Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1937, Page 6

CANP FRE DES INLASTASSENBLY Foreign Scouts Are Told to Carry Message of Peace to Lands. With a thunderous salute to the world brotherhood of youth, the last assembly of the first National Jam- boree of the Boy Scouts of America swept to a close last night in a thronged arena below the Washing- ton Monument ‘The 400 Scouts and leaders who took part in the jamboree as delegates from 24 foreign countries paraded before the massed thousands., each group in its most lavish native cos- tume. Then they scattered about the arena and each contingent performed typical tests of skill and strength, China's lone representative, clad in a sumptu- ous mandarin costume, riding the charger as an ancient Celestial knight, The crowd gave the foreigners a tremendous ovation when Dr. James E. West, chief Scout executive of America, said “We want you to carry back to our brother Scouts our greetings, and pre- sent to each the Scouting promise of peace and good will among all the people of the earth.” World Jamboree Envoys Hailed. ‘Then the nearly 800 Scouts and Scouters which America is sending | to Holland for the World Jamboree | beginning July 30 passed in review and received a tumultuous send-off. Dr. West expressed his gratitude at the great success of this first National Jamboree and his specific thanks to | the many who Rad made this memora- | ble event possible, including President | Roosevelt, Congress, the District Gov- ernment and the Citizens’ Com- mittees. . After that, as midnight approached. the Indian Scout runners crept up | to the central camp fire which has burned throughout the jamboree— the blaze that was lighted 10 days ago with logs carried from every sec- tion of the United States—and brought back to it the blazing torches with which they lighted their sectional camp fires. The embers will go to Hol- land to form the base of another camp fire At the close of the farewell cere- mony, every Scout and leader in camp massed about the first and sang “‘Hail, Scouting Spirit,” followed by “Taps” on the bugles. Far West Pageant Presented The final ceremonies were preceded by another in the series of rousing shows in which the Scouts and their leaders have brought pageants depict- ing colorful episodes from the history of America. The closing program was put on by Scout patrols from the Far West— California, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Ore- gon, Washington, Montana, Alaska and Hawaii. At an opening ceremony. Chief Scout West pinned the coveted Eagle badge, highest order of Scouting, on 33 Western boys. Next the boys from Idaho staged a signal drill. Then came an eerie Indian ghost dance, put on by a highly skilled group from Oregon and Idaho, which included a number of full- blooded Indians. Ralph Hubbard, noted Indian authority, directed the dance. The adventurous history of the Far West was unfolded in a series of episodes. The Lewis and Clark expedition to “the Oregon country” came on, threading its way among Indian camp fires and placating the suspicious na- tives. After the party reached the Pacific there was a transformation of 100 years, and the great seals of Ore- gon, Washington. Idaho and Montana appeared, with Boy Scouts, “the citi- - zens of tomorrow.” California Episode Unfolds. The story of California then was told. First, the Indians dancing and chanting about their fires. Then the Spanish padres, bearing their cross and making peace with the Indians. After them came the Spanish dons and the adventurous from many countries. o Then a little group of men struck gold, and a horde of fortune seekers followed at their heels. There was an - interlude of Hawalian dancing as ‘Western civilization reached those dis- tant islands. Covered wagons pushed on through the Southwest to the Coast, and the West was conquered. The American World Jamboree con- tingent revealed a cross-section of Bcouting—games, signaling, first-aid, roping and other activities. There were comedy entre acts in the form of Indian wrestling and a dressing contest. . The drum and bugle corps from Ra- cine, Wis,, held the musical spotlight of the evening and received a fine hand. During the afternoon Mrs. Roose- velt motored through the camp with Dr. West. The President visited the Jamboree city the day before. Like the President, I4rs. Roosevelt stopped at the reproduction of the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, N. Y., assembled by Boy Scouts from Dutch- ess County. She admired the exhibit and chatted with several boys. “How many of you are here from Dutchess County?” Mrs. Roosevelt wanted to know. ‘Thirty-five, she was told, and they were from “Hyde Park, Poughkeepsie and all over.” She also was informed there were 2,500 boys in that section of camp, composed of patrols from New York and New Jersey. Gives Tea at White House, Mrs. Roosevelt drove past other sections of the camp. Later she entertained a group of Scout executives at a tea at the White House. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. West, their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. West; the Misses Marion and Helen West, daughters, and Bob West, Scout son of the chief 8cout executive; Paul A. Siple, the WASHINGTON. On the eve of demobilization of the jamboree encampment, the “fire of friendship,” which Carmen Acquiste of Bayonne, N. J., and Charles Broughton of Dayton, Ohio, are shown tending on the Monument grounds, was extinguished last night. SCOUTTENT Y SOON WL VANH Task of Demolishing 350- Acre Encampment Will Begin Monday. Washington's tent city beside the Potomac, in which more than 25,000 Boy Scouts and their leaders have lived for 10 days, will begin vanish- ing Monday. The task of demolishing the 350- acre encampment will be carried out by a crew of 200 under the direction of Ray Bryan, assistant director of engineering for the Boys Scouts of America. The same orderly routine followed in erecting the camp will mark its dismantling. First all tents will be struck. Then shower baths and other auxiliary structures will be taken down. The next step will be to remove electrical fixtures and the miles of telephone equipment. The dismantlers then will collect, nails, bolts, cans, dish- pans and misceljaneous debris. Within two weeks, Bryan said, the 2 miles of special water lines, which were capable of furnishing 1,000,000 gallons a day, will be torn up. The big job of demolition will start with the Avenue of Flags. below the Washington Monument, where gen- eral headquarters of the jamboree have been located. September 15 has been set as the deadline for completing the job. Much of the trampled grounds about the park will be resodded, and eventually they will be restored to their condi- tion before the jamboree. SEA SCOUT AWARI;ED LIFE-SAVING MEDAL Connie Nanatonis Honored for Assisting in Rescue of 14 From Isolated Island. Flood rescue work in March, 1936, by Sea Scout Connie Nanatonis, Northampton, Mass., has been recog- nized by the National Court of Honor which has awarded him the gold medal for life saving, highest honor & Scout can receive in that field. The 19-year-old vyouth, at great personal risk, assisted in the rescue of 14 persons from an isolated island in the midst of the ice-choked North- ampton River on March 18, 1936. Sea Scout Nanatonis, who is at- tending the jamboree, piloted a 9%;- foot canvas dinghy, powered by a small outboard motor, over the flooded lowlands and throvgh the floating ice blocks on the river to Mr. Tom Island. He was accompanied by Scout Walter Founier. The rescue was made late at night, 14 persons in all being taken frcm the dangerous island in four trips. On the final trip the heavy current and ice jams swept them s mile off the course to where low-hanging high tension wires and a dense fog added to the dangers of an already hazard- ous rescue. SCOUTS NOW ‘LINGUISTS’ International Camp Proves Boon to Youngsters. The international camp at Seven- teenth street and Constitution ave- nue has proved a boon to boys of all nations who wanted to brush up on their foreign languages. There have been many types of high pressure education going on there. Many of the American boys have learned how to say “Good morn- ing, Scout,” in a dozen or more languages so they can astonish the folks back home with their erudition. Others have tried out their high school languages on the visitors, usu- ally with pretty negative results. ————eee America; Colin A. Livingstone, hon- orary vice president; R. P. Sniffen, Dr. William C. Menninger and Ray- mond F. Low, members of the Na- tional Executive Board; Dr. George J. Fisher, deputy chief Scout executive, and Mrs. Fisher; E. Urner Goodman, director of program, and Mrs. Good- man; Harold F. Pote, director of per- Scout who accompanied Admiral Byrd to the South Pole, and Mrs. Siple; Daniel