First Shanghai American Troop Developing noma"
Shanghai Eager American lads in Shanghai whose liveliness and restless energies need something more than that obtainable within the confines of the city, and whose ideas centre on adventures and activities in the out-@oor, are now in for a bit of luck.
Land has been acquired and Camp Mohawk is already established on Point Island where months of patient and sustained effort by enthusiastic well-wishers is expected to bring results this month and give a new lease of and vigour Into both the junior and senior sections of the scouting movement among young Americans here.
Comprising an area of 150 ft. by 60 ft. and primarily intended as head~ quariers for the newly constituted American Sea Scouts, Shanghai Troop No. 1, which Is for senior boys who combine a love of the sea with their craving for the outdoor, Camp Mohawk is by the water's edge half way down the canal, approached by the Conservancy Road leading off Tinghai Road which connects with 'Yangtszepoo Road just one block from the No. 9 bus terminus. The area has been fenced in. and' the wilder-ess of "tiger" grass which was the despair of many a young hopeful, has been cut away. The ground " has been tilled and levelled off and the bhut, the pride of the boys and their leaders, is cosy with a well-lived-in air of familiarity about it and the boast of a wooden floor which was put down just one week ago to-day.
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