Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1937, Page 6

BOY SCOUT PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY, JULY Wi o, 1937, JAMBOREE NEWS. . Eating Is a Gigantic Industry as Well as a Favorite Pastime at the Jamboree Upper left: To feed 25.000 energetic boys three times a day means a lot of trips from food truck to mess hall. Upper left center: Shucking a batch of corn for the Scouts and the general staff at the encampment. SOUTHERN SCOUTS 8T UP TROPS Bring Palm Trees, Alligators, Snakes and Coconuts to Jamboree. Palm trees, palmettos, alligators coconuts give the camp of a Scouts on Hains Point a touch al atmosphere. The Floridians also have contrib- uted a large section of the natural istory exhibit nged for conve- nience of the public by Scouts of the Southeastern Coastal State: The exhibition tent. which is open to the public, is located on the Wash- ingion Channel side of Hains Point, not far from the golf course in East Potomac Park. The exhibit includes a Seminole hut built of cypress logs and pal- metto leaves after the fashion of the Indians who inhabit the Florida swamps. The floor of the hut is two feet above the pround. Scores of Snakes. The display includes scores of native snakes, some alive and scme preserved in alcohol; Indian arrow heads, bead work, carving and handi- craft of all kinds: samples of native woods, a model farm, the activities of which embrace all phases of acouteraft, and sea creatures of many types Incidentally, one of the snakes on exhibition gave birth to 30 babies and they will be presented to the Zoo here. The new arrivals are green nakes. Another reptile family con; s of a mother and 33 banded water snakes, born on the way from Fiorida The live snakes include, rattlers, both diamond back and pygmy, a coral snake, copper-head and cotton- mouth moccasin, all poisonous, and many non-poisonous varieties. This collection was made by Scouts who took safety precautions, and the #nakes are being displayed in glass- fronted cases. Reptiles In Alcohol. Another and more complete col- lection of Florida snakes is contained in a series of alcohol-filled bottles. Beouts from Florida, North and South Carolina and Georgia co-operated in arranging the natural histoy display. At least a score of small alligators were brought to the jamboree by Scouts from Florida and South Geor- gia, both for trading purposes and as mascots Oddly enough, the Scouts still have most of the alligators. Roving traders have made scores of offers, embracing everything from an Alaskan totem pole to a pickled octopus from Hawali, but the Southerners are holding out for higher prices. The alligators are kept tied in artificial pools which the Scouts dug. The camp decorations include arti- ficial palm trees imported by a troop of Scouts from the “hurricane coast” of Florida. lJamboree Program Tuesday. :00 AM.—Reveille. 45 A.M.—Breakfast. 00 AM.—Sea Scouts to Annapolis. :30 AM.—Mt. Vernon Excursion. 100 AM.—Optional Sight - seeing. Regions II, III, IV, V, VI, VIIT, IX, X, XI, XII 9:00 AM.—Rehearsals for Arena Displays. Regions VII, X- 12:30 P.M.—Luncheon 1:45 P.M.—Mt. Vernon Excursion. 2:00 P.M.—Optional Sight - seeing. Regions I, 11, III, IV, ViII, IX, XI, XIIL 2:00 P.M.—Rehearsals for Arena Displays. Regians VII, X. 3:00 PM.—Camp Theaters — First performance. 4:30 PM.—Camp Theaters—Second performance. 6:00 P.M.—Dinner. 8:00 P.M.—Arena Displays. Regions VII X. Optional campfires with- in sectios 20:00 P.M.—Taps. This is how the Scouts take their meals from kitchen to their troop mess tents. The food is put in metal heat stacks, which contain four compartmen ts, and carried by Scout details. Is Affirmed by “Scout Is Reverent,” 12th Law, 25,000 at Rites |All Creeds Join in Washington Mor More than 25.000 Boy Scouts, massed | in a brown sea below the Washington | Monument at sunset last night, af- firmed at the grand convocation of their National Jamboree the twelfth | law in their creed—"A Scout is rev- erent.” It was a memorable scene. The hosts of Scoutdom were gathered for an hour before the ceremony started patrol after patrol, their vari-colored banners fluttering, delegates from every section of America and from 24 foreign nations. Marine Band Plays. The sun dropped telow the horizon. Clouds in the West were splashed in | crimson. The Marine Band broke | into “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” ' The program had started. As it con- tinued, darkness came on, and the flood lights again revealed the Capi- tal's visiting army of boyhood. It was not a religious service—this convocation in which all creeds joined —but merely a restatement of the broad faith in God, which is a basic | principle of Scouting. It climaxed a day in which the different religious groups held their separate services for boys of their several faiths At a solemn pontifical field mass for the Catholic Scouts earlier in the day, Most Rev. Francis J. L. Beckman, | archbishop of Dubuque, told the as- | sembled boys that no such gathering as this of the jamboree could be pos- sible in such nations as Mexico, Ger- many, Russia or Spain “Boys like you are no more than pawns of the state” he warned, in countries where the church has been oppressed and despotism has become the rule. In particular, he cautioned his listeners against the inroads of Communisitc doctrines. Leaders of the Scout movement and representatives of the major denomi- nations spoke briefly at the evening services, voicing pleas that these men- soon-to-be keep the faith of their fathers, carry the reverence taught Scouts into later life, each worship- ping God in his own way. This convocation, unique in Ameri- ca's annals, closed with the plaintive notes of “taps,” first sounded on nearby bugles, then echoed by trumpeters in the distance. Secretary Roper Speaks. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C Roper told the convocation: ““The most conspicuous sigh of our time reads: ‘Wanted—Men of Char- acter’ This means those traits in- corporated in the Boy Scout creed.” In an address on “Our Debt to Re- ligion,” Walter W. Head, president of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America, said: “The foundations of our Common- wealth were not laid by adventurers who came here in search of gold. They were laid by the Puritans, the Quakers, the Huguenots and the Jesuit mis- sionaries, who came here in search of God and who, above all things, were desirous of worshiping Him. Dr. James E. West, chief Scout ex- ecutive, gave a statement of the re- ligious principles of &oouting. Tributes to the religious policies of | National Convocation N wment—Church Leaders Speak Briefl Y. the movement were voiced by Dr. Israel Goldstein, D. H. L., rabbi of the Congregation of B'Nai Jeshurun, New York, for the Jewish Committee on Scouting; by Most Rev. Joseph F. Rummel, D. D, Archbishop of New | Orleans, for the Catholic Committee on Scouting: by J. Reuben Clark, jr., Salt Lake City, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in behalf of that faith, and by Rev. William C. Covert, D. D, chairman of | the Protestant Committee on Scouting. The convocation was preceded by a concert of the Marine Band and opened with the singing of “*America.” The invocation was pronounced by Rt. Rev. Phillip Cook, D. D., Bishop of Delaware and president of the Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church The Scouts sang “America the Beau- tiful” and the Kipling “Recessional,” under the leadership of Lanny Ross, a former Scout. Oscar Kirkham, a Scout leader from Utah, led the sing- ing of “Hail, Hail Scouting Spirit.” Robert West Reads Oath. The Scout oath was recited by Dr. West's son Robert. “The Scoutmaster's Prayer” next was spoken. The great assembly closed with the playing of the national anthem and a benediction pronounced by .Archbishop Beckman, followed by “taps” on the bugles. * In the morning the solemn pontifical field mass held for more than 3,000 Catholic boys in the arena was an impressive event. For the first time Boy Scouts in uniform assisted at such a service. A group from Washington parishes served as altar boys. Archbishop Rummel pontificated at the throne on the invitation of Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore. The sermon was delivered by Archbishop Beckman. Officers of the mass were Scout chaplains from various dioceses over the country. Protestant services were held simul- taneously in six sections of the camp at 9 am. The sermons were delivered by Dr. Covert, Dr. Oscar F. Black- welder, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation; Dr. A. P. Wilson, pastor of Columbia Heights Christian Church; Dr. William S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church; Dr. Albert P. Shirkey of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and Dr. Allen A. Stockdale of the Congregational Church. Ministers who presided at these services included Dr. R. N. Skinner, pastor of Georgetown Presbyterian Church; Dr. G. Ellis Williams, district superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, executive secretary of the District of Columbia Baptist Conven- tion; Dr. Chesteen Smith, of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Dr. Ralph Sharpe, pastor of Marvin Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Dr. Edward H. Pruden, pastor of First Baptist Church. A Christian Science service was held in the morning. A service at the Church of 'Latter Day Saints, Sixteenth atreet and Columbja road, was at- tended by & de! from the jam- boree. Paper dishes and cups are being used by most jamboree campers, but this Providence, R. I., quartet, apparently, didn't mind tackling the dirty dishes after a meal cooked over a camp re. Army of Boy Scout Visitors ‘Gang’ G-Men at Headquarters The G-men have been “ganged.” Headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in the Department of Justice Building, has been taken by storm by thousands of jamboree Scouts, intent on learning how the famed F. B. I. agents get their man. More than 2,000 Scouts visited the bu- reau yesterday. Real G-men, some of them veterans of front-line gangland battles, re- ceived the Scouts with the rattle of machine-gun fire—but the guns were aimed at targets in the pistol range in the basement of the building. The Scout *gangs” were finger- printed, if they wished, and the finger- prifits were filed in the non-criminal section of the big identification di- vision—apart from the more than 7.000.000 prints of the Dillingers, the Karpises and the other notorious des- peradoes who have been prey of J. Edgar Hoover's crime fighters. All the visitors wanted to shake hands with