Carter Beard, nations! Scout commissioner; Arthur A. Schuck, ex- ecutive director of &hel!w Scouts of sonnel; Earle W. Beckman, director of business; Harvey A. Gordon, chief of construction, and Mrs. Gordon, and Wade Warren ‘commissioner umwlulucau,“e.u. BOY SCOUTS LOSE MYRIAD ARTICLES Last Call Issued by Depart- ment Flooded With Things Recovered. ing articles has been issued by jam- boree officials as the 25,000 visiting Scouts prepared to break camp today and leave for all parts of the world. Thousands of cameras, purses, hats, diaries, sweaters and Scout posses- sions of all kinds have been found and returned to their owners through the camp lost and found service op- erated by the department of physical arrangements. ' | The service is calling upon Wash- | ingtonians to turn in at once Scout possessions found by them. The jam- boree headquarters for missing arti- cles is in the physical arrangements tent on the “Avenue of Flags,” be- tween the Lincoln Memorial Reflect- ing Pool and the Washington Monu- ment. Local bus lines and taxicab com- panies are co-operating in the search for missing articles. The lost and found department | may be reached by telephone at Dis- | Clark is in charge. Everything from the bottom half of a flag pole to a pair of very nice brown pajamas has been turned over to the division, and it's getting to be something of a problem to- decide what to do with it all. are not weeping over their loss. The toppers lead the list of articles turned in. Ponchos, raincoats, slickers, top- coats, trench coats, sweaters, a finger- nail clipper and the eagle from an Eagle Scout badge are awaiting claimers. Other articles found or reported lost include a dozen or more wrist watches, a batch of cameras, glasses, keys, suit case, flashlights, camera films, two portable typewriters, press cards, fountain pens, pencils, hat bands, neckerchiefs and neckerchief slides, pocketbooks, a flag case, can- teens, aces and an American flag. One Scout lost an autograph’ book and another his jamboree diary. It was estimated that approximately 30 per cent of the articles turned in have been claimed. LOCAL SGdUTS WIN PRAISE AS GUIDES 1,300 Accomplished Daily Good Turns by Squiring Out-of- Towners. Washington Boy Scouts have been accomplishing their daily “good turns” by acting as volunteer guides to the 25,000 visiting jamboree Scouts, ac- cording to a report by Carl W. Thom- sen, chief jamboree guide officer, which showed that 1,300 Washington Scout guides have conducted approxi- mately 4,800 tours during the course of the encampment. The guide force is staffed com- pletely by Scouts from the District of Columbia Council, which includes 14 adjoining counties in Maryland and Virginia. The Scouts have served daily without pay other than the knowledge of a good turn done and the thanks of the visiting Scouts, who were guided through Arlington, down- town Washington and Capitol Hill One guide was assigned to each troop of 36 visiting Scouts. The boys worked in morning and afternoon shifts from four main guide stations at Arlington, Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue, the Lincoln Me- morial and Capitol Hill, running standard trips. The guides wore Scout uniforms at all times with bright yellow and blue neckerchiefs labeled “Jamboree Guide.” Thorsen was assisted by Thomas A. King, 1329 Harvard street; Virgil Howard, 3000 Fifteenth street north- east, and 56 assistants, all of whom are actively affiliated with the scout- ing movement in the District. Several months of advance training were given by 65 District scoutmas- ters, who gave a series of lectures to the prospective guides to it them for their jamboree duties. Qualifications for guides, who were appointed by their troops, included active member- ship in the troop, the ability to talk and & good mw of Washington. | A last call for lost and found Scout- | trict 7660, branch 226, and M. G.