Camping For Boys

ONVENIENCES HOW TO MAKE A TEPEE TENT WISDOM SLEEPING ON THE GROUND A "HIP HOLE" HOW TO KEEP WARM MAKING A BED DOUBLE-DECK BUNKS B

p ten miles through the rain if he wants to be strong. He must learn what sort of men it was who made America, and he must not get into this fuss and flur

ted very fully in the chapter on Camp Sanitation, so that this chapter will be devoted to m

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r party. The successful management of a camp depends very much upon placing the tents in such a position as to give plenty of room and yet be compact. When t

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f the camp square, drive a peg at A, another 3 feet distant at B; attach a 5-foot cord from the peg at B, and a 4 foot cord from th

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) about 12 inches in diameter. Cut two of them and tack them together. The diagram "b" is easier to cut out and will serve the purpose just as well. When the two are temporarily tacked together, bore a hole through the centre for

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d exactly 9 inches apart, one revolution of the wheel will measure six feet. For an axle use a small piece of broom handle, an

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ther the 12 x 14 or 14 x 16 size), the type used in most of the boys' camps, is the method used by the army and described in Kepha

ngles to it, on the side opposite that from which the wind blows. Then drop the tent pins and hammers at their respective ends of the tent; then drive a

used, it is placed in position over the tent, and the loops of the long guys over the front and rear pole pins. No. 4 secures center (door) loo

g outward two paces from the corner, and a pace to the front (Nos. 2 and 4) or rear (Nos. 1 and 3) each securely sets a long pin, over which is passed t

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ive poles, and all together raise the tent until the upright poles are vertical. While Nos. 2 and 3 support the poles, Nos. 1 and 4 tighten the corner guys, beginning on the w

e ground under the pressure of the canvas, plac

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he guy ropes the more they will shrink or stretch according as they are wet or dry. This may be overcome to some extent by using very heavy corner posts securely driven into the ground and spiking a pole across them,

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r gotten out in the middle of the night when the rain was coming down in t

tent on the inside when it is raining, for

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or pegs, but with a looped rope and a pull in the directi

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very convenient thing to throw clothes over. In some camps they have a shelf suspended from the ridge pole, divided into compartments, one for each boy in the tent. Nails

ants show a desire to creep into your tent, dust cayenne p

ew small hemlock twigs. They make a fine carpe

rations on page 43, the following description of how to make a t

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nd B making pocket for ends of smoke poles. Sew ML to HI and PO to GJ on one large piece of canvas. Sew lash to E to tie teepee to pole. Sew 6 or 7-foot lash to K and N to set smoke flaps with

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of cotton cord instead of tape. Double pieces of canvas should be sewed in all the corners and places where there is unusual strain. Manilla rope is best for guys, and metal slides are preferable to wood. If the tents are made to order, have a cotton cord about two feet long sewed in each seam just

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iption of bed). Sometimes a rubber blanket is spread upon the ground and the boys roll themselves up in t

n is shining. To make the bed, clear the ground of t

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of the bed. This trench is the "hip hole" and the making of it properly is what re

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pin them with big safety pins acr

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igid from the hip, the blanket, of course, draping over them. In two swift motions tuck first one edge under your legs from right to left, then the second edge under f

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k of saplings on these posts. Rope is then interwoven from side to side in somewhat the fashion of the old-

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a of its construction. Use wood as free from knots as possible. Spruce seems to be the best kind as it is both light in weight and very durable. The top section upon which the canvas beds are tacked is bolted to the uprights which makes a bunk easily taken apart. Three of these uprights, one at ea

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much thickness of blanket under you as above you. Usually boys will pile blankets on

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ith a sweater or extra clothing. Much better-take a small pillow with y

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and restaurants and of sufficient capacity, is more expensive, but will outwear two outfits of the cheaper type and is really more economical in the long run. In

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d dessert, a cup, knife, fork, table spoon and tea spoon. In a small camp the boy usually brings his own "eating utensils." When the table is set with white oil cloth, white enamelled dishes, both serving and individual, with decorations of ferns, wild flowers or blossoms, the food always seems to taste better and the meal

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s. The tables should be thirty-six inches in width. The length must be determined by the nu

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ort the table top and seats. The seat may be a plank abo

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book of this character. Convenience, harmony with natural surroundings, and adaptability are the three things which govern the planning and erection of permanent camp buildings. "Wil

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red by H. M. Allen. Surveying is an important subject for study and practice, as it is both

which can be carried on with a few cheap instruments easily secured or made by the boys. The advanced wo

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ecome familiar with some good textbook on surveying, such as Wentworth's Plane Trigonometry and Surveying. He should also get some civil engineer to give him a little instruction in the ru

ctor can be bought for 15 cents, a good one, large size, costs 80 cents. A good plan is to mark the circle on bristol board [1] which can be tacked in the board. Then a pointed piece of wood ten inches long should be fastened with a nail in the center of the circle. At the ends of the pointer pins sho

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A and B stakes are placed and the length carefully measured with the tape. Then from one end of the line stretch a string about

at A and measure the angle formed by the imaginary lines AC and AB. In the example the angle is about 45 degrees. Then place the transit at B and measure the ang

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g, the line on the paper will be 2 inches. With the protractor the angles at B and A may be drawn or plotted. This will give the location of the point C. With the scal

e plotted on the plan. With the scale the length of the lines AD and BD can be estimated from the map. The rest of the lake is surveyed in the same manner. It is only ne

eaving out the lines of the triangles and the map is finished. The boys in one c

p in tracing their way through an unknown country. Al