Evening star., 1935-06-30
FIRST CAMP READY
FOR SCOUT FETE
Another Started to Accom-
modate 10000 Boys at
August Jamb0ree.

Installation of the first unit for the
national jamboree of the Boy Scouts
of America to house 10000 boys be-
tween August 81 and 80. has been
completed at the Abingdon site and
work has started on the Columbia
Island unit, it was announced by
Scout headquarters here yesterday.
The Abingdon camp, located at
Norton's lane, near Four Mile Run, on
the Mount Vernon Memorial High
way. is fully equipped with water
lines, shower baths and sanitary IA
cilities and is ready for the pitching
of the tents, which will be delayed
until about August Is.
Beginning Monday morning. more
than 1000 Washington Scouts will
be put through a course of training
as guides for the visiting boys. 1t
is expected that more than 10000
Scouts, including several hundred Sea
Scouts, will attend the national JAM
boree.
Manual to Be Given Leader.
The first of the official guide man.
uals for the visitors, written by j.
Wallace Talley, will be presented by
the author to william T. McCloskey,
chairman of the Guide Training Com
mittee, Monday morning at cere-
monies to be held at Scout head
quarters, 1913 Vermont avenue.
The guide manual contains "a pages
and includes nine chapters dealing
with the history Of Washington, an
outline of the Government. informa-
ton on finding places in Washington,
outlines on the sightseeing trips the
visitors will take, directory Of in
teresting places in the city. map
of the city and a diary in which the
boys can write their experiences while
here.
Besides furnishing the visiting
Scouts with a comprehensive and in
teresting guide to the city, the booklet
will serve as souvenir Of the jam
boree, Tally said. Approximately 1000
copies of the booklet will be printed
for local needs, but more than 10000
copies will be made available for the
visitors, it was stated.
Committee to Train Guides.
Training of the Scout guides will
be under direction of an adult COM
mittee of scouters and prominent busi-
ness men, assisted by the Eagle Scouts
of the District. A special quiz based
on the guide manual and maps of
the city will be given the prospective
guides. About 1900 Scouts will enter
training, but only 1000 will be Sc
lected on their merits as official guides.
These guides will pilot the visitors on
their daily bus trips, hikes, boat ex-
cursions and will direct the visitors to
their various camps upon arrival.
Plans for the entertainment of sew
eral hundred Sea Scouts who will at
tend the Jamboree include the anchor
ing of two naval cruisers in the Po-
tomac River for the duration of the
encampment. The Sea Scouts will
be housed on these cruisers and will
be taken for cruises in the Chesa-
peake Bay to give them "sea legs"
All departments ASSlsHnS.
All departments of the District and
Federal Governments are co-operat-
ing with the Scout Committee i'll
plans for the housing. feeding and
entertainment of the Scouts here. The
Army will furnish tents, cots, portable
kitchens and other equipment and the
Public Health Service will lend as
sistance in caring for the boys health
while here.
The camps will have their own hos
pitals, post offices, telephone exchange
and newspaper. The Scouts will do
their own police duty in the camps,
patrolling their beats night and day.
As soon as work is completed on
the Columbia Island camp, which will
house another 10000 boys, work will
be started in Potomac Park near Hams
Point. This work, however, will be
completed in units of 5000, Scout
executives stated.