Advance party
plan of camp grounds
A measuring device
setting up A wall tent
guying the tent
Trenching
peg wisdom
Interior tent conveniences
how to make A tepee
tent wisdom
sleeping on the ground
A “Hip hole”
How to keep warm
making A bed
double-deck bunks
blankets
pillows
kitchen ware
table ware
table tops
A “Horse” Idea
permanent buildings
surveying
home-made instruments
camp survey

The greatest help after all is to take the children back to the garden that the Lord God planted.  A boy must learn to sleep under the open sky and to tramp 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 flurry of our American civilization and think that patent leather shoes and white kid gloves are necessary for the salvation of his life.—­Edward Everett Hale.

Selecting a camp site and general directions for the laying out of the camp grounds is treated very fully in the chapter on Camp Sanitation, so that this chapter will be devoted to methods that to the experienced camper may seem trite, but which the novice will appreciate.

[Illustration:  Laying Out a Camp]

Advance Party

If the camp is a large one it is usually customary to send an advance party several days ahead to erect the tents and get the camp in readiness for the larger 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 tents are scattered the difficulty of control is increased.  The above diagram is a suggestion for the laying out of a camp which provides for room and control.

Plan of Grounds

The following hints will help the advance party to layout the camp in a systematic and scientific manner.  To find the right angle of 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 the peg at A. The point at which the two cords meet at C, where another peg may be driven in, will be the line at right angles to B-A.

[Illustration:  Right Angle of Camp Square]

Measuring Device