Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1937, Page 6

BOY SCOUT PAGE. SLRING CIRCLS STAGEDBY SCOUTS 4,000 to Offer Diverse Ac- tivity of Scouting Again Tonight. A 50-ring circus, compounded of All the things that go to make up Boy Scouting, plus just about all the ex- tras the ingenuity of 4.000 youthful performers could devise, had some 15.000 spectators dizzy last night at| the first of a series of “Scouting| cavalcades” held in the big jamboree | @erena just north of the Washington Monument, The second cavalcade program will be given in the same place at 8 o'ciock tonight, with a wholly new cast of Bcouts and a new program from start to finish. There are 12,000 grandstand seats available for spectators, tickets | for which are obtainable at the arena More than 10,000 spectators last night ®aw the show from the slope at the base of the Monument, Scouts from the Distriet of Colum- bia and nearby States, composing Regions III and IV, staged the open- ing cavaleade last night. Tonight's €how will be put on by boys from New England. New York and New Jersey, who have been in training for several | months, Puture cavalcades will be staged by Scouts from other sections of the country the nights of July 3, &, 6 and 7. Skillful Performance, Last night's show was an astonish- tng exhibition of the versatility, team- work and skill of the youngsters from 81l parts of the world who have taken Washington by storm for the 10-day Jamboree. It was hard to tell who got the more fun out of the clean-cut, fast, and exciting performance, the cheering audience, a large part of it | composed of non-participating Scouts, | or the boys who were putting on the show. From the opening procession, led by more than 300 massed United States and Scout, flags, to the closing fire- works, the boys kept up a fast and furious tempo. Scouts of the world, emong them two Venezuelans who hiked 10,000 miles to ‘Washington, massed their flags and received a | tousing cheer as they passed before Chief Scout Jemes E. West, The Scouts cleared the arena on the double, leaving behind details of four boys in each of several hundred souares into which the six acres of “stage” was divided. These young- Ktars demonstrated uses of the Scout | neckerchiefs as bandages and slings for various types of injuries, for mak- Ing life lines and fmpromptu stretch- ers. Then they demonstrated the var- ious Scout games, scores of different | Fames going on simultaneously in the £quares i kaleidoscopic confusion, But confusion was worse confounded when they wound up in a “hog-tying” | contest which found nearly 2,000 | youngsters tying each other up jn | 5 knots. Father and Son Chop. = Donald Bell of Norwalk, Conn., learned today that jamboree mud is not to be de- spised. In fact, the above mud enabled him to do a good turn yesterday .... When Mud Is a Blessing in Disguise Donald hied himself to one of the Washington Boys’ Club shoe shining stations, where Russell Hatton of the Georgetown Branch Boys’ Club quickly removed the sticky earth and had Donald’s shoes shined in no time. give underprivileged boys a two weeks’ vacation at the club camp. U..S.DOGTOR HEADS STAFF O MEDICS Scout Mobilization Recalls War to Public Health Service Official. Twenty-five thousand Boy Scouts, mobilized in their peacetime jamboree, | helped recall World War experiences | to their chief medical officer today as he worked to relieve ilinesses that have | ranged thus far from nostalgia to acute appendicitis. | ‘There never has been a jamboree | itke this—or a mobilization like | ¥ this — except in | - time of war,” ob- - served husky,| black-haired and | bespectacled Dr. Peter McClaren, ehampion of the world, and his son, #taged a log-chopping contest, fath: going through his 14-inch log twice | in about one minute, while son went | through his once. The Scouts, who | have bucked up against this log-chop- | Ping themselves in an amateur status, | were pop-eyed. The arena was invaded by four big parties of Scouts who put on a re- volving show which included bicycle | scouting and pitching of camp; knot tving, the use of staves for making | stretchers, tents, tepees and signal towers, and signalling with flags, lights | end smoke. At the same time, Sea | Beouts put on a series of drills in the | eenter of the arena. The second half of the program, staged by Region IV Scouts from | ©Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginis, opened