Evening star., 1937-07-10

The jamboree Is over and thousands
Of Boy Scouts were en- route to their
homes in all parts Of the Natio1. to-
day with vivid memories of To-day
round Of thrills, pageantry and fun
In the National Capital.
Approximately half Of the 26,926
boys and leaders who joined in Amer
icas greatest youth demonstration
here had deserted the big encamp-
ment overnight. and some 10000 more
will have left Washington by night
fall jamboree officials estimated
Less than a thousand Scouts and
leaders will remain over Sunday and
only skeleton camp staff will be left
by Monday evening, it was stated
More than so special trains and spe-
cial cars were due to carry home 60
ing jamboree delegates to all points
of the compass today Ninety-two
trains and special cars rolled out of
Union Station and the terminals at
Forteenth street and Rosslyn yester-
day.
Two Specials Leave Tomorrow.
Two special trains will leave with
jamboree groups tomorrow and third
special Monday will carry belated
contingents.
The jamboree came to an official
close with flourish of trumpets and
the striking of colors at 2:30 pm. yes
terday.
At that hour three Scout buglers
at general headquarters sounded re
treat" signaling Scouts posted along
the Avenue of Flags" to lower the
56 foreign flags lining the G. H. O.
grand concourse.
AS other Scouts hauled down Amer
lean and Scout flags from the main
flagstaffs at the head of the con-
course, the buglers sounded TO the
Colors"
The buglers then played Taps as
the whole company remained at at
tention, and concluded the ceremonies
by breaking into the familiar strains
Of Aud Lang Syne"
Pronounces Jamboree at End.
DR.. James E. West. chief Scout
executive, then formally pronounced
the jamboree at an end.
Earlier in the afternoon DR.. West
had presented to District Commits
sioner George E. Allen and members
of his Presidential Committee on the
jamboree bronze statuettes of a Boy
Scout, as mementoes of the jamboree
and as tokens Of appreciation TO,
their cooperation in making the en-.
campment phenomenal success from
every standpoint.
Allen. in turn, thanked the Scouts
for visiting Washington and compli-
mented jamboree officials on theil
handling Of the demonstration.
1T was one of the biggest and bes'
things we in Washington have ever
seen," Allen declared in Nation.
wide broadcast from jamboree head
quarters.
Others who received the statuettes
were: Capt. L. D. Clay and Maj. w
v. Renner, of the Army; Lieut.. A. j
Bolton, of the Navy; Marshall Fin.
nan, director Of National Capita
Parks; Dr. e. N. Bressman, of the
Department of Agriculture; Capt
Chester Wells, president of the Dis.
trict of Columbia Council, Boy Scout!
of America, D. P. Aub, district man
/ ager of the American Express Co.
DR.. w. L. Smith, of the United States
| Public Health Service, and Capt. w. N
| Derby of the Coast Guard. TIL,
statuettes were the work of DR.. Tai
Mackenzie, sculptor and friend o
Scouting.
Calls Health Record Remarkable.
Dr. Smith, in accepting the gift
said the jamboree's health and safet,
record was remarkable. OF l2(
: hospital cases during the 10 days, HI
pointed out, only few were serious
There were three narrow escapes
from death, he said, in commenting
that under the law of averages ther'
should have been death or twt
among the nearly $1,000 boys ans
leaders. The three grave cases, n
said, were ruptured appendix, a rup'
tured spleen and q fractured skull
received in an automobile accident on