Evening star., 1924-06-22
Boy Scouts.

District. will open it's season tomor-
row with 100 scouts in camp. The
equipment was increased to accom-
noGate $50 scouts this year. so pop
ular has this camp become that the
first three weeks have been booked
to capacity. and 622 out of 800 total
boy weeks have been reserved before
the season opens. II therefore would
he well for any scout desiring TO
spend a week or more at Camp Roose-
vcIt this summer to file his appitca-
lion at the Boy Scout headquarters
at once before the entire accommo-
dations are reserved
Linn G. Drake, assistant executive
OF the District Of Columbia scouts
Who has directed the camp TOR tht
past six years, has been AT ca 70
ne past two weeks with an adNdnct
psrtv, putting the camp in shape tor
;Hc opening. Among the new ~ ~
rrcvrments that have been madt tnlS
>ear, which will add GreaIS 70 ~ ~
nov. big recreation building, Wnlch
mas been erected by the AmerlcTdh
BUSINESS Club, which VIII mouse lnc
reading and game room anI ne are
museum. Additional ro"ooatS ai
n,ir.. added to the equipment as VIZ
=, new steel cots. which NIL proN'ur
..ood sleeping a"commodauonS lor a.
The big news for az oLn "a p,h,i
.~ VOL as uCN. is the report W.
,ur. in from those now Al IN
.n,n-f,ro Cu,pr,d cooks there ar
IL best cooks that the camp ma Nc'
nd ana fine TODD is assured ms
rr,, camp VIII nave q special SWIM
,.i,,,- iu>1ru,tor. VIII" viii endcH>"
"a fs,,,a To swim any scouts WI" ''tN,
,rt ,ct l,arucd tins art 40 a1i'a ,I
ilarr Tor BOY rou'H " nimmimt
tuc long. shallow. sandy S"'"''i'''7
Irm,hcr n"w feature this year w
H., tho woudcraft and mSnud. .ia,
i"g T?T& slon1. n"dSE viii i l. = Eiad TO hear
-, br Mcrrill will have his raoto
~ ,.alrp and that a loud spCa"T'
has ht,u loaned 10y frcSiu'H' -
TIC he" Following scouts have regis
,r,d - camp for the tirst "eek
rroop -. l. Fulton. NJ HuuSon' ~ T.
Tauliu. i t;assawa! JnmptI, ~
curtis. T. key. W. Gordon, X. l'ofuo,'
i straight. j. ullman =. HastihGs' - =
ic.ban r. Nicho,s: Troop 40. n
Snith ; smith. T. Appler, !. BOYD
:, Hines. Maine. Briggs, Fade. H3i,
mead. Bloudhelm. t.. i1emeiI
mall. q. MunSon; Troop - no'N II
~ read. Is. Morgan. J. Thompson u.
$hurrr, .. Whippir,, Il h9uLmr, ro :
kautZ. :. Marshall, L. ELLSWORTH
r Parker. u. Cook: Troop ;, {. JACK
urr. i. Hoover, Fl. Kspp"it W: Taz-
lor. Il. ldrlSe: Troop T.. 6. NllbeFl'
: FIuckcy. l.. chase. J. Goldberstr'
-, EmmonS. T. Blackburn. = bId'h-
iurn W McBroom, q. Wales =. her
,:., f. IunStress William Ster-
r,rI. ir.. 4. Muuiden. T.. Roth. A.
\,relia: Troop -, ". Perry, l. smith.
'roop ~. pr Merrill ". Price: Troop
g.. William Na! i"F. Troop =" i.ch
..tou. \. Hutton. (. lSnsii. >. ColI'
r 1'hompsin y. Moore. Il. NllcoN J.
.y.u$. n smith. Is. Pullman. +. .ahh.
y rolIorn. W. Wall. }. Andrews. +.
iaudy a. Finney. J. hichaells y.
,udicy. Nj Sjlvcrbcrs. g. Coie: troop
/; I'itt. }. koister: Troop 10. n. =,
Mid. .. child; Troop -. K. Sm'th.