with & procession of 30 floats, illuminated by hundreds of torch bearers, Indians and Fires. ‘War-whoops sounded and the arena Wwas invaded by Indians in paint and | feathers, Who put on ceremonial and ‘war dances to the throbbing of tom- . boms. They loped .off and were suc- | oeeded by hundreds of Scouts carry- | g flints, steel and tinder. Al lights | went out, and in the darkness the | boys struck off a myriad of sparks| and blew their er into flames in & matter of seconds, except for the few unfortunates who needed matches. | ‘Then came the wildest scene of the | evening as nearly 2,000 boys engaged | in simultaneous tugs of war, roping, baton twirling, games, tumbling, pyra- mid building, races which involved | whirling until dizzy, Indian wrestling and 00 many other things for any | weporter to record. Through it all, siren screaming, went s Scout mine pescue truck, One Paul Criss, in the role of the mighty woodsman, Paul Bunyan, dem- onstrated his skill with a double- bladed ax by shaving a comrade and then chopping through 14-inch hardwood log in 30 seconds. The Scouts wound up the show by pitching just about all the kinds of | tents and tepees there are, ranging from two-boy pup tents and lean-to shelters to mess tents and togering Indian tepees. In front of their tepees &hey kindled campfires, around which they sat, singing as the lights went | out around the field and a lone bugle | sounded taps from one corner of the | field and was echoed by another across | the arena. Then the fireworks and the march back to home camps, scattered over B50 acres of Washington park land. Five delegates of Aleph Zadik Aleph | of B'Nal Breth yesterday afternoon presented to Dr, West -a resolution pdopted at the international conven- fon of the order, just closed in New f¥ork, indorsing the Scouting move- ment and pledging support of Boy Beout activities among Jewish boys throughout the country, The dele- gates were Lowell Adelson, Oakland, Calif,, head of the A. Z. A.; Jerome Vogel, New York, chairman of the A, Z. A. International Committee on Bcouting; Eugene Love, A. Z. A. senior deputy; Milton Reisman, Scout of Troop 24, South Bend, Ind., and Rabbi Philip Bookstaber, Harrisburg, Pa., at the jamboree as leader of Harrisburg Scouts. woodchopping | 4§ near the Monument, | boy had a sinking feeling in the pit | W. L. Smith in between tele-| % phone conversa- | tions with first aid units on the| far-flung jambo- Tee grounds. Dr. Smith, at- | tached to the| United States Marine Hospital in New Orleans, and sent here’by the Public Health Service to take charge of the jamboree medical division, was attached to the British Army during the World War. The smoke of battle and wide-spread human suffering were absent in the setting of the Monument Grounds. But the boys were thero— 25.000 of them—to remind him of mil- itary life, mobilization and well-or- ganized medical administration. Strength of Army Division. “There’s the strength of & complete Army division,” Dr. Smith declared. | Before he could continue, the tele- | phone rang on his desk in a big tent Dr. W. L. Smit “What's that!” exclaimed the doc- tor. “The boy wants to go home and his brother wants to go with him? What's wrong?” | The first-aid physician at the other end of the lire spoke briefly. “‘Oh, the nostalgia,” said Dr. Smith. “Well, boys will get homesick, you | know. Is he able to make the trip? He is. Where does he live? Gary, Ind., huh. Well, send him on.” Dr. Smith put the French hand set back in place and commented: ‘“That of his stomach. home. all.” He wanted to go Just plain homesick, that's Ambulance Needed Gas. Meanwhile, the Public Health Serv- ice ambulance was in need of gasoline, “Take a memo,” the doctor called to his male secretary. He dictated briefly. “To the Direc- tor of Health and Sanitation: We need gasoline for the ambulance and we need it now. Please note and take necessary action. Signed, Dr. Smith.” Off went the memo. A short time later some gasoline was going into the ambulance tank. Up dashed an orderly at this point with & memorandum from Admiral P. S. Rossiter, surgeon general of the Navy. “How’s this for service?” Dr. Smith. He displayed the memo. Admiral Rossiter had informed him all eye, ear, nose and throat cases among the Scouts could be treated at the naval dispensary. The telephone rang again. Dr. Smith took up the receiver