Evening star., 1935-04-28
SCOUT JAMBOREE
WILL DRAW 5000
Complete Own Community
Is Planned for Boys
Here in August.

n COiuplttc COiilfIiulIlIy, Will ltS o"A
water. communication and transpor-
tation systems and operating its own
newspaper, will be established in the
District and nearby Virginia when
IS, 900 members of the Boy Scouts OF
America hold their jamboree here.
August 2l to 80, according to plans
announced yesterday by Scout head
quarters.
E. S. Martin of national headquar-
ters, who Is In Washington to work
out the plans with Army, District,
Government and Scout officials, said
commitments already had been re-
ceived from troops in every State and
the District, as well as from England,
Canada, Mexico and several other
countries. and that so far more than
$4,000 Scouts had signified their in
tention of attending the jamboree.
This figure Is expected to be swelled
to at least $4,000.
All the resources of the Army and
Navy have been put at the disposal OF
the Committee on Arrangements to
assure that the Scouts will be prop
erly housed. fed and given the best
of medical attention. They will be
housed In Army tents and will sleep
on Army cots on Columbia Island. on
property adjacent to the Mount YER
non Memorial Highway at Abingdon,
Va, and on the lower portion OF Hams
Point. Construction Of the necessary
facilities has been started at Abing-
don.
Programs Are Arranged.
Everything has been arranged for
the convenience of the Scouts during
their stay. Included in the programs
will be tours, excursions. hikes, pag-
eants, campfire get togethers, religious
services, boating, swimming. stunt
nights and torchhght ceremonies.
The first day of the jamboree will
be featured by . review Of the Scouts
by President Roosevelt, who Is homo
rary president. This review will be
held on Constitution avenue. the
Scouts to be lined up in columns OF
eight on each side of the avenue while
the Chief Executive passes through.
II Is expected that the President will
be accompanied by members OF the
Cabinet and the Diplomatic Corps.
The President and his party will leave
the Capitol and drive slowly through
the entire line of Scouts and on TO
the White House After q brief time
during which the Scouts will march
to the Ellipse, the President agail VIII
appear and give the Scouts ms
formal greeting and welcome to the
Capital.
What probably will prove to be the
most spectacular event will be held
on the wednesday night OF the Jamoo-
rec on the Ellipse. when the 35 900
bows gather for huge pageantry. Inc
presentation of this pageant Will re-
ouire the largest stage ever con-
structed in the Capital. Mr.. Martin
said. At cne end will be . Hopi IN
dian village; at the other tepees' ios
cabins and block h olses. lnoian
dances. an old stage coach and COW
bovs IN their colorfM regalia and otner
nortrsyas of the early pioneer days
will be shown.
Following the pageant, the ieaoeis
I'm the Scout movement. Dan Beard
Dr James Z. West, President Roose-
yelt and probably Lord Baden foweh.
will be presented to the ooys, ne
som as the leaders have been inuo,
duced great bonfires will be hsn'eo
and an elaborate fireworks SET
touched of.
Tsurs Planned Daily.
Tm,rs for the Toys to Mount YER
nen q circle tour Of the city. Veits
to all points of interest In the CITY
mixes along Diplomatic Row ano
through many Of the residential sec
tjons Of the city will be held daliy'
Construction headquarters nave
be-n set up in Norton's lane, near
Pp,,r Mile Run on the Mount vernon
Memorial Highway. and . surVeyins
crev is at work stakns out the en-
tire layout for the three camp sues
II I. eypected that approximately H..
o00 bows win be encamped on eac'i vi
the sites. ~, r..
General Scout headquarters viii ne
r..r the end Of the Foulteeh.i'
street bridge on Columbia 1siano. IL
!. hrre that the general post o"Cs
~,u .lso be located. The Scouts VIII
arrive BY special trains and VII oe
disembarked at points nearest tne
camp where they are to STAY ar
rangements have been made Iof uus
sery;ce between the city and INC
camps. All the camps have been AT
r.reed 50 they will be within sisE'
of the Potomac and within easy NIX
ing distance OF the points OF sreatest
interest to the Scouts.
High OfRcials Aid.
Co-operating with the President
Committee for the encampment are
secretary of the Interior 1ckes. Arno
2 Cammerer. director Of the National
Park Service; C. Marshall F1nnan,
superintendent of the NATIONAL Caoi-
In! Parks and Buildings, the wash
tnstou Board of Trade. the Greater
National Capital Committee, noSei
and other associations.
The camps will occupy more tnan
300 acres of ground for the tents
alone and about 100 acres Will oe
utilized On the Ellipse, the Monument
grounds, and other places for the
reviews. circuses and demonstrators.
There will be $500 tents Tor sleep
ing purposes, $50 hospital tents,
trading posts and other camp fAcii-
ities. In addition, there will be more
than 1000 dining ny tents.
The troops will be grouped into
20 sections Of "a troops each, each
troop being composed Of % boys and
three officers. Each section VIII have
a first aid hospital tent.
The camps will require 10 miles
OF telephone lines and viii have tneir
own telephone exchange. with more
than 100 instruments being served.
About 30 post office sub-stations Will
serve the various sections Of the en-
campment.