The boy's camp book; a guidebook based upon the annual encampment of a boy scout troop; the second of a series of handy volumes of information and inspiration . ctory, rather thanindulge any tendency to extravagance. The time to buya tent or tents is when they are actually needed. And thenis the time to get the kind you have made up your mind isbest suited to your purposes. As in many other things, it isgenerally best to wear out unsatisfactory equipment. Ican wish you no better luck than that, whether or not yourtroop tents are the best kind, you have plenty of oppor-tunity to wear them out.
The boy's camp book; a guidebook based upon the annual encampment of a boy scout troop; the second of a series of handy volumes of information and inspiration . ctory, rather thanindulge any tendency to extravagance. The time to buya tent or tents is when they are actually needed. And thenis the time to get the kind you have made up your mind isbest suited to your purposes. As in many other things, it isgenerally best to wear out unsatisfactory equipment. Ican wish you no better luck than that, whether or not yourtroop tents are the best kind, you have plenty of oppor-tunity to wear them out. I think a Scout should know the good points of the stan-dard designs of tents, and the best materials, no matterwhat his preference is. The more he knows about all kindsof tents, the more he knows about camping, and the better TENTS AND TENTING 27 is he able to form a conclusion as to the tent that best suitshis ideas. So I shall have something to say of tents ingeneral. Everything considered, I believe the old-fashioned walltent the best for a permanent Boy Scout camp such as weare discussing in this book. And I advocate 9x9 tents,four Scouts to a Military Tents: Wall, Sibley, and Pyramidal Patterns The Modern Army Tents. — The Sibley and pyramidaltents, now used to a large extent by the militia and thearmy, have been adopted by quite a number of Boy Scouttroops; although, I believe, through a mistaken idea of theiradvantages. The soldiers find these tents the best because they requirebut one pole as against three required by a wall tent, arequickly and easily pitched, shelter more occupants than thesame amount of canvas in a wall tent, and shed rain andwithstand wind better than any other form of tent, exceptthe conical, which differs from the Sibley only in that it hasbo wall. And for a Boy Scout troop on a long camp hiketarrying their tents in a wagon and camping each night, IWould unhesitatingly recommend Sibleys or the army pyra-midal tents. For all-around servic
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