| Scouts who lost their hats evidently | £ of many messages mailed or headquarters. Surrey, England. The lower long trip home. D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1937 i “Hello, Ma, I'll be home most any day now” was the theme wired today from the jamboree Ron Phelps, whose grinning face is shown in the upper picture, had to send his message all the way to Richmond, photograph shows a typical scene outside jam- boree tents today, as Scouts packed up their belongings for the Survey Reveals 1937 Version A survey at the jamboree disclosed | that the American boy, 1937 edition, | still likes reading with plenty of ac- tlon—stories as thick with excitement | as the tall tales of Buffalo Bill, Dia: mond Dick and other heroes of his | father’s day. The dime novel of today must be streamlined, however. Instead of plainsmen with six-shooters there are G-men with Tommy guns and micro- scopes. And the adventurer hops a plane instead of his trusty steed. Mys- tery stories and sea tales lead in pop- ularity. Here are some typical replies of Jjamboree boys to the question, “What do you like to read?”: Maurice Clothier, Utah—“G-men.” Jack Tidwell, 14, Solomonville, Ariz. —"“Mystery, adventure.” Jerry Bloom, 15, Hempstead, N. Y.— “Stories about the North woods.” David Curry, 13, White Sulphur, W. Va.—“The kind of adventure stories that run in Boys' Life.” (Official By 15, Minersville, Scouts Favor of Dime Novel magazine of the Boy Socouts of America.) George Bartholomew, 13, Pittsburgh 1 ‘Any kind of adventure story.” Kenneth Chesley, 15, Boston—"Sto- ries like ‘Lawrence in Arabia,’ true | adventures of today.” Mel Magida, 13, New York City— | “Sea stories.” William Rhoda, 17, Watertown, Wis. —"Travel.” N Burns Errebo. 14, Miami, Okla.— “Tarzan—stuff like that.” Leonard Pullin, 14, Taft, “Mystery and Westerns.” Bill Pruden, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. —"I like funny books best. What's your favorite reading?” (The inquisi- tor was stumped.) Marion Tonjes, anything.” Ivan Bennett, 15, Fort Benning, Ga. —"Exploration.” Mickey 8impson, 13, Holtville, Calif. —"“Mystery and adventure.” “Mickey, did you ever read a book | by Alger?” | “Alger? Never heard of him.” Poor Alger! Tex.— 14, Toledo—"Most of Jamboree e Jamboree. NE day it rains, next day it shines and the next day it pours, but when Scouts are required to march all the way from the Lincoln Memorial to Third street in order to take up their posi- tions for President Roosevelt's “sta- tionary parade” it would have to be the hottest day of the whole jamboree. Nearly everyone was praying yesterday for a little of the weather of the President’s last notable review, in January. However, when the President came by in his open car all Scouts, many of whom had never seen him so close before, felt well repaid for their long tramp. The cheering, starting for the President and continuing through his cabinet and Senators, lasted until after Dr. James E. West and Dan Beard had Gordon Englehart. While the crowd on curbs was not so large, window peekers more than made up for their absence. Several persons, wanting & bird's eye view, re- viewed the Scouts from the top of the Government buildings along* the Avenue. Highlights of the jamboree: The official opening, with the burst- ing of bombs over the Washington Monument as & signal for all flags in oamp to be raised simultaneously; The first copy of the Jamboree Journal, circulation over 55,000, only 160 other papers in the country having & larger; The opening campfire, with the 26,000 Scouts massed in the arensa for the first time; The M(lfl show, with Regions Local Scout Reviews Memorable Events of Encampment. BY GORDON ENGLEHART, Loeal Scout Assigned by The Btar to Cover 3 and 4 taking charge of a huge circus; The grand national oconvocation, with Scouts of all creeds and denomi- nations participating in a giant reli- glous ceremony; The Sea Scouts Regatta; The camera craze in camp, with practically everyone snapping every- thing he could see; The tremendous amount of food consumed by the Scouts every day; The radio speech of Lord Baden- Powell from London urging interna- tional friendship; The grand national review of the President of the Scouts lined along Constitution avenue. There is no ned to say how Scouts attending this first Boy Scout National Jamboree felt about it. Except for those Scouts later attending the World Jamboree, this will be the finest thing they will ever experience. DIVERS JOBS ENABLED SCOUTS TO VISIT HERE Ingenuity of & high order was dis- played by many Scouts in earning money to attend the jamboree, for each boy had to pay his way, and parents often were unable to spare the money. One California boy sold & horse he had raided. A group of Scouts in the West put on & series of shows which they de- vised, produced snd acted, with sufi- clent profit to serid them all to Wash- ington One boy worked on & farm through- out his school vacation