and listened as s doctor explained another Scout’s ai ment, Ambulance Sent for Boy. “How about putting him in the hos- pital for X-ray,” asked the chief. Whats' his name? Who's his doctor? Dr. Crosby. Is Dr. Orosby about? Well, I'll have an ambulance report to the doctor.” And a0 another ailing Scout was disposed of. Dr. 8mith grew up out in Toledo, T, studied medicine at his State uni- versity and was detailed to the British Army for the World War after 11 ’t::‘“ of practice “as & country doc- A inquired | Monument Office Supplies Information to Visiting Scouts Department of Justice ’ . Boys’ Favorite Building. BY GORDON ENGLEHART. Local Scout Assigned to Cover the Jambores for The Star. OR the benefit of out-of-town Scouts, & United States in- formation service booth has been established near head- quarters, It furnishes information concerning the functions and activi- ties of Government agencies—also giving their lo- cation. The Depart- ment of Justice is just about the Scouts’ favorite Government building, always excepting the Washington and Lincoln Memo- rial. The famous G-Men's depart- ment on the fifth floor is crowded every hour of the day. Gordon Enrlehart, Yesterday morning it was a case of | gunmen meeting gunmen, as & troop of Texas Scouts paid a visit. How does John First-Class spend his day at the jamboree? He's up be- fore 7, and after testing the tempera- ture of the air, shower. He has 45 minutes before breakfast. Slipping on a pair of shoes and wrapping a towel around him, he heads for the wooden struc- ture inclosing the shower, not far distant. He stands around for sev- eral moments, pitying the Scouts al- ready in the cold water, and getting up the necessary courage. He finally takes the plunge, and letting out a few yells, starts to soap. However, just at that moment, the water is turned off “to let the pipes drain” and he is left standing, soap all over him. Within 3 minutes it's back on again; he is finished in another 10. He gets back to camp and is dressed as “soupy” is sounded. He's the first one to the table and attacks the oat- meal, bacon and scrambled eggs that are placed before him at five-minute intervals with zest. He, of course, razzes the K. P. patrol a little on its service. , After breakfast and inspection he applies for a pass to visit the Wash- ington Monument. All Scouts leav- ing camp have to obtain a pass. He doesn’t go directly to the Monument, though. First he goes over to the foreign encampment to see if he can swap for one of those Puerto Rican rings. Successful, he continues on his journey. He is properly impressed by the view from the Monument, but, like a tenderfoot, disregards his eyes and walks down. He gets back to camp in time for lunch pretty well fagged out. This doesn't prevent him from eating his share of the cold meats, beets and lemonade. He rests for about an hour after lunch, then gets up to help in erect- ing an entrance gate to his camp. He gets another pass and goes to the first performance of a camp theater, which lets out at 4:30. He goes back and gets in three games of checkers before he spies the beginning of some Indian hand wrestling. He gets in this and plays around until dinner. He's pretty humgry again and goes after the roast meat, potatoes, tough little ears of ocorn and peaches in approved fashivn. At all meals he gets & pint of milk. After dinner he cleans up, then goes to the camp fire next camp with the rest of his troop. This lets out at 9:30, and he spends the remaining half hour at the store, or rather trad- ing post, down the way. He buys SOme unnecessary souvenirs. He ar- rives back in camp with a few min- utes to spare and is in bed by the time taps are blo';\ WASHINGTON, D. i, | everything else in case of fire or other decides to take a | C. The dimes thus earned will ~—Star Staff Photos. IAMBOREE GIVEN OWN FIRE FORCE | Establish Engine Company at Tidal Basin to Guard Camp. Washington's newest addition to the PFire Department, Engine Company No. 32, has been established on the Tidal Basin, near the foot of Seven- teenth street, for the protection of the | Boy Scout encampment. It is & full company with a pump- ing wagon and a hose wagon, plus enough men detailed there to have three shifts in each 24 hours. Smoking is allowed only in the offi- cers’ quarters, and then only under | stringent regulations. Each section | is equipped with two fire extinguishers | and water barrels are placed within | easy reach of every tent. The alarm | | system is the telephone, and operators | | have orders to clear the wires of emergency. In the fire company the men have | been studying the layout of the camp | for weeks. They know the location | | of every section and have paid special | | attention to kitchens and other places | | where a fire possibly might occur, | The moment Engine Company No. 32 moves out of its tent responding to | an alarm another company from the | city will move into its place, so that | at no time during the entire jamboree | will any part of the encampment be | without protection. The sections of the camp over on Columbia Island and in Virginia, near | the entrance to Arlington Memorial | Cemetery, in addition to being pro- | tected by the Scout fire company, have | been given further insurance sgainst fire by the Fairfax County Fire De- | long-distance office on Thirteenth | partment, which has placed itself on call for use over there. Reunited by fiJ amboree FRIDAY, PHONE EXCHANGE SET UP AT CAMP 3-Position Private Branch Is Linked to 140 Main Stations. It took & lot of organizing to service the tented city on the Potomac with 4,000 telephone calls a day, 50,000 pieces of mail and thousands of tele- grams, incoming and outgoing. A three-position private branch ex- change with about 140 main “sta- tions” and approximately 50 exten- sions links one end of the jamboree city with the other. The telephone company keeps seven operators and one chief operator on 24-hour duty. ‘The jamboree exchange, District 7660, is linked with the District cen- tral office by 20 trunk lines, and two other trunk lines go direct to the street. Engineers started planning the wire | layout three months ago, and the| camp exchange was cut in a fortnight | 8g0. A master file has been com- pleted which lists each name in alpha- betical order and gives the location of each of the 25000 Scouts and leaders. Pay Stations Set Up. ‘Telephone lines have been strung along Columbia Island, across the Po- tomac from Washington, around the Tidal Basin and the southern end of Hains Point. Pay station booths! have been set up in each of the sec- tional trading posts. ‘The jamboree construction head- quarters near Washington Airport has | its own switchboard with eight trunk lines. Special telephone lines have | been run to the camp grounds for three broadcasting companies, and other direct lines connect key posi-| tions of the camp for the convenience of executives. Two shifts of a dozen postal em- ployes each clear the daily mail from the central post office with the aid JULY 2, 19 JAMBOREE NEWS. Schogl Blast flgivors Two Jamboree Scouts Miraculously Escaped Texas Disaster. Left, Ira Joe Moore, and right, Wellington Watson. WO boys who were atfending classes in the high school at 0 when an explosion New London, Tex.. March 18, crumbled | the building and crushed out the lives ' of more than 300 children, are here at the Scout Jamboree. Ira Joe Moore and Wellington Wat- | son, both 15, were fortunate enough to escape serious injury when the struc- ture collapsed about them Ira’s escape was amazing. since at the moment he was in the school machine shop, immediately below which accumulated gas set off the ter- of scores of Scout orderlies, who dis- | rific blast. Nearly every one in or near tribute and collect the mail through 18 sectional stations. A third increasing mail volume. shift | the shop was killed. —Star Staff Photo. Young Walson was at a class in American historv when the disaster struck. For some freakish reason this class room remained intact, and the pupils there were hardly scratched. Eighteen Boy Scouts died in the catastrophe, J L. Horner, district Scont commis- sioner, pointed out that Scouts were the first unit to rush to the acene and give organized help. They received the official thanks of the State for their services. I. M. Mote. assistant scoutmaster with Troop 14 from that section of | Texas, lost a son in the explosion. Ten Ira was blown through & window and | members of his troop also perished. probably wil be added to care for an | must have landed on his feet, for he | No East Texas Scout can ever forget 17 TRADING POSTS SERVING SCOUTS Furnish Needed Supplies and Serve as Places of Meeting. | Trading posts scattered throughout | the jamboree camp zerve a double | purpose—the Scouts buy needad