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SNEWS RNP NOTES OF THE BOY SCOUTS
TROOP 16 TAKES
HIKE TO THE HUT
They Say it Is Great; Scribe
Criswell Narrates Troop
News
On Saturday most of the Scouts
of Troop 16 met at Market Square
at 1.15 and took the car for New
Cumberland. We rode to the end
of the line and then hiked out to
the Hut.
Mr. Hess who kindly made the
shutters for our Hut had them done
on Satui'day. The shutters were
taken over in a truck owned by Mr.
Barnumn a farmer who not only
hauled the shutters but four Scoxxts
also. When we arrived at the Hut
some of the fellows got to work to
fix the shuttei's and the rest of us
fixed up the fence.
A few of our Scouts went down to
the square to do some signaling on
Saturday night, but the lire on the
hill stopped that for we all went
out to assist in batidling the crowds.
All of you sleeping tenderfoots
who passed your examinations be
fore tho rules were made have only
one month to pass your tests: Get
busy follows don't get bounced out
of the troop because you are to lazy
to study for second class.
Now fellows, don't think because
you are Second Class Scouts that
this does not include you, for al
though you have much more time
in whiclx to study, don't go to sleep
like Rip Van Winkle did, and wake
up to find the other boys First Class
Scouts. Get busy, dig down to it.
Come around to tho meeting to
night and be pxepared to pass some
examinations, either tenderfoot,
second class, or first class. Fellows,
to-night and hereafter, the doors
will not be open until 7:25 P. M.
CLEON CRISWELL,
Scribe.
Bandits Hold Up Train;
Escape With $6,000
Marlon, Ark., March 28. A St.
Louis and San Francisco train from St.
Louis to Memphis was held up near
Bridge Junction last night by three
masked men who escaped with about
$6,000 in cash, it is reported. A fourtix
member of the gang ts said to have pro
ceeded to Grand Junction to Hag an
other train to prevent a collision. i
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FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG *&&&£ TELEGRAPH MARCH 28, 1919.
TROOP 26 HELD
PARENT NIGHT
Scouts Hold Successful Cele
bration; Scout Executive
Virgin Gives Address
On Monday, March 24, Troop 26
held a. very successful Scout Parent
night. The evening opened by a
prayer by our Scout Executive, Mr,
Virgin. lie then addressed the par
ents of the scouts on the scout move
ment. When he finished we are all
sure that they had a better vision
of the value of scouting and with
more enthusiasism to help their
boys.
Scoutmaster Vanaman who had
arranged the program for the eve
ning acted as chairman with his
usual enthusiasm.
The next on the pi - ogi'am was
Assistant Scoutmaster Kohlhaas who
gave a talk on first aid. Some scouts
of tho ti-oop then gave a demonstra
tion on bandaging which was done
very successfully.
Lieutenant Walter X,. Vanaman of
Bash Hospital No. 2, Fort MCllenry,
Baltimore, Md., talked on some
wonders of surgery since the war.
lie also told about his experiences
with the wounded soldiers.
Lieutenant Vanaman invited the
troops down to Fort McHenry where
they could talk with some real
heroes.
Assistant Scoutmaster Sparrow
then gave xi talk and demonstration
on the black-board on woodcraft.
He explained to them the require
ments for the second class test in
woodcraft which most of the scouts
are working on. The process of
making friction fire with bow and
drill were then explained and dern
onstrated.
Capt. George Davis of the Court
of Honor gave a talk on map mak
ing.
Assistant Scoutmaster Moser gave
a talk and demonstration on signal
ling using buzzer blinker, wigwag,
and semaphore.
Refreshments were served to all
present.
Taps were then blown by Mi-.
Moser and the enjoyable evening was
ended.
RED CRANE.
The Wigwam
FORT WASHINGTON*
Scouts, you have all seen the hill
which rises no the west hank of the
Susquehanna opposite Market Street.
