Evening star., 1937-06-27

Feeding $4,000 growing boys for 10
lays in the open is job OF terrifying
and special freight trains
and trucks are already unloading along
the Potomac what it will take to keep
Boy Scouts plump and in holiday
spirits and prevent attacks OF home
sickness.
One hundred thousand meals will
be served daily on paper plates and
cups. Each Scout will bring his own
silverWare and cleanse it himself,
which disposes of the formidable task
Of washing dishes for that number Of
lunches and dinners every
"a hours.
Thirty thousand quarts Of milk and
1 900 pounds of butter will be de-
livered daily at Jamboree City, each
boy being rationed quart of milk
day. No coffee or tea will be on the
menus, but 20 tons OF sugar is ex-
pected to take care of the collective
Scout sweet tooth for the Today Pc
riod. While figures are growing more
and more colossal let it be said that
those making food arrangements es-
innate that $50 tons of food and COM
supplies will be. consumed
during the jamboree. Seventy thous-
and fresh eggs will be delivered each
day for breakfast.
EVERY boy will register at camp
headquarters when he presents
credentials and can easily be found
by local friends through the files to
be kept there. In addition, he may
be reached quickly by his parents
through telephones and two telegraph
offices on the ground.
Keeping track of youngsters reared
in the Scout tradition Is no difficult
task, Scout officials say. but just in
case-an official IS charged with re-
sponsibility for every boy in attend
ance and must know OF his where
abouts each hour of the day. Roll
call every morning and evening is
part of camp routine, and any boy
missing at those times will be located
with speed.
Self-government, under adult lead
ership, the system of scouting, will be
the system at Jamboree City. A Scout
patrol, a group of. some eight young
men, will function as unit under its
own elected patrol leader. The troop,
with a Scout master, aided by two
assistant Scout masters and senior
patrol leader, heads these patrols, of
which there are four to q troop. A
service troop of 36 men will police
the area occupied by each group Of
1850 boys, both day and night.
At Jamboree City each troop will
be quartered in an area 8,10O feet
square. Thirty-four troops will con-
stitute q section and each section will
be made up Of Scouts from the IL
Scout regions" the whole country
being divided into these regions
While troops have been encouraged
to bring along their own equipment
tents and bedding, primarily-they
may draw upon supplies Of tenting,
cots, blankets and straw bags (mat-
tresses) made available by the Gov-
ernment.
During the jamboree reveille will be
sounded at 7 am, whereupon every
Scout is expected to rise from his bed
at once and prepare for breakfast at
7:45 am. He will sleep with from two
to eight other young men in a tent.
and his duties will include caring for
his troop camp. Lunch is scheduled
for 1890 and dinner at pm. daily.
Two shower houses with 18 enormous
high-powered sprays have been in
stalled for every group of 1850 lads.
Competition for creating entrance
gates will doubtless begin as soon as
each troop arrives. according to Mr..
Gordon, each troop attempting to
identity his section of the country
with typical decorations.
Boys from Florida, for example,
ordinarily bring along palm fronds for
an arch, or orange trees to plant at
the entrance. Once Scouts from Maine
not only erected . gate with = papier
mache whale mounted on the posts
but rugged up q water pump that
caused the ocean-going mammal to
spout every 3 minutes.
MIR. GORDON is Of the opinion that
A'A most of the trading In the camp
will be managed without penny
changing hands, boys being inveterate
"swappers." They usually arrive load
ed with stamps, coins, insects and
flints and return with mementos OF
other localities.
Gordon tells story about the first
international jamboree in England in
1920, when an American lad was SC
intrigued by the kits of Scotch
Scout that he offered to trade every
thing he wore for everything the boy
from Scotland had on, except what
they had in their pockets. The barter
vas successfully arranged, except that