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Title: The boy's camp book; a guidebook based upon the annual encampment of a boy scout troop; the second of a series of handy volumes of information and inspiration
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Cave, Edward, 1878-
Subjects: Camping Boy Scouts
Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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hand. The ScoutMaster holds up his hand for silence. Hats off at sup-per, he says. And while the Scouts are diving into theirtents with their hats, the gladsome notes of the mess-callring out. There is a rush to get into line — not the first-come, first-served crowding line of noon, but regular troopformation — and in a jiffy the troop file down to the rearof the mess-tent and halt at the serving bench, where thecooks have placed a row of steaming kettles. The Scout 84 TEE BOTS CAMP BOOK Master takes charge of the first, his Assistant the next, andthe troop officers the others in order of rank. Cafeteriastyle/ boys, says the Scout Master. Take a tray offthe pile on the end of the bench here, put your knife, fork,spoon, cup and bowl on it, hold the tray in one hand andyour plate in the other and pass by and be served. Findseats at the tables to suit yourselves to-night; your placeswill be marked to-morrow. All right, Nick, come on!Say, this beats sitting on the ground. Hey, leave 9
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19 Arrangement of Tables Under the Big Fly that Serves for the Mess Tent place for the officers at that table — leave the whole sidefor them. This table isnt level. Aw, what do youexpect? You ought to be glad you have a table to eatfrom. You didnt do anything but build your bed. Idid so. I carried water for the cooks. Please pass thesalt. Say, this is some cooking, for Scouts. And so on,with a noticeable increase in good nature as plates, bowls andcups are emptied.Candle-Lighting Time. — After supper and the subse- MAKING CAMP 85 quent dish-washing, each Scout going to the lake with hisown utensils, most of the boys turn their attention to get-ting their beds ready. Candles are supplied by the quarter-master. A few carbide lanterns appear. The Scout Mas-ter is in his tent and his Assistant has gone across the lake tosee about milk and eggs. There will be no camp-fire, every-body is tired out. Rooster, dropping in, ventures the re-mark that he doesnt think half the fellows will hea

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