4; WhippIe j. Hord. j. Souther;
.roop -. VI. i Eapard. T. campbell.
IT. keIIy, -. keliy. NJ. ColIiert: Troop
as l.. Harris. Mr. Stimson. H. f.lnLh.
-. Miller. W. Miller. 4 ropham. II
1upham. q; Mctiowan. J. Dunlop, i.
-jrtncfeliow, J. Eaton: Troop -. =.
~;rone. {: Waters. II. NaHh ,! -!
-outher. L.. Phelps. J. Rogers ".
,omhs: Troop l. j. Boswell, 4 Lutz:
Troop 100. Il. Mickey. p. Brighten
bury. l.. Way land, W. stephenson, j.
ard: Troop s.. +. Smith. II. T. BrN-
mt: Troop 80. y. Warburton; Troop
"-i. y. -AbtTIdtI lOoP iV'' - Lpui -
7 roop SO. K. Greenfield: Troop 20, \.
Stcdhury.
The woodrow Wilson Boy Scout
rc~ci.va ton. tract of forty acre oi
rtud owned by the Boy Scout Council
nd located at Burnt Mills. Md. will
IseO open its season tomorrow Win
ilfrcd De Groot in Charge. Mr.. be
root is au Eagle Scout himself. and
g4Slitisd TO sTfa instc1Stion6 tc1Gt nrdrra N a
rnaIles Marsh. Scoutmastcr of Troop
-. Chevy Chase. will also BE- at the
amp again this season and help
-,outS in their work
This camp j. intended for scouts
who cannot arrange to attend Camp
Roosevelt and enjoy its intensive scout
program, but who can get away Tor
80 day now and then and have the
privilege of an occasional overnight
in camp. Plans are under way for
the Development OF this camp on an
Etensive scale as soon as II can be
financed
which will hold its annual convention
IA Washington from June 70 TO July
=" has requested the service of over
% scouts to act as orderlieS and
messengers during the convention.
.'.vuts will be detailed to the steam
md electric railroad stations. the
Norfolk and Washington steamboat
h4If, the Central High School audi
'orium, where sessions of the con-
u
ing hotels. Every troop in the city
has been requested to detail five
scouts for this work. All scouts who
an serve and have not received as
ignments are requested to report
% Deputy Commissioner f.. l. Mat
Ice or Assistant Field Executive
cavanagh or other scout officials in
.harge at Central High school on any
LAY during the convention.
Troop L. Maj. Lester Wilson. scout
master. honored Scout Guy {. Glass
lord at its meeting on Friday evening.
on his attaining the highest rank in
>coutng-that Of Eagle Scout. DIR.
Paul Bartsch. chairman of the court
"f honor of the fourth division. con-
Ierred the Eagle Scout medal. F. L.
Nathes, former scoutmaster of Troop
l. addressed the Scouts. Deputy Com
missioner L. l.. Mattice was in charge
az this interesting ceremony.
DR.. Paul Bartsch. chairman Of the
camping committee of the Washing
ton Scout Council, returned on We'd
nesday from a trip to Cuba, where ne
has been carrying on some sctentlhc
work for the Smithsonian Institution
u will be welcome news to all scouts
to learn that DR.. Bartsch is planning
20 be at Camp Roosevelt each week
md and give a series of lectures on
various phases of nature study and
also to conduct a court Of honor.
Scout Commissioner Barry Mohun
addressed Troop - Of the I. NJ HI; A.
AT its semi-annual parents night last
Wednesday evening. Other speakers
we're Judge Catherine Sellers. DR..
Nbram Simon and Field Executive j.
r. X. Plant.
Latest registration figures compiled
Tor the recent annual meeting OF the
National Council. Boy Scouts OF Amer
fra place the membership of the or
-anization at 66O,S11. This figure
|ombprises: Scouts. 512s14. including
- S57 lone scouts: ScoutmaSterS, ~
cp0ntmaStprS. lS, 500 :,