last Summer, saved his wages and, adding the bits he earned during the Winter, had enough to make the big jaunt. Another, aiso & resourceful Califor- nian, picked cantaloupes. Others gave benefit card parties. Innumerable others sold magasine subscriptions, carried paper routes, wowed lawns, repaired ecars, made novelties sale and did an sorts of odd v Mothers will be waiting to peer behind ears when the Scouts get back home, so the boys were above group from Chautauqua didn’t mind the lack of faucets taking no chances today. The and Niagara Counties, N. Y., with running water. —Star Staff Photos. U.S. SCOUTTOGET AWARD INHOLLAND Silver Palm Medal Will Be Presented to 17-Year-0ld James Hoyt, jr. Arrangements are being made to present James L. Hoyt, jr., 17.year- old Eagle Scout from McKeesport, Pa., with the Silver Palm medal when he attends the World Jamboree in Hol- | land next month. | The Silver Palm 1is the highest | award a Scout can get and is given for earning 15 merit badges after becoming an Eagle Scout. To be an Eagle Scout they must have 21 badges, which makes a total of 36 for the Silver Palm award. The encamp- ment in Holland will be the sec- ond World Jam- B boree Scout Hoyt ~ has attended, the »&‘ previous one be- ; ing in Hungary in 1933. He is S X believed to be % % the oniy Ameri- | can 8cout in L et camp who also was in Hungary, al- Pa.. an officer on the World Jamboree staff, also attended that jamboree as & Scout. His brother, Jack. an Eagle Scout, also is with him and will go to Hol- land. His father, James Hoyt. is a member of the McKeesport Council Board of Directors and is assistant director of displays. exhibits and gate- ways for Region III, the host region at this year's jamboree. Impressed by Hospitality. ‘What impressed Hoyt most at the jamboree in Hungary was their hos- pitality for visiting Scouts. They | showed him a good time, and took | him on a week’s tour of the country. | He particularly enjoyed seeing the colorful native costumes exhibited there. although he said he was sur- prised when he found that most of the people there dressed and acted like those in America. “When you visit & foreign country,” he said, “you sort of expect them to be dif- ferent, but they aren't that way at all. If it wasn't for the language I would have thought they were Ameri- cans.” It is & wonderful sight, he said, to see all the Boy Scouts from different sections of the world there. Many of them have uniforms of various colors, and he liked particularly the decorations of the British Scouts. Hoyt also went abroad in 1934, vis- iting & boys' camp in Norway. Although this was not primarily a Scout camp, he found Scouts from 10 ocountries there. He almost failed to reach the camp, however, because of a little incident on the train. Going uphill the train sometimes went so slow that the boys got off to walk or run beside it. On one of these little side excursions he dropped his watch just as the train started up again. Hunting for the timepiece he was left behind, but friends on the tratn no- ticed his plight, and had it stopped and waited for him. Travel Is His Hobby. Travel is one of his main hobbies, and he is looking forward to going to Burope next month. On his previous trips he took pictures everywhere he went, and about 150 of his snapshots taken in Norway and Hungary are being shown in the exhibition tent of Reglon III during the jamboree. While on the Continent this Summer he plans to visit England, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Prance. He particu- larly wants to see the exposition in Paris, because there “you get a con- centrated: glimpse of Europe,” and he expressed the wish Bcout jamborees would be held more often so that he could travel more. In McKeesport he is junior assistant Scoutmaster of Troop No. 1, the oldest Boy 8cout troop in Western Pennsyl- vania. He thinks Scouting is & won- though Clarence Pierce of Boothwin, | RECORD OF SEOUTS Only One-Twelfth as Many Il or Injured as Was to Be Expected. Only one-twelfth as many Scouts | were reported ill or injured during | the 10-day jamboree as ordinarily would be expected from 26,000 boys of their age group in the same period | of time, figures from the camp'’s chief health officer reveal. An average of | 12 boys were sent to Naval Hospital each day, compared to an expectancy of 150. Compared to figures from the United States Army, the Scouts had only one-third as many