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Show Report From . . Boy Scout Jamboree By George Garwood At Sea August 30, 1947. , In a few days we will be home once more, but behind us .lies s great experience: The World Jamboree of Peace. It was there that we met, talked and traded scouting knowledge with scouts from all over the world. About the Taylor On the return trip we have traveled aboard the Gen. Harry Taylor, a sister ship to the General Gen-eral Muir, on which we went to the jamboree. On this crossing there Have not been many things for the boys to do. But then most of the scouts didn't want to do anything more than rest. All scouts aboard had plenty of that. Storm At Sea On the third day out we came upon quite a storm. The sea became be-came very rough and the ship was tossed around like a cork. Due to this, many scouts visited the side of the ship. I am sorry sor-ry to say that Howard Barnes, another local scout, and myself were among the first. The storm lasted for about two days and then cleared up, to everyone's immense relief. Looking Ahead On board the Taylor there are approximitely 1070 homesick scouts who will be mighty glad when the ship docks at Staten Island tomorrow noon. From Staten Island we will go by train to Kilmer, where we'll re- Omain for two days. After that we'll continue on by way of Washington, D. C The United States At Last September 2. 1917. After seven and a half days on' the ocean, the General Tav-lor Tav-lor arrived at Pier 11. Staten Island, on Saturday, August 30. The American scouts on board were very glad to be in America Ameri-ca once more. Though it was a lot of fun at the Jamboree, it's always good to get home. After disembarking from the "Taylor" we boarded a train and were taken to Camp Kilmer, the canvD at which we stayed before leaving America for the . ' Jamboree. For the second time we were given a cordial wel-come wel-come by men stationed there.. Our troop was housed in the same barracks and fed at the same times as before. The processing pro-cessing was completed after a day and a half stay there. Toured Wasliineton, P. C. At 12:30 Sunday night we caught a special Boy Scout train which took us to Washington, D. C, on a conducted tour of the city. We visited the capitol building, Washington's Monument, Monu-ment, Lincoln Memorial, the White House and many other places. Then by bus we were taken to Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, where we stayed for over an hour. We were then taken to Arlington Cemetery, where we paid tribute trib-ute at the Unknown Soldier's grave. Continuing on back to Washington, Wash-ington, we stopped at the Congressional Con-gressional Library. There we saw the Utah Centennial exhibit exhib-it It was just like a pre-view of being home. Through the Koyal Gorge At 5:30 we returned to the train and left the city of Washington. Wash-ington. Our next stop was at St. Louis, where we changed 1 trains. On Wednesday after- noon we entered the splendid . Royal Gorge. Far above us hung a beautiful suspension bridge, it's cubles looking like stiver wires. It is one of the i most spectacular views in the , Rocky Mountains. ; And so ends my trip to the I World Jamboree. |
