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many outings with the people of the Post*
Sunday the boy3 wen© the guests of the Boy Scouts of Skagway at
Skagway, where they played the 3kagway youngsters* ball team. Although
the Juneau outfit was defeated 14-6, they were not at all down hearted
over a sportsmanlike defeat, and wiien the linner (provided by the Skagway
people) was served at the C. P* Kitchen, they fell to with a will backed
by boyish appetites. The Chilkoot Barracks post tean, which played the
Skagway nine, defeating then 14-3, greatly appreciated the boys* rooting#
Monday was spent.at the Post in scout work of various kinds, a
number passing their qualification tests.
A trip to the famous Davidson Glacier, across the Chilkat Inlet
from the Haines Penninsula, occupied !Hiesday. Ihe start was male at eight
o’clock, a number of the families of the post, and such of tne nilihry per
sonnel as could be spared from their duties, also making the trip. Arriv
ing at 9:30, the passengers were soon ashore.and.under the leadership of
the scoutmaster and several soldiers familiar.with the glacier, 'were soon
eating their luncheon ineV 3aggin and Lee, . instead of malting the glacier
trip, accompanied Capt. v/right on a salmon trolling expedition, but their
only regard was a tom cod*. .
Wednesday the Scouts took up the march shortly after lunch for
Odin* s Lake, famous as the home of .the Alaskan novelist, Hjalnar Rutzebeck.
An Army escort wagon, loaded with.field range.and provisions, accompanied
them under the.pilotage of Cook Burch of .Company F* Camp 'vas made that
evening at the mouth of Viking1 s Cove (more colloquially known as Mud Bay)
and the next morning the boys proceeded to Rutzebeck* s where they spent the
morning fishing and swimming* Ihe twelve mile .hike back to the Barracks
occupied the last afternoon prior to their departure* It is noteworthy that
the Scouts made ‘the twenty-four miles in two successive days without a single
boy being incapacititated through sore feet or other causes, a record of
which any organization might be proud.
Before leavng this morning the Scouts cheered the ness gergeant and
cooks of Company F who had fed them so well, and for Captain Cfcok, commander
of Company F • They then proceeded to headquarters where tliey cheered for
Major F* M. Maddox, commanding officer of the post, through whose invitation
they had enjoyed the outing here, and for the adjutant and recreation ser
vice* the former having been in charge of their trip from Juneau to the post
and the later of their entertainment while here.
The boys made friends with everyone from the Commanding Officer to
buck private 'tfnile here, and there were many comments on the excellence of
their behavior. During their entire stay there was nothing ill-bred or mis
chievous ione to mar their record. Their courtesy to adults was something
to be admired, and their prompt obedience to the scoutmasters and even the
older boys wo were patrol leaders was worthy of commendation* Scoutmasters
Redlingshafer and Spurling are both to be congratulated upon their skill
in handling boys, and the boys themselves upon their character and conduct.
COMPANY F PRACTICING WITH PISTOL:
Company F’s pistol marksmanship class has been getting in some good
licks during the past v/eek, despite a number of interuptions. Attached to
Company F for pistol instruction a^e Major F. M. Maddox, Captain R. C. Wright,
and"Lt« Clyde Grady, all Seventh Infantry, and Staff Sgt. Gustav Kline,Finance
Corps, and ?vt* Ifta. Crocoll, F. C.__ _
LLiJOR. anl HRS. F. H. IliJ'JOX. a. id C A?IAIN u.id HAS* H. ?, COOK are vis
iting Juneau 'Goday, returning Sunday.