cases reported as| are averaged in Midsummer months | smong enlisted men, a large majority of whom live under the same or bet- ter conditions in camps and bar- racks. These figures would have an even better comparison than that, Dr. Wil- liam L. Smith of the Public Health Bervice, chief health officer of the camp, said, if only the cases abso- lutely needing hospitalization had been sent there. He pointed out that it was the policy of the Scout officials to send every injury and ailment, no | matter how slight, to Naval Hospital “Even if they only needed a dose of castor ofl we kept them there all night,” he added. Statistics Were Obtained. Before the camp opened he had asked statisticians of the health serv- ice to prepare a table of illness ex- | pectancy for boys of the Scout age group for the same period of time. Taking a representative group of boys from ages 14 to 18 in Hagerstown, this table showed that in 10 days which caused the boys to miss a half | day or more of school, 70 cases of | which were communicable diseases. In the same period of time 120 cases reported from the Scout camp to Naval Hospital, and only 12 of these were contagious diseases. 8ev- been discharged by yesterday. Compared to the Hagerstown fig- | ures, which reported 150 cases daily, the Scouts averaged 12 each day, a remarkable record, Dr. Smith said. He also pointed out that of the 12 cases of communicable diseases re- ported, none were near epidemic stages and in all probability had been contracted before the boys came to camp. Study at Hagerstown. Selwyn D. Collins, statistician of the Public Health Service, added, however, that the Hagerstown study was made in May and September, and that the rates would be lower in June and July. A report of the surgeon general of the Army shows an admission rate among enlisted men in the Army for the month of June of 1384 per 1,000 per day. Applied to a population of 26,000, this gives an expectancy of 36 cases of fliness a day, three times the number reported at the Scout camp. The Scout record is especially good compared to this group, Dr. Smith said, in that enlisted men all are physically fit and live under super- vised and healthful conditions. Fire Engine Company No. 32, sta- tioned near Tidal Basin for the jam- boree, answered only one call during the encampment. This was a small office tent in general headquarters, and no one was injured. Before the camp opened it was called upon to put out a fire in one of the section kitchens, and it also answered two city alarms during the 10 days it was stationed there. PIGEONS KEPT BUSY Birds Make Third Trip From Jamboree to Pennsylvania. ‘Three homing pigeons made their third journey from the jambores to derful thing for boys, and he would rather be one than anything else. With every merit badge, he said, he learns something new. ‘The first badge he received was for life saving and the latest for weather. And the hardest one of all to get was for ssamanship. He had to learn how to handle a boat, and there is no place near his home where this can be done. While in Norway, however, he found plenty of water and earned his badge there. At g same time he received his wyrd rowing. their home at Norristown, Pa., yes- terday afternoon. The pigeons have taken messages from the Scouts of Valley Forge Coun- cil to their “folks,” revealing what a wonderful time they were having. The birds were returned to camp each time by train, in custody of s pigeon fancier, Their average for the trip, which INHEALTHISG00D there were approximately 1,500 cases | enty-two were not serious and had | JAMBOREECHEFS PROVE CAPABLITY Event Rivals That of Big Corporation. which the Boy Scout Jamboree was handled was due both to the ability of the Scout executives and camp officials and to an organization which rivals that of a major business cor- poration. The organization chart of the ex- ecutive organization in charge of the jamboree resembles that for a major industrial group and apparently is just as effective in its practical results. Military commanders accustomed to the handling of large bodles of men in the field in the United States and abroad have warmly commended the Scouts for the thoroughness of their organization and the high standards displayed in their camp set-up and operation. The National Jamboree Committee, however, has had to do much more than merely set up a field camp for more than 25,000 men and boys. It has