BOY SCOUTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 104, 23 December 1931, Page 7

BOY SCOUTS

maketu camps ROTORUA TROOP TO GO UNDER CANVAS FOR 17 . DAYS REGULATIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS The Rotorua Boy Scout troop will go into camp at Maketu on New Year's Day for a period of 17 days. The troop will be under Scoutmaster T. C. Hawkins, and will carry out training operations under camp conditions. The programme and regulations governing the camp will be: The troop will go into camp at Maketu from January 1 to January 17, 1932. The camp is to be purely and simply one of training and discipline; the strictest discipline will be observed in camp, and any irregularities will be severely dealt with. Conditions Under Wh'ch a Boy Comes to the Camp 1. Each patrol will as far as possible be camped separately. A central marquee will be available ' f or meals and meetings. 2. A list of kit which a boy sbould bring with him to camp is appended. 3. The [training will be on the lines laid down in the handbook "Scouting for Boys." 4. Every care will be taken for the boys' comfort, health, and wellbeing, and special precautions will be taken for safety in bathing. 5. It »s hoped to make arrangements for parents and friends to visit the camp on two days a week (Wednesdays and Sundays). The camp ground will be closed to the public on other days. Discipline All seouts must understand that they are under strict discipline, and will take their turns on all camp duty. No scout may absent himself from camp without the commander's permission. Every scout will be trusted, on his honour, to do his best to carry out orders on all occasions; a scout must obey an order the moment it is given by a patrol-leader or other officer. Scouts when in camp must study the notice board every day to see what new orders are issued. Patrol-leaders are responsible for everything that their scouts do or omit to do. A patrol-leader must report any slackness or disobedience of orders by a scout to the commandant, who may, if he thinks fit, send the offender back home. Rest In order to do their work well, scouts have to take a certain amount of rest. Therefore during the rest hours no talking, or noise, is allowed. That is between 1 p.m. and 2.30 p.m, and between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Diary Each scout is to write a- short aeeount of what he does each day in camp, and he may illustrate it with pictures or maps. He may write his diary during the mid-day rest. Tents Eaeh patrol will have its own separate tent, and will be responsible for its being kept neat and clean at all times. Patrol-leaders will see that tent ropes are slackened at night and that no damage is done to tents, equipment, ete. Bathing Bathing is only allowed when bathing picket is present. Picket is" to consist of one officer, one patrolleader, and two seouts. The picket will not bathe until the rest of the party is out of the water. Marks For each allotted task carried out without mistake, ten marks per patrol. For general tidiness of camp ground, ten marks per patrol. ; Deductions will be made from the patrol for untidiness of the individual, badly-cleaned equipment, disobedience or breaking bounds. Kit Scouts are advised to take two changes of underclothing, towels, soap, brush and comb, toothbrush, overcoat or mackintosh, extra pair of boots or shoes, sleeping suit, bathing suit, at least two blankets or rugs, knife and fork, tablespoon, enamel plate (large) and mug. All the above articles of personal kit must be marked with the boy's troop number, and packed in regulation kitbag. Daily Rout'ne 6 a.m., reveille, coffee and biscuit; 6.30 a.m., physical exercises and fatigue duty; 7.30 a.m., wash; 8 a.m., breakfast; 9.30 a.m. to 11 a.m., parade and camp inspection; 11 a.m. to 12 a.m., scout instruction; 12 noon to 1 p.m,, dinner; 1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m., rest (compulsory) ; 2.30 p.m. to 5 p.m., bathing, fishing and games; 5.30 p.m., tea; 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., lecture and instruction in mess tent; 8.30 p.m., cocoa and biscuits, tuni in; 8.45 p.m., post; 9 p.m., lights out.