Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-31
BOY SCOUTS OPEN
WORLD JAMBOREE
Celebration of Anniversary at
Birkenhead, England, At
tended by Founder.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BIRKENHEAD. England, July 81
More than $4,000 Boy Scouts from AZ
nations, including $500 from the United
States, assembled here today for the
opening of world jan1boree In cele-
bration of the twenty-f1rst birthday. OF
the Boy Scout movement. The meeting
will end August Is.
The boys are camped at Arrowe Park
here just across the Mersey River from
Liverpool The park covers $50 acres
of woodland and lake.
There are $4,000 Scouts here from
the British empire and the camps OF
their various units have been sand
WICKED in between the camps of Boy
Scouts from other nations so they can
act as hosts to the visiting Boy Scouts.
Campfire Talk Scheduled.
Around the camfires tonight will be
heard the tales and songs Of many
lands. Handicraft exhibitions, folk
dancing and athletic competitions are
on the program for the boys, who are
certain to remember the next two weeks
as one fthe most thrilling holidays
they ever had Toward the close of the
encampment there will be grand rally
consisting of march of all nations.
A visit from the Prince Of Wales, who
Is chief Scout of Wales, is expected.
The Duke of Connaught. representing
the British crown, was expected to re-
view the opening parade.
Lieut.. Gen. Sir Robert Baden Powell,
the paramount chief Scout and founder
of the Boy Scout movement. is present.
He Is 70 years old. The succession to
the leadership of the 100000 Boy
Scouts throughout the world has never
been determined. but it Is said that
when Gen. Baden-Powell decides to re-
linquish the leadership it will pass into
a different form of executive, to be
determined by the imperial council.
U. S. Boys in Units of Eight.
The American Boy Scouts here are
camped in patrol units of eight, under
adult leaders Lorne w. Barclay OF
Tampa, Fla, is the executive of the
American contingent. G. Barrett Rlch
of Buffalo N. Y. is camp commissioner
Mr. Barclay has been decorated by
France and Spain for his Boy Scout
work
There are units here from Houston,
Tex, and st. Louis, Mo. The largest
single Scout troop unit from the United
States is Troop No. from Elizabeth,
N. j.
The Indian sign language is to be
taught here during the next two weeks
as a means of intercommunlcatlon
between Scouts of all nationalitles.
American Boy Scouts from Minnesota.
North Dakota and South Dakota have
brought a complete Ojibwa Indian
camp with them one feature OF which
Is a birch bark canoe.
American Boy Scouts from the North
west are already busy carving two
totem poles which are to be presented
to the British Boy Scouts. st. Louis
Boy Scouts are completing plans for
cowboy show. Indianapolis Boy Scouts
have a complete covered wagon which
they are to take on demonstration
trip through England to show the Brit
ish how the American pioneers crossed
the prairies.
Will Depict Signaling History.
Scouts from New Orleans are to de-
pict the history OF signaling in one
day pageant. They will have pro-
gram Of Negro spirituals and exhibit
lions Of buck and wing dancing. Scouts
from Syracuse, New York. Hoboken,
NJ j., and Stamford. Conn, have
brought the complete equipment of an
Adirondack camp with them. Even the
Sea Scouts are represented by squad
of boys from Chicago.
This is the third world Scout jam
boree. The first was held in Eng
land in 1920. the second in Denmark
in 1924.
Many of the American Boy Scouts
are to go on tours of Europe when the
present encampment is over.