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Title: The American Legion Weekly (Volume 4, No. 30 (July 28, 1922))
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Legion. National Headquarters
Subjects: American Legion periodicals
Publisher: American Legion
Contributing Library: The American Legion National Headquarters Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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have one greatcamping essential in com-mon—a water frontage.Half the fun of a summercamp is in the swimming.A good deal of the otherhalf is in boating. Coolbreezes are usually morefrequent near a body ofwater than inland. Anddont forget the possibilityof fishing—note the use ofthe word possibility.The real dyed-in-the-woolfish-hound is often happiertrolling all day long with-out a nibble in a placeabout which there is avague, poorly-authenticatedtradition that somebody By Atwood H. Townsend once hooked a whopper that got awaythan he is when he has to haul themin as fast as he throws the line over. What kind of a location you will pickfor your camp depends a good dealupon just what kind of a camp youplan to have. If the camp is to beused for week-ends it must be withina reasonable distance. On the otherhand, if it is primarily intended forsummer vacations it may be fartheraway from civilization. Remember itis not so much the actual distance inmiles that counts as it is the time and
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Governor E. J. San Souci of Rhode Island, a guest at theLegions camp on the shores of Narragansett Bay, preparesto drive one into the refreshment tent expense necessary to reach the camp,whether by railroad, trolley, boat, orcar. Figure out how far away fromheadquarters you can afford to haveyour camp; then look for a good sitewithin that radius. Steer clear of swamps. They breedmosquitoes, which are not only possiblecarriers of malaria but also mighty un-welcome lullaby singers at night. Thecamp site should have good drainageso that it dries quickly after a rain—-you know, just like St. Aignan andBrest. One of the most importantthings is a good supply of pure drink-ing water. The only way to feel safeagainst the possibility of an epidemicof typhoid or dysentery isto have the water testedfor bacteria. It doesnttake many bugs of thewrong kind to ruin a goodvacation. The water sup-ply and the careful disposalof garbage and camp wasteare the two essentials inthe conduct of a camp fromt

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