Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1942, Page 8

ON TRAGIC OUTING—Hugh Bahnke (left and William Anderson (right), two of the Boy Scouts on the week-end holiday at Camp Roosevelt, where three companions met death when swept out into Chesapeake Bay in small boats. In the center is Willlam J. Anderson, father of the Anderson boy. (Continued From First Page.) | Scout camp near Breezy Point, scene of the adventure which end- ed in death. There the parents | claimed them last night. | ‘William Anderson, 15, of 336 Eighteenth street N.E, one of a half-dozen youngsters who went to Camp Roosevelt on a week-end holiday, last -night reconstructed the events leading up to the trag- The boys had been warned to stay off the water, according to Louis Merryman, 32. Billy's brother, the assistant scoutmaster in charge of | the party. They decided, however, to go out to a duck blind about 100 yards beyond the end of a pier at the camp landing. Young Anderson and Hugh Bahnke, 17, 1737 E street N.E, started out in one boat with Wil- liam poling—the oars had been locked up to prevent the boats be- ing used. Anderson fell overboard in shallow water, wet Hugh with his splashing, and those two waded back in for dry clothes. BILLY MERRYMAN. By the Associated Press. The following “box score” lists Used Boards for Oars. Carrell Baker took a boat, used a Board for an oar, and Billy Merry- man and Earl Edwards followed in another, propelling their bats also with a board. | The last two landed at the blind | first, and after Billy had been | dropped there, Earl started back to | get the Anderson and Bahnke boy: As he turned back, however, he saw | that ‘Carrell’'s boat was in trouble, | according to young Anderson, so | retracted his course to the blind, picked up Billy Merryman, and | started to Carrell's assistance. In the meantime the wind had been rising steadily, and before the boys realized their danger both | goata were drifting out into the ay. Realizing their predicament, one of the boys on shore raced to & camp house Merryman was and shouted for him to come to the aid of his com- penions. Unable to get into the shed where the oars were locked up, Mr. Merryman set out in a boat in pursuit of the fast-disappearing craft, also using a board for a pad- dle. but gave up the hopeless task in a few minutes and called Linn C. Drake, Washington Scout execu- tive, asking him to get ouch with the Coast Guard. Mr. Merryman then hastened tc Seaside Park and enlisted the services of a dredging crew, and Coast Guard and Navy came into the search with plane and boat. In the time this had ta- ken. however, the boats carrying the boys had drifted out of sight. Sighted Boats at Noon. Just before noon yesterday as the Retriever was about 15 miles south- east of Camp Roosevelt, Capt. Har- | rison and Capt. Covington saw the two small boats drifting and went<to investigate. The bodies told their own story. Two of the boys still clutched the board they had used as a paddle. Young Merryman’s right shoe was missing, presumably having been lost when he tried to use it to bail out the slowly filling boat. Capt. Harrison said the condition | of the bodies indicated the boys had died during the bitter night. | The youngsters wore only their ordi- | treet clothes and sweaters. I Billy Merryman, a student at Hine Junior High, had been a member of the Scouts for a year. He was the son of Eugene W. Merryman. a driver for Safeway Stores. Earl Edwards and Carrell Baker were | schoolmates at Eliot Junior High FO%%DEFENSE UNITED STATES SAVINGS AND STAMPS It will cost money to defeat the Axis. Your Government calls on you to help now. Buy Defense bonds or stamps today. Buy them every day, if you can. But buy them on a regular basis. Bonds cost as little as $18.75, stamps come as low as 10 cents. Defense bonds and stamps can be bought at all banks and post offices, and stamps can also be purchased at retail stores and from your newspaper carrier boy. Support your Government with your dollars. where Scoutmaster | the 122d week of the war, from December 28 through January 3, inclusive: Sunk by- Subs, Nati wPlnges M ation. arships. nes. United States_ : "0 Britain Previously re‘port‘éd 1221 268 1,246 Grand total |Losses in War at Sea I THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO —Star Staff Photo. CARRELL C. BAKER, Jr. sea warfare losses reported during Known Tonnage. Dead (x)21,828 (x)16.795 (x)15,650 6527 4,032 1,846 x) 0 | | | Missing. i 0 0 [J [4 0 66,673 15 8,148,830 10314 | 8,215,553 10329 | 268 (x) Tonnage all Japanese, cne British, German and United States | ship unknown. Losses by nations (includes naval vessels): Britain, 933; Norway, 238; Germany, 172; Greece, 158; Italy, 130; Sweden. 127; Netherlands, 81; France, 76; Denmark, 63; Japan, 50; Fin- land. 47; Belgium, 24; United States, slavia, 14; Estcnia, 12; Spain, 12; Portugal, 7; Rumania, 6; Turkey, 6; Poland, 5; Bulgaria, 3; Egypt, 3; Iran, 3; Lithuania, 3; Hungary, 2; Argentina, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, 24; Panama, 16; Soviety, 14; Yugo- Philippines, 1 each. Total, 2234. and had been in the Scouts for‘ three years. Earl was the son of Fred R. Edwards, a bus operator. The Baker boy was the son of Car- rell C. Baker, a railroad conductor. 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