Scouting, Volume 38, Number 2, February 1950 Page: 7
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Sights for 40,000 Jam-
boree tourists: Above,
the Liberty Bell, and below, Independence Hall, Phila-
delphia, where the bell is housed. Right, the dome of
the White House in Washington, D. C.
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View of the 1937 Jamboree in Washington.
and entertainment events to choose from, and you
yourself will not only decide, but will most cer-
tainly devise many of them yourself.
What a wonderful combination of a few spec-
tacular big events, and a lot of opportunity for
man-to-man fellowship and sharing of ideas and
ideals.
An important part of such a tremendous
encampment is the planning for the feeding and
the health of the participants. A number of spe-
cialists are working on this. We asked them for
a little description of the planning. Instead of
talking, they started flapping flapjacks. . . .
Keeping Filled and Fit
*If you can picture a stack of pancakes more
than twice the height of the Empire State
Building, you will have an idea of how much food
40,000 healthy men and boys can eat at a single
breakfast. Presuming each person eats four flap-
jacks, the stack consumed at one Jamboree break-
fast will easily exceed twice the height of the tallest
building in the world.
Carloads of food will be brought into Valley
Forge daily to provide a total of over one million
meals. Food will be distributed daily to Patrols,
and each Patrol will cook its own. Each meal will
be fully nutritious and designed to require a mini-
mum of preparation. Nothing will be spared to
guarantee every Jamboree Scout and Explorer
sufficient and nourishing meals.
Nor will anything be spared to insure his health,
safety, and comfort. The United States Public
Health Service and other national agencies are
cooperating in planning, supervising, and main-
taining sanitation facilities and first aid stations.
Also cooperating will be the medical societies of
Philadelphia County, and nearby Delaware, Mont-
gomery, and Chester Counties. In each thirty-four-
Troop section of the Jamboree there will be a first
aid station, with medical doctors on duty.
To guarantee comfort and health at the Jam-
boree, the facilities of a complete city will be
erected, including water pipes, showers, latrines,
and sewage lines. A fleet of trucks will shuttle back
and forth, removing several tons of waste every
day.
The health and well being of the 40,000 boys and
men at the Jamboree will be in marked contrast
to that of the army which made Valley Forge a
synonym for suffering and privation.
It will be a great sight to see 4,400 Patrols
cooking their own meals, and it is reassuring to
know that such complete steps are being taken
to guarantee the health and safety of every Scout
and Explorer.
FOR ALL SCOUTERS
FEBRUARY, 1950
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