sup= plies, souvenirs and between-mezal | anacks there, but moet of all they use the trading posts as recreational and | meeting centers. There are 17 posts placed about the camp, all of which carry items a Scout Imlgm need or want during his stay in Washington. It was the primary purpose of the Scout executives to make the entire encampment self- sustaining, and they kept this in mind when they made up the list of supplies | to be placed on the shelves. No Peddlers Permitted. | At each post a Scout may purchase | souvenirs, post cards, flags, patrol em« | blems, uniforms, decorative pillows, books, soft drinks, sandwiches, ire cream, candy, writing tablets, eamera films and an unlimited host of other things. The trading posts are the oniy piaces where he may buy any of these items other than in the Washington | stores. a5 no hawkers or peddiers are permitied on the jamboree grounds | A special act of Congress was nec- | essary to give the Boy Scouts permis- sion to set up the stores, as generallv i no commercial sales are permitted on | Government park property. In addition to serving as places where Scouts may purchase needed supplies each trading post has a zec- tion where they may leave their soiled laundry, exposed fiims and get & shoe shine, all necessarv services in the large city of 25000 boys. The eamp authorities have made several Wash- ington firms agencies for these | services, feeling that they were more experienced along those lines than any temporary agency they might estab- lish themselves. | Profits Go Into Fund. Prices at the trading posts are the same or even lower than they are in Washington stores. Profits go into the general jamboree fund, and if there | is any surplus at the end of the en- campment it willl be distributed pro | was automatically running and dodg- | the horror of those March days, but | FAta among the Scouts who attended The camp post office was opened | ing debris the next thing he can re- they proved anew the value of their | the jamboree. more than a week ago. It was piled high with parcel post packages today. as parents from all parts of the coun try mailed added equipment to Scouts here. The camp post office also nsi clearing thousands of Washington | souvenir post cards. ‘Wire Offices Established. Two telegraph companies have set up camp offices, out of which work big staffs of messengers. They are handling hundreds of requests for money daily. “My camera broke,” wires one boy, or another says: “I lost my suit case.” One boy wired to Colorado that while the jamboree was “fine.” he | wanted to “go on to Niagara Falls, as I understand the fare is very cheap.” Still another Scout wired to Tex- arkana, saying: “Telegraph $10 stop I have a girl here.” “Are you sure $10 will be enough, buddy inquired the operator L | The trading craze which has swept | the camp is fast becoming universal Many boys are wiring, writing and telephoning the folks back home for | souvenirs peculiar to that loecality. The articles most in demand ar those typical of some distant com munity, preferably if they relate to | natural history and are rare in other sections of the country. Tomato Is Scouts’ Emblem. The “Love Apple” patrol from | Texas carries as an emblem a flag on which two big, red tomatoes are pierced by an arrow. The Scouts are from Jacksonville, Tex., “the tomato eenter of the world.” Ex-Army Officer of Honolulu Sees Mother, 76, After 19 Years. Reunion at the jamboree camp. Left to right: Charles L. Bilisborough; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Billsborough, and —Star Staff Photo. Charles L. Billsborough, jr. HE jamboree brought Charles L. Billsborough, a retired Army I officer of Honolulu, snd his mother, Mrs. Margaret Bills- borough, 76, of Arlington, Va., to- gether for the first time in 19 years. Billsborough is & Scout executive and he came with the Hawaiian eon- tingent of 43. And one of the Scouts in the island troop is his 15-year-old son, Cherles Billsborough, Jr., who had never seen his grandmother. ‘The three generations ef Billsbor- oughs met in joyful reunion at Osmp Aloha, where the Hawalians are tented. “Mother,” said the elder Billabor~ ough, “you x’t look a day oider.” 