Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08
Is Proud of It's Accommodations for Motor Tourists

Washington and return. Britishers snip
their cars to Canada, and thence tour
to the region of the far-famed Amer
lean White House. Motorists engaged
in globe girdling tours never fail to stop
here.
Some of these gasoline wanderers tell
strange tales-gasoline 81 a gallon IN
Africa and hard to get at any price;
jungle beasts along the trail during
night travel, lured by bright mead
lamps; right-hand passing, the rule OF
the road in some countries, while left
hand passing is official In others, with
driving chaos and confusion near the
borders of such lands.
Residents of the District, even when
they 60 "gypsying' on Summer vaca-
| ton, are debarred from use Of the local
| tourist camps facilities. The presump-
| ton is that they are close enough TO
| home to gain shelter under It's roof.
| Unless some such rule were enforced.
certain class would live as long as posi-
/ bic in the camp, where the accommoda-
tons are good and the expenses low.
The same applies to transient journey
men and mechanics, who roam the
country In automobiles. stopping here
and there and in between to work, in
order to earn more cash with which to
pay travelling costs.
The Washington camp Is the only one
operated under United States park po-
lice protection. During the six years OF
its existence. not a single case OF theft
has occurred within its limits. Horse
less carriage vagabondS and motordoms
undesirables shIn the National Capital
camp. because of this strict surveillance.
It is one of the few city camps in this
country which have supervised police
protection. 1t is also inspected fire.
duently by experts of the Sanitary Corps
Of the Regular Army. The tent city Is as
spotless and clean as the finest hospital
or Government dispensary. That such
precautions pay Is reflected in the re-
rnarkable health record. During GER
tain three-n1onth period In Vhicn
5000 "tenters tonight" lived In the
camp. only one case of sickness involv-
ing disqualification developed.
Eight new cabins have been finished
recently, the first block of 80 additional
camp houses to be added to the tent
city. When completed, they Will pro-
vide a total of so cottages available for
the use of transient tourists. The 3l7
camp sites and go cabins will accommo-
date approximately 375 automobiles and
200 to 1900 motor campers. The ca
pacity of the community laundry has
been doubled, while complete garage
for the repair ana SeTVlclnS Oh ni4
makes of cars Is recent innovation.
Uncle Sam also operates an eight-punp,
gasoline filling station at the tent city.
EvEN during the dead of Winter,
when icicles and snowfakes we're
the weather mans popular prescrip-
tions. tourists made headquarters at
the washington camp Most of them
occupied cabins and only the most
hardy lived in tents temporarily. IL
was during March that travelling uni
versity from Kansas, which was making
an educational tour of the country, ar
rived in Washington and established It's
base at the tourist camp. The Is stu
dents and two instructors lived In tents
at the camp for three weeks. The boys
spent all their spare time In sightseeing
trips around the city. Previous TO their
washington sojourn these travellers had
toured the South and after their stop
over In this city they departed for New
England.
The first day of April there were so
cars encamped. while by Easter the total
tourist enrolment had increased to 400
visitors. There is a rumor that on q
certain day last Summer 500 cars were
registered at the washington tourist
camp.