Director Hoover and get his autograph, but there were so many that the head G-man could not spare the time. He would have no time to do anything else but greet the boys, it was pointed out to groups of Scouts who appeared at his office. A few Scouts managed to get in Hoover's office, by one method or an- other, and they emerged wide-eyed from the ‘“general headquarters,” where they were greeted in friendly fashion by the director. One of the first Scouts to succeed in meeting Hoover was ushered in promptly when he told a secretary he had met Hoover in another part of the country and had been invited to pay a personal visit when he came to Washington. Handling the large delegations is proving quite a problem for F. B. L officials. A special guide force has been assigned to escort the groups through the bureau, where they are shown the arsenal and other equip- ment capti from the Dillinger gang, handyyiting of Bruno Richard Hauptmann and other evidence in the Lindbergh kidnaping case; mutilated fingerprints of Alvin Karpis and other gangsters, by which the outlaws vainly sought to avoid detection, and a score of other exhibits teaching that “crime doesn't pay.” : A few of the Scouts were lucky enough to be permitted to fire a “Tommy” machine gun in the pistol range, under the careful supervision of F. B. I. gun experts. “Gee,” one boy exclaimed as he left the building, “the gangster hasn't got a chance with those fellows turned loose after him!" SCOUTS’ CAMP PACKED BY HOLIDAY VISITORS “Double Fourth” Brings Throng of Relatives of Boys to Jamboree Grounds. The double Fourth of July holiday brought a throng of visitors to the jamboree camp yesterday and today, many of them parents, sisters, brothers, uncles and aunts of Scouts from nearby States. Families needed maps and guides to locate their sons’ patrols in the maze of tents strung from Washington Monument to Hains Point. Many of the visitors expressed amazement at the lack of confusion in this city of boys, but the Scouts didn't see why any one should be surprised—they are taught to do things that way. Thousands of Washingtonians got their first glimpse of the city within their city. Scout Sets Chinning Record. Spencer Russell, Eagle Scout of Troop 51, Washington, broke the jam- boree record for chinning yesterday afternoon. p He chinned himself 23 times, the previous mark by ¢. Upper right center: With their backs to blezing char- coal fires, the jamboree cooks prepare the salads. Upper right: It looks like the waiter’s in trouble, but every- thing's okay. The cups are made of paper. 15000 BOYS CET And at last it's “Let’s put on the feed bag, boys.” When the meal is over, the Scouts must clean the thermos food container and return it to the kitchen, where it is sterilized. 250 Tons of Food Used Dail ¥ For Hungry Horde at Jamboree Scout Executives Have Provided Svystem of Distribution Permitting All to Have Meals at About Same Time. The job of distributing some 250 | tons of food every day in a manner designed to meet with the approval of 25,000 hungry Boy Scouts sounds like a tough assignment. Boy Scout executives figured out a method that will permit practically every one in the huge encampment to eat his ham and eggs at the same time—a method so simple that the job | doesn’t seem tough at all. ‘The boys are going to do away with some food, too. during the 10-day jamboree. They'll eat about 900 bush- els of potatoes each meal, 4.000 pounds of butter and 2 tons of sugar daily; 50,000 eggs every breakfast, plus 1,200 gallons of some canned vegetable each meal — tomatoes, corn, succotash, string beans, etc. They drink 25,000 quarts of milk daily. Special Mess Hall. A special mess hall has been ar- ranged for Scout executives, the gen- eral headquarters staff and members of the press. Waiters from the May- flower Hotel staff are serving in this tent. The Scouts, however, serve themselves. To handle the culinary phase of such a tremendous gathering, 25 kitchens have been set up on the ex- pansive jamboree grounds. From these each of 816 provisional Scout troops carry steaming hot rations already cooked for serving to their troop din- ing tents. About 45 minutes before meal time chefs begin putting the food in “hot stacks,” metal thermos cans contain- ing four compartments. The steward in each kitchen supervises the fill- ing of the cans. Each one contains enough food for a single troop of 35 to 45 Scouts. As these are filled a cetail from each troop picks up its rations and returns to its own mess tent. The food is put in the containers at a temperature of between 250 and 300 degrees, and by the time the boys are ready to eat it still retains a temperature of about 180 degrees. Most of Food Delivered Fresh. Most of the food is delivered fresh each morning and is cooked in char- coal stoves. Beside each kitchen is the quartermaster’'s tent from which the Scouts get their bread, salt, etc. They make their own salads. And when the meal is ended the metal containers must be washed and carried back to the kitchen, where they are sterilized before the next meal. Paper plates and cups are used so there’s no dishwashing for the Scouts. Scout executives said they are using these to save as much time as possible for the many activities nr‘:nged for the jamboree whirl. This method of serving is so simple that