1 \ “Well, you do—just a little,” she said. “So this is the baby?" The grandmother touched the sin- ewy frame of the grandchild she had never seen, a strapping boy taller than his father, The boy was born in Hawaii. ‘The last time mother and son met also was in Washington. It was dur- ing the turbulent days when America was in the World War and Billsbor- ough was a lieutenant in the Army. But after the war he went to Hawall and did not return until the jam- boree called hira and his Bcout son. , Before the war Billsborough was an enlisted man in the Army for nearly 30 years. He was ocommissioned at .found department. member. He was cut and bruised, but not badly hurt. training and their individual heroism They rescued children pinned under | Each post serves between 1,200 and 2.500 boys, and extreme care has been “The first T knew T was clear away | the smoking debris. kept the area clear | taken to insure that all foodstuffs sold from the building.” he recalled. and ran innumerable errands of mercy. BY TEXAS SCOUTS Prize Winner Chews Rope and Strays From Hains Point Camp. Some one with divining powers might make a fortune at the Scout Jamboree encampment. The Texas delegation, for instance, would part with at least a couple of horned toads if some one would come through with one good suggestion as to how to find a lost goat. Troop 155 of Kerrville, Tex., ar- rived last Saturday with an Angora representative of the species, with the idea of presenting Roosevelt. All went well for one day only. On Sunday night the boys of the troop LOST GOAT SOUGHT it to President | SCOUTS COMPETE WITH DECORATIONS Florida Boys Bring Much Native Ornamentation for Tents. The Dade County Council Troop from Miami, Fla., is making a strong bid for the unofficial honor of having the best decorated camp at the jam- boree. There is strong rivalry be- tween the different sections of Jam- boree City in the matter of camp decorations. &nd all sorts of flags, bunting, plants and other materials have been transported to the banks of the Potomac and set up in the camps. One troop from Texas has a large painting of the Alamo in its camp and New York boys have a scale model of the President’s Hyde Park home. retired to their Hains Point camp, | In region 6, section L, Troop 2—down with the goat tied outside. In the morning they found only a piece of chewed rope where the goat had once stood Goat Was Prize Winner, The animal belonged to Garland Lang of the troop, senior patrol leader of Jamboree Troop No. 1. The goat, measuring some 18 inches high in its stocking feet, was a prize winner | in several shows in the Western State. The boys know the bearded tin-can eater is somewhere in the general vielnity of the Nation's Capital, but they've had no luck in their intensive search. It might turn up later through the well-organized lost and found system which the Scout executives have set up. Lost-Found Unit Created. Each of the 20-section service troop Scoutmasters has established s lost and found department. The whole system is under the direction of M. G. Clark, chief of service troops, and George Jacobs, aide for the patrol section, who has charge of the cen- tral lost and found tent, located di- rectly behind the physical arrange- ments tent. Each division will keep track of the articles, animals or persons found and the name of the finder. If not claimed after 24 hours the article Will be sent to the central lost and At the end of the 10-day jamboree the article will be returned to the finder if the loser doesn’t shop'up. So far two billfolds, one contain- ing $180, have been turned over to Clark. Also awaiting claimants are several pairs of glasses, a suit case and several haversacks. DEAF MEET TONIGHT Hard-of-Hearing Scouts Invited to Memorial Gathering. Hard of hearing and deaf Boy Scouts have been invited to s “get- together” meeting at 7:30 o'clock to- night at the Lincoln Memorial by William J. McCanless, & deaf Scouter of region 3, section S. in the Hains Point area in other words—a whole section of Florida has sprung up, however. Brought 500 Bags of Coconuts. The Miami Scouts brought with them 500 bags of coconuts, bales of | Spanish moss, dozens of potted Aus- | tralian pines, several potted eoconut palm trees (small) and other items in lesser quantities. This list, course, doesn't include the reptiles they brought for trading and exhi-| bition, Entrance to the troop quarters is gained through a hut thatched with palm leaves, intended to be a repro- duction of a Seminole Indian home, and decorated with coral fern from the bottom of the semi-tropical sea near Florida. On either side