TENT 



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TENT 



ond and third persons it denotes command or 

 necessity. Will in the first person, singular and 

 plural, denotes purpose or intention, and in the 

 second and third persons, simple future action. 

 These meanings are compared in the following : 



SIMPLE FUTURITT 



I shall see you again 

 You will know by to- 

 morrow 

 He will arrive to-day 



COMMAND, NECESSITY 

 OR INTENTION 



I will not apologize 



You shall obey 



He shall make amends 



Other Modes. For tenses of the subjunctive 

 and imperative modes, see MODE, page 3870. 



The Infinitive. The infinitive has but two 

 tenses the present and perfect. The forms for 

 both voices are as follows: 



Present to love, to be loved 



Perfect to have loved, to have been loved 



TENT, a portable dwelling place, usually 

 made of canvas. It is thought that tents are 

 of Eastern origin, being introduced into Spain 

 by Mohammedan invaders, from there spread- 

 ing over