had to set up a complete city, with facilities not found in an ordi- nary camp. The special arrange- ments include complete telephone service connecting all camp units, fire department, a camp newspaper complete in all its departments, ex hibition tents, radio broadcast set- ups for the domestic chains and a short-wave system, complete hospital, first-aid, dental and safety units, and usiness, financial ands accounting units. Executive Scout Board. The Jamboree Committee func- tioned directly under the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America and its Executive Board. The board is headed by Walter W. Head, chaire man, and includes Charles E. Cot- ting, Marshall Field, John H. Fin Colin H. Livingston, Theodore Roose= velt and Dr. James E. West. Dr. West also is chief Scout execu- tive and has been camp chief in direct charge of the jamboree camp. His deputy has been Dr. George J. Fisher, who also served as aide for distin- guished guests, of whom there have been hundreds. Directly under the National Jam- boree Committee there have been six divisions, headed by George W. Ehler, assistant to the chief Scout execu- tive; E. Urner Goodman, director of the division of program; Arthur A. Schuck, director of the division ofy operations; Harold F. Pote, director of the division of personnel; Farle W. Beckman, director of the division of business, and F. S. Pease, controller The veteran Danlel Carter Beard, “Uncle Dan” to Scouts the world over, | has been honorary camp chief, Schuck Executive Director. In his capacity as camp chief Dr. West has been assisted by an execu- tive director, Arthur A. Schuck; two secretaries, an orderly and the fol- lowing aides: Dr. George J. Fisher, aide for distinguished guests: E. Urners CGoodman, aide for program relations; Harold F. Pote, aide for personnel re- lations: Earle W. Beckman, aide for business relations Oscar H. Kirk- ham, Paul Siple and Roe H. Bartle, aldes for morale; C. H. Miller, aide for schedules and dispatching, and D. W. Lawrence, aide for records and communications. There has been a deputy executive | director, D. W. Ramsay, who func- | tions directly under Dr. West. Under Dr. West have functioned | six major departments, each under the leadership of a director. The | departments and directors have been: lPhysll‘Al arrangements, H. A. Gor= don; commercial sales, E. W. Beck- man: public information, E. 8. Martin; health and safety, F. C. Mills; ac- tivities, L. W. Barclay, and finance and accounting, Controller F. 8. Pease. Line of Control. The line of control to the individual Scout has flown down from Dr. West» through the regional Scout executive and his deputies, through the section director and his aides to the troop leaders and scoutmasters. Under the director of physical ar- rangements have been six units head= ed by W. A. Stumpp, chief commis- Sary quartermaster; K. B. Spear, chief equipment quartermaster; 8. Harris, chief transportation officer; A. A. Me- Kinney, chief of sanitation and main- tenance; H. M. Priyette, chlef of Post. office and communications, and M. G. Clark, chief of service troops, each with & complete and complicated or- ganization under his direction. The director of commercial sales has had under his direction two die visions headed by a chief of supply depot and chief of sales promotion, accounting and trading post per~ sonnel. The other directors similarly have exercised control- over subordinate de- partments which carried on the muiti- tudinous detatled duties of the great™ camp. Picnic Set Sunday. The American League Against War and Fascism will give a pienic at 1 P.m. Sunday at Miller's Cabin Creek Park. 3 Bock Jamboree Tops Mail Loads Of Conventions Washington's post office facilities were swamped with an average of thousands of extra pieces of mail a day during the Boy Scout Jamboree, of- ficials estimated today. Those in charge of the camp post office, with its branches in every sec- tion of the canvas city, said postal officials advised them the jamboree added the biggest load to local mail of any convention they could recall. ‘The boys got plenty of mail, but they - is 127 miles in an airline, has been sbout three hours. Yesterday the Scouts sent word home to expect them back Friday night. s wrote & lot more than they received, d mail trucks caliing at the eamp several times a day have been heavy The smoothness and efficiency with -~ a4 Organization Set Up for ° ‘ S