ner. Following the dinner. DR.. H. G..
Meissinger Of the United States
weather bureau. gave talk on stars
E. D. Shaw announced plans for the
summer season. Mr.. Shaw stated that
the outlook for the Camp Roosevelt,
the summer scout camp, which Is con-
Quoted on Chesapeake bay is the most
promising in the history of the camp.
One third of the time has already
been booked, SO that scouts planning
to attend should file application at
once at Boy Scout headquarters.
The committee In charge of the
Gross Triumphant" have extended
their sincere thanks to the Scouts
for the cooperation and valuable aid
rendered at the cathedral during the
recent pageant. Chairman ]. R. Hlli-
son states that "they served faith
fully and intelligently, and generally
assisted in every way possible.
The annual Boy Scout drill competi-
ton for the Daniels cup will be held
at the ellipse on Saturday, June 10, 1t
has just been announced.
The annual Scout Official pilgrimage
to Camp Roosevelt is planned for the
week end preceding the opening Of
the summer camp. This trip has
come to be one of the big features
of the year for scoutmasters. assist
ants and troop ~committeemen. Camp
will be set up and in running order
for the event this year, and big
delegation Is expected.