of the entrance are Seminole Indian totem poles, gayly painted with vivid colors. The fence itself is not the usual rope fence surrounding many other troop | sections, but is made of interlacing strips of green bamboo. Once inside the section through the hut, the troop quarters are exception- ally neat in & camp noted for its neat- ness. Another totem pole stands in the center of the quadrangle, and the aisles leading to the tents in which the 36 boys sleep are lined with eoco- nuts, still green and in their shells. The palm trees in their pots stand in little sections near the entrance, and the small pine trees are lined in back of the coconuts marking the edge of the sidewalks. Scout Executive With Group. The Scouts are under Scoutmaster C. A. Carlyle. Scout Executive A. 8. Mcfarlane of Miami aiso is with the contingent. With them they brought 40 snakes from southern Florida, most of them watersnakes, but also & few rattlers and moccasins. Shortly after their arrival in camp the watersnakes turned prolific on them, and now there are 80 reptiles there. They are to be exhibited during the early part of the jamboree, and later they will be traded for items from other parts of the country. T SRR Lakeland Furnishes Band. A Boy Scouts band from Lakeland, Plans will be made for special fea- | Fla., became today the official musical tures for Scouts who have difficulty |organization for the Boutheastern in hearing. Those unable to attend | States at the National 8cout Jamboree. the meeting were asked to submit | The region the Lakeland band repre- their names and sddresses to Mc- | sents includes Florida, Georgis, North Ounless. Carolina. -~ and South of | there are of the higheat standards | of purity and quality. They open at |8 o'clock in the morning—an hour after a bugle first rouses the Scouts | from their sleep—and they do not close close until 10 p.m.. at which time | all boys are supposed to be in their tents. | The main purpose of the trading | posts is not to sell the boys souvenirs and food and to clean their eclothes and develop their films, however. They are recreational centers to which | they come when not busy with other activities or when they feel lonely and in need of companionship. They are decorated with colorful flags, banners and bunting; they are brightly lighted | and have about them all an air of | cheerfulness and good fellowship. | Posts Justify Existence. Especially in the evenings the bovs gather in the trading tents, where they swap stories, play checkers and write letters home on the many desks and tables with which the poste are equipped. Already they have more than justified their existence by bring- ing the boys from their lonely ten | at nights into the brightly lighted, cheerful atmosphere of their fellow Scouts. They were especially useful early this week when rain was pour- | ing down on the camp and isolating each little troop group. The trading posts are run by the | Scouts under Earle W. Beckman, in | charge of the division of commercial sales. He is from New York City, where he is & national officer in the Scout movement. A pamphlet, “The Trading Post Red Book,” has been published and iesued | to each Scout in which is listed all the services available at the posta, ir.- cluding a list of charges for laundry and film developing. | Program Saturday, 7:00 AM.—Reveille. 7:45 AM.—Breakfast. 8:30 AM.—Mt, Vernon excursion. 9:00 AM.—Jewish services. 9:00 AM.—Optional sightseeing. Re- glons I, III, IV, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XTI 9:00 AM.—Rehearsals for arena dis- plays—Regions ¥, VI. 12:30 P.M.—Luncheon. 1:45 P.M.—Mt. Vernon excursion. 2:00 P.M.—Optional sightseeing. Re- gilons T, TT1, IV, VII, V1II, | 2:00 PM.—Rehearsals for arens dis- play. Regions V, VI. 3:00 PM.—Camp theaters — First performance. 4:30 PM.—Camp theaters — Seeond performance. 6:00 P.M.—Dinner. 8:00 PM.—Arena displays—Regions V and VI Optional osmpfires within sections. 10:00 P.M.—Taps. Scout Cameramen “Cover’’ Interment Of Mascot Turtle Pifteen Scout photographers ‘‘covered” the burial yesterday of Tom, & mascot turtle which oouldn’t survive the excitement of the jamboree. Brooklyn Scouts of the Turtle Patrol sounded “taps” and laid ‘Tom away with full honors. *“We loved him and he loved us—we think,” said one mourner. The general grief was some- what abated by the fact that Tom is survived by a brother and one monkey.