Evening star., 1933-05-17
WRG|MANS BUILD
NEW.:fOREST CAMPS
Farm Youths More Rugged
Than D. c. JobIess at
Other Site.

D. q stsn Correspondent Of The Star.
sKYLAND, Va, May 17.-On this
Blue Ridge Mountain top new 1or-
estry camp was under construction to-
dsy to house a different sort OF youth
than is encamped in the Massanuttens,
20 miles away.
These young men, ranging In age
from l8 to IS, are the product OF out
door life. They are farmer-foik from
Virginia, not city-bred youths IKE
those in the Districts camp IN the
woodlands across the valley.
"Most of us were brought up with
axes in our hands," said one young
chap from Madison County. We're
not like those city fellers yonder IN the
Massanutten Mountains. We're used TO
wide open spaces and plenty OF haro
work."
The looks Of these husky farmer boys
affirm the speakers statement. None
of them has the pallor or the thinness
80 apparent In the District campers
when they were thrust. into the WOODS
. month ago. Rather, they are heavlfy
built, with sun and wind burned cheeks
and clear, sparkling eyes, the results
OF years in the open.
Work Began Sunday. :.
Work was started on this mountain
top camp Sunday. An advance detach-
ment of the embryo foresters was sent
here Saturday evening and the task
Of stalking out the camp site ana re-
moving trees was begun at daybreak
the next morning. The main body OF
campers. under the command OF First
Lieut. Christian Knudsen, Sd Cavalry.
Fort Myer, arrived here early Mon
day after a tireSome. roundabout tram
ride from Fort Humphreys, where they
had been in training.
No better site could have been chosen
for q Civilian Conservation Corps camp.
Located on the famous new Skyline
drive, just a mile southeast Of the Sky
land Summer resort, 1t Is the most
accessible Of any of the camps thus
far laid out. And from o scenic stand
point, q magnificent vista Is afforded
in all directions. To the west and
south, there Is q view for miles OF the
Shenandoah Valley and to the
north and east . view of mountain
peaks thrusting their points against
the sky. :,
A spot thousands Of tourists spend
money to come to Is to be the home
fr the next six months Of $50 boys
who are to receive money Tor living
here.
COmf0rt4bie Camp.
This Skyland camp Is far superior to
Camp Roosevelt from the standpoint OF
comfort. Some 1000 feet above sea
level, no Midsummer heat will frizzle
its residents. And there are beds with
springs instead Of Army cots, and huge.
airy hospital wall tents large enough
to hold so men instead Of the kman
squad tents at Camp Roosevelt.
RlAA N
the camp site, conservation ofncials
eliminated the necessity Of cutting
down hundreds Of trees, a. bad to be
done at Camp Roosevelt. Probably
less than . score had TO b removed
70 make way for the tents, and these
were all down today and most Of the
% Tor tR f.. mex. ,wo week, or 50. how
Sver the civilian conservAttonists viii
b busy 6ooedne tentA srscting . mess
ball and Kitchen and iSetting their
camp in Ghtpe-shApe order before TAX
ing TO the forests actually 70 begin
''reforestatton."
Ansthee Camp Planned
Most q che 9. o. O. men here are
from southwestern virginia, although
about 30 afe from Arlington and Fair
fax Counties and shout the same num-
Der from the vicinity Of Winchester,
according 10 enrolment reports 1t Fort
Humphreys. Altogether, $50 were sent
here from Fort Humphreys, with about
50 others to be recruited locally.
Seven miles away, At Big Meadow,
another camp site has been picked out.
to house more Virginia boys. recruited
from Southern Virginia and now in
training ct Fortress Monroe. Work
on this camp probably will get under
way later this week Or early next week.
A number of officials inspected the
site last week end and orders were
understood to have been issued to open
It as soon Is practicable.
A third new camp, to be built at
WoN's Gap, l6 miles west Of Edinburg
and about rs miles west of Camp
Roosevelt, also will be built within the
next 10 days, making four camps within
. radius Of about 80 miles. skyland
and Big Meadow are in the Shenan-
doah National Park, Camp Roosevelt
Is in the George Washington National
Forest, and VOLTS Gap IS in the Shen-
endoah National Forest.