it's easier to serve 1,000 Scouts than it is to serve 100 persons on & Pullman dining car. That's the con- clusion ‘eached by E. B. Chewning, & steward mn the Seaboard Airline Rail- way Co., who has charge of the kitchen which will the delegation. Brought Eight Veteran Chefs. ‘When Scout officials brought Chewn- ing here for the jamboree they also brought eight veteran chefs from the sailway firm. Their problem 1s a tle different from that in other kitchens. They've got to cook food to please boys from foreign countries—England, Belgium, the Netherland: Sweden, Ireland, Scotland, France, Poland. Rumania, Luxemburg, Canada, Newfoundland, Mexico, Guatemala. Chile, Venezuel Cuba, Haiti, Bahamas, Columbia, Australia, India, Union of South Africa, as well as from the United States territories of Hawaii, the Canal Zone and Puerto Rico. serve international Scout Anglers Hook Catfish With Cod Bait Fish Left From Din- ner Used By Pair on Potomac W all. BY GORDON ENGLEHART, Local Scout Assigned to Cover the Jambo- ree for The Star. It might be that they didn't like the way the cooks were obtaining their fish, or it is possible they didn't like the cod they had Friday. Anyway, two Scouts from . the Washington encampment sat along the Poto- mac wall a couple of hours the other day, and using leftover cod for bait, caught two catfish, total- ing 4 pounds. The damp weather which dominated the jamboree the first few days brought out a series of aching teeth which kept the three- man dental unit near headquarters busy. More than 15 patients have been treated so far. The two engines comprising Fire Co. No. 32, the jamboree'’s own com- pany, have not been overworked as yet. Only two fires, both in Section Q, have been reported. One began in their camp kitchen and the other in a photographer’s tent. Gordon Englehart, The cost of the bowling game, dis- tributed throughout camp, was origi- nally advertised six balls for a nickel. It is now eight balls for nothing, tjpugh not advertised. Scouts have fmed how to “fix” it so the balls roll out free. JAMBOREE PHOTOS Camera Craze Reaches New High—25,000 Prints Turned Out Daily. The camera craze has reached a new high at the jamboree, with at least 15000 Scouts taking pletures from every conceivable angle. More than half of the boys earry cameras h them wherever they go, determined to make a film record of an experience which to many is the most thrilling of a lifetime The finishing of jamboree photo- | graphs is a big business in itself. A profit of about $10.000 is expected to be realized by the Scouts for the sale of camera supplies and service at the camp on firm which has the ession operates 18 age! in trading posts. each wi a stock of supplies larger than the average drug store lay-out. Hundreds of Scouts who failed to bring cameras from home are buying them here. A staff of 70 photo finishers is turn- | ing out more than 25,000 prints daily for jamboree Scouts. The profit from this business, together with the sale of supplies, will be turned over to jam- boree offi for camp expenses. If the jamboree shows a profit it will be prorated among the Scouts after the books are balanced. The photo finishers say the Scouts are turning out better pictures by the large than the general public. This is due to the fact that Scouts must have at least an elementary knowl- edge of photography to obtain a merit badge for this activity. Scouts must know something of composition, shutter speeds, focusing and the finishing processes. Their collective enthusiasm for producing good pictures is enormous. The Jamboree Journal is conducting an amateur contest and paying a dol- lar each for the pictures published. Fictures are pouring in by hundreds, and more are expected later The jamboree's photo finishing plant is operating 20 hours a day and turning 300 rolls of film an hour. Most of the boys have simple box cameras, which they can purchase for a few dcllars, although there are hundreds of expensive candid cameras and motion picture cameras, The photo finishers say they ars learning a lot about the world by developing film taken by Scouts on their way to Washington. These travel pictures have been taken in almost every quarter of the globe. The Scouts are being photographed by thousands of jamboree visitors Almost all of these have a camera of some sort and are constantly en the alert for novel shots. Every camera shop and developing plant in the city is getting extra busi- ness from the jamboree, it was said. 350 SEA SCOUTS VISIT ANNAPOLIS TOMORROW Port Watch at Dry-Land “Bhip” Will Be Guests of Mid- shipmen. Approximately 350 Sea Scouts of the port watch at the dry-land “ship” in East Potomac Park will be guests of the officers and midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy, An- napolis, tomorrow. The Scouts will leave their camp in 10 special buses at about 9:30 &m. tomorrow and will be luncheon guests of the middies. The 365 Sea Scouts of the starboard watch made the Annapolis trip Pri- day under leadership of Lieut. A. J. Bolton of the President's Jamboree Committee. They were welcomed to the academy by Capt. Ford A. Todd, U. S. N, act ing superintendent, and were taken on a sight-seeing tour of the buildings An¢ grounds. They were the luncheon cies the yuuu of members of tha fourth sn@ second year classes at the academy.