Do you know that crowning that
elevation there is an old lino of
entrenchments and breastworks
which were placed there in one of
the most critical and most dramatic
periods in the history of our coun
try? Grass has grown in the ditches
and over the embankments. Trees
have sprung up and have grown
there for sixty years. Part of the
trenches have been cut away for a
wagon road and at another point
the railroad has cut through. Ashes,
broken bottles, old shoes, tin cans;
rubbish of all sorts is scattered over
the ground. Beds of boughs and
charred embers mark the spots
where tramps have spent the night.
This is what is known to-day( as
Fort Washington.
Ijet us close our eyes and in our
minds travel back to tho days of
1863 when grandmother was a young
girl with long curls hoopskirts, and
dainty hand-mitts. Before dawn on
a warm morning in late June we
stand on the hill and wait for day
light. The leaves and gi-ass-blades
are wet with the heavy dew. The
fresh morning air carries a frag
rant sweetness from the rich farm
land of the Cumberland Valley. A
pale gray light nppears in the east
and from a barnyard down the val
ley there comes the crow of a roost
er. Birds are beginning to twitter
in the branches overhead, and the
spirit of peace seems to rest over
the land.
The gray mounts higher into tho
heavens; the light, lleecy clouds in
tho east are growing rose-petals, and
the dark curtains of night are slowly
drawn back revealing to our eyes a
long line of wagons moving slowly
down the valley pike and over the
old wooden bridge into Ilarrisburg.
Wagons loaded with farm pxoduco,
clothing, and household furnitui'e
stretch away as far as the eye can
| see. Wagons from Maryland, from
Adams coxxnty, from York county,
frorxx all the counties of southern
Pennsylvania; all seeking a place
of safety beyond the Susquehanna.
Day after day they have been going
over the wooden bridge. This one
is driven by a bearded farmer; an
other by a woman whose eyes are
swollen from crying. Her husband
is somewhere in that region vaguely
known as "the front." Another
wagon is driven by a slender lad
whose eyelids are heavy from the
loss of sleep. From each fleeing j
refugee comes the same cry, "The
rebels are coming! Tho rebels arc
coming! They have burned Cham- |
bersburg! They will burn Harris
burg! There is no one to stop them!"
Such is the sight that greets our
eyes that early dawn in Juno 186 3.
Tho wagons were so numerous that
they could not iind space in llarris
burg. They pushed on to Lebanon
county and to Berks county. Fami
lies tied from the cupitol city. The
money was removed from tho banks;
books were taken from the State
library; public papers were removed
from the State departments to places
of safety; detachments of New York
and New Jersey troops were in the
Cumberland Valley; new troops
from Camp Curtin and volunteers
from the county were gathered for
the defenso of the city. Breast
works were thrown up at fordable
places in the river. On the hill
opposite Market street, trenches
were dug and the location was
named Fort Washington.
Northward each day further into .
the land of tho enemy came the <
Confederate army. Sixty thousand
strong; flushed with viotory after
victory; tilled with contempt for the
fighting qualities of their enemy;
with bands playing, and flags flying
on marched the army of the South.
Greencastlo, York, and Wrights
ville were occupied by their troops.
The bridge of the Susquehanna at
Wrightsville was burned. Railways
and canals were cut; and on the
twenty-seventh of June the Stars
and Bars of the Confederacy waved
over Carlisle. On the 3Sth Lee is
sued an order for the udvance on
Harrisburg the next day.
To Fort Washington were directed
the eyes of the world. The South,
already pitiably drained of men and
resources, eagerly waited for the
next big victory and peace. The
North, sorrowing for the thousands
already slain, anxiously watched
the bulletins for the news of the re
pulse of the invaders and the fall
of the Confederacy; breathlessly the
nations of Europe watched the great
drama. A decisive Southern victory
on Northern soil probably meant the
recognition of a Confederate nation.
On came the advance. We are
told that Col. Jenkins with 800 gray
clad soldiers marched into Me
chanicsburg and that a slight skir
mish occured at Oysters' Point.
Late on the night of the 28th of
June a spy from Washington came
to Lee with the news that the Union
army under Meade, a new com
mander, had crossed the Potomac
and was marching north. Leo
countermanded the orders to Har
risburg and turned to meet the
northern army. A few days later at
Gettysburg was; fought the great
battle that decided the outcome of
the war.
Mora than half a century has
passed. The union of North and
Soutli has been bound by tho red
blood that was shed on the sunny
hills at Santiago and on the battle
scarred fields of France. Except for
the old trenches there is no sign of
war at Fort Washington. No rifles
gleam among (he embankments and
no sentry's pace Is heard. This spot
marks the high tide of the Civil
War, for this is the most northern
point where the Union soldiers
gathered to meet the enemy. To the
shame of Cumberland county; to the
shame of Pennsylvania; a garbage
dump and a resting-place for tramps
is the pitiable and inglorious end of
the earthworks where men stood
ready to give their lives that the
Government of the people, by the
people, and for the people might
not perish from the earth.
RED CLOUD.
Say, fellows: If a Scout was al
lowed to get "chesty" we would have
felt that way Saturday night
.wouldn't we? Just the same we all
felt pretty good over the thanks
of the liremen and the M. P's. And
we sure were all glad to be able to
help as they needed help. Why
will people get. in the way so the
liremen can't get around them espec
ially on an occasion like that when
there is so much danger. Those
firemen sure can hustle can't they?
Now then; all in favor of Chief Vir
gin's Mobilization of Scout Aids to
Firefighters speak up; for if the
lires continue to "burn" tbe way tliey
did this week we will all have work
to do. Makes us all think a little
about being more careful on hikes
about our lires and as the time is
here for the good outdoor "eats"
(yum yum) we want to all be more
careful to see that our fires are en
tirely out when we are through cook
ing. But, Oh boy! talking about
hikes and outdoor eats makes mo
hungry, so enough for this time.
R. KELLER,
Troop 13.
SCOUTING NOTES
BY
J. Fredrik Virgin
SCOUT EXECUTIVE
Scout Exhibits
Through the courtesy of E. S. Her-
I man, local headquarters was able
to obtain a window for a scout ex
hibit which has attracted much at
tention during the past week. Many
scouts contributed to the window and
helped to make it a success, and all
through tbe week it has been an ob
ject of admiration and enlightment
for the people passing by. At all
hours of the day there has been a
crowd in front of the window learn
ing just what scouts do and how
thoy do it. Another part of the ex
hibit which attracted much attention
was the hike to the Square of Troop
15. Assistant Scoutmaster Boone was
in charge of the squad, and the busi
ness-like way in which tho members
of the troop build their fires, using
proper precautions to protect the
pavement, and then cooked their sup
per, won the admiration of a large
group of people.
Scouts at Fires
Last Saturday night the scouts
covered themselves with glory in the
way they helped to handle the double
fire that broke out on Howard street.
Just as soon as the alarm was given,
a number of scouts who were giving
demonstration of scouting on the
square went to the scene of the fire
and assisted the policemen In keep
ing the crowds back from the fire
lines. Commissioner Gross was pres
ent at the fire and expressed his
hearty approval ayd gratification at
the assistance the scouts rendered,
as did also the fire chief and the
chief of police. As a result of the
splendid showing It Is possible that
In the near future an official order
will be issued by tho police and fire
departments of the city authoriz
ing scouts to assist at every fire
when it is possible for them tb get
together. This work of course will
only be to establish fire lines be
yond which no one but authorized
firemen and those bearing police
cards may pass at a point beyond the
fire engines. This order has not yet
been issued but every scout can do
his share until it does couxe out to
assist the police at fires. Commis
sioner Gross is also in favor of giv
ing the scouts xi mobilization call on
the fire appxxratus. Further news of
this will be given in tlxe near future.
Scoutmasters' Meeting
One of the best meetings the scout
masters have ever had took place
with George Wirt, chief fire warden
of the State, at tlxe rooms of the
State Department of Forestry last
Tuesday night. Mr. Wirt outlined
to tlxe scoutmasters present tlxe va
rious ways in which the scouts of
the city could co-operate with tho
State and city in tlxe matter of pro
tecting and developing the forests.
First he stated that it would be a
matter of but a generation before the
mountains to the north of Harris
burg would be a part of tlxe park
system of the city, and that if we
wished to preserve the natural beuuty
of these tracts we should start now.
Two ways were pointed out. First,
that the scouts should act as five
patrolmen particularly on holidays,
Saturday and Sunday in the spring
and fall seasons. He suggested that
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Buglers, Attention!
i j Scouts who wish to qualify for
! Bugler will have opportunity to
i | do so on TlxU-sday April 3rd at
i , 7:30 o'clock at Headquarters.
• j To qualify for Bugler a Scout
. i must be able to sound the follow
! ing calls propeijy:
' j 1. Attention.
. i 2. Forward, March.
| 3. Halt.
| 4. Assembly.
5. Reveille.
> 6. Mess,
i I 7. Taps.
! j 8. Fire Call.
; j After a Scout has passed the
1 j above tests satisfactoi'ily he will
; receive a certificate which will
j entitle him to the privilege of
' I wearing tho bugle insignia. No
■ I Scout who has not so qualified
may wear this insignia.
M G. PARK WEAVER,
Chief Scout Bugler.
Approved—J. Frodrik Virgin,
; j Scout Executive.
. j certain scouts from (Vslgnated troops
, I take certain days of the month and
x I be responsible for the protection of
. the forests during the time in which
c! they are in control. Ho also stated
t I that he was ready to commission
scoutmasters and assistant scout
masters as lire wardens in order to
start the work. The second way in
which scouts can help would bo to
re-forest burned out and bare sec
tions with trees that the State De
partment of Forestry will furnisli
free. As a start he said that within
a few weeks six thousand young
trees will be set out in the Immediate
vicinity of Harrisburg and asked for
us to assist In putting out these trees.
It is the plan to make the plant
ing of these trees a school in which
scouts may learn the proper way
to plant a young tree. All scouts
interested in this subject are re
quested to report to the scoutmaster
and the scoutmaster to local head
quarters. Mr. Irvin Williams, deputy
commissioner of forestry also ad
dressed lite scoutmasters and guve
one. of the most inspiring talks on
scouting that they have ever heard.
Collection of clothing and magazine*
The scouts are requested to keep
rp the good work of collecting cloth
ing for destitute Europeans and also
magazines "or the soldiers in the
nr.irby 'amps.
Bird Pictures
Through the courtesy of the Sing
er Sewing Machine Company, local
headquarters has received for free
distribution- thirty-five sets of pic
i tures of the birds common to this
I vicinity. Every troop is entitled to
a set and .here is a ppiendid clianO
to get n nil tlon to your troop l
room equipment.
Hike Sticks
The hike sticks have arrived ant®
arc at local headquarters. At
sttrh.s will be sold only to troops taf
a whole. As the supply is limited/
get your order in at once.
lloCormlck Lodge
Many troops have reserved
for the use of the McCormick LodifP 11
at Lamb's Gap. The rules covering
its use are simple, viz: leave tha
lodge in better condition than you.
found it. Don't chop or mutilata
any trees. Do not build unconflned)
tiros or leave any glowing ember*
wl.cn you are through. Before
troop can secure the key a written!
permit must be securhd from scoutj
headquarters and bo endorsed at the!
McCormick Estate Office, 403 Berg
n-." building. The scoutmasters are
planning an overnight hike in tha
ne ii- future, to tic lodge. This wilt
l/i in the form of a tctmal opening.
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