Scouting, Volume 8, Number 4, February 12, 1920 Page: 10
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SCOUTING, FEBRUARY 12, 1920
on the way to camp if the temperature is
low. Canned goods will not be hurt by
freezing, but there is danger of bursting
the cans and losing part of the contents.
Fresh milk can easily be kept sweet in
winter camps and if a supply can be had
from the farmers in the neighborhood
fresh milk should be provided. Unless
arrangements have been made in advance,
it would be well to lay in a supply of
condensed milk which can always be re-
lied upon in any kind of weather, and if
not used can be held over for future
emergencies. Popped corn is a good food
and adds greatly to the enjoyment of the
camp, and marshmallows, of course, will
be in great demand when the evening
camp fire burns low and will toast them
just right.
Here is a list of provisions suitable for
nine meals for one person or three meals
for three persons:
Flour—1 lb. with two level
tablespoonfuls baking pow-
der and one tablespoonful
salt mixed in.
Bread—1 lb. loaf or 6 large
rolls.
Meat—3 chops and 1 lb. coun-
try sausage (or 1 lb. round
steak).
Butter—%. lb.
Puffed rice or other cereals
—Vz package.
Oatmeal or Cream of Wheat
—£ lb.
Sweet potatoes (medium
size)—3.
White potatoes (medium
size)—6.
Onions (Medium size)—3.
Carrots (medium size)—2.
Apples for baking—3.
Dried prunes, peaches, apricots, figs or
dates—T/z lb.
Evaporated milk—3 lb. cans.
Sugar—1 lb.
Cocoa—y2 lb.
Salt—1 oz.
Syrup—y2 lb. can.
This list is a good standard to go by.
The amounts can be increased in propor-
tion to the number. The cost per meal
should amount to about 20 or 25c per
boy. We may be able to make it less,
but on such outings scouts' appetities are
especially keen and it is hard to have a
good time when one is hungry. Some-
times the cost can be greatly reduced by
suggesting that boys get their mothers
to help them provide the supplies. It is
a good thing for scouts to learn how to
market and they can often learn this best
from their mothers.
Camping Outdoors
AFTER you have tired of camping in
a cabin or lodge, the scouts will be
interested in trying their hand at tent
pitching and actual sleeping out. For
this purpose, several types of tents are
good. The Baker tent with an open front
which is pictured on page 258 of the
Handbook for Boys is a cheerful tent,
because it permits of an open fire. The
Indian tepee or wigwam is the best ven-
tilated tent and will stand more severe
weather than any other type, although it
is often difficult to get the proper poles
for it and it is cumbersome to move.
An ordinary wall tent 12 x 14 or larger
with an extra fly and walls properly staked
down can be made very comfortable by
the use of a small sheet iron stove and
can be made to accommodate a patrol of
eight boys. A stove pipe is required and
an asbestos or sheet iron pipe vent in-
serted in one of the seams of the roof or
the rear gable of the tent is required.
The regular army pyramid or conical tent
New Yorkers at Bear Mountain practice
Mr McDonald's ideas before they get into
print. Here is the morning dip in the
snow bank.
While these Boy Scouts of Buckman, New Mexico, " hike '
to a fire lookout on Grass Mountain.
Several hundred in the snow clad moun-
tains of New York greet Old Glory twice
daily at their winter camps.
is also designed for use with the Sibley
heater and can in an emergency be used
with an open fire as is done with the In-
dian tepee, although the open fire is not
so satisfactory.
Improvised shelter in a cave dug out_ or
under a cliff with open fire and wind
break of branches, logs or slabs may be
made comfortable. The thatched shelters
ordinarily pictured are very difficult to
make water tight and as a rule are not
dependable. They are also an awful
waste of live young trees. Whatever
type of shelter is used there is in winter
the hazard of fire, especially where an
open camp fire is used. The greatest care
must be observed that bedding and cloth-
ing are not set afire from camp fire, lan-
terns or matches. There are numerous
instances that might be mentioned, where
campers have felt themselves comfortably
stowed away for the night to wake barely
in time to see their carefully selected
winter camp equipment go up in smoke
and themselves lucky to escape in their
night shirts without being seriously
singed,
Take the First-Aid Kit Along
A GOOD first-aid kit is especially im-
portant. There will be burned fingers,
blistered feet, bruises, cuts and scratches
needing quick attention and in providing
equipment for first aid it should be re-
membered that the Scout's business is to be
prepared to help other people as well as
himself. Be sure that y^u know how to
treat frost bitten ears, fmgers and toes.
The Boys' Handbook has a paragraph on
this subject on page 365. Colds are the
result of pQor ventilation, ]>ad food and
lack of exercise more than from extreme
cold or exposure. The boys must have
plenty of fresh air, nourishing iood, suf-
ficient laxative and should not be allowed
to loaf or lounge about with ieet wet.
Be careful about your water for drink-
ing. While there is apparently less risk
on this score in winter, the danger is just
as serious as in any other time
of the year. If you are not
sure of your water, boil it.
Even snow water is likely to
be contaminated if not boiled.
It is also possible for boys
to keep clean in camp. Don't
leave soap out of your packs
and see that it is used lib-
erally with plenty of water.
Chapped hands and face, sore
feet and inability to keep
warm are often due to failure
to observe this regulation.
Camp Credit
horseback
|N the return from camp,
there should be to the
credit of the troop some worth while Scout
stunt such as helping some farmer load his
wagon with wood, cutting up a supply of
stove wood for some widow or needy per-
son along the way, teaching Scouting to
bows who are not scouts in the neighbor-
hood of the camp, placing and filling feed
racks for birds, or arranging rustic bird
houses for use next spring, marking with
proper markings trails to the points of
interest to be visited by others than
Scouts, preparing suitable marking for
some historic point of interest not already
marked or known by campers. Cut a
supply of wood to be used for the next
group of campers using your camp site;
construct a shelter that can be used at
some later time without damage to for-
estry.
Of course many of the boys will finish
their tests for advancing from second to
first class or for merit badges, but
whether they do or not, real winter camp-
ing will make better campers of them, and
that means better all-round Scouts in the
true sense of the word.
O
/^AN you put
SCOUTING
into the hands
of a good man
who should be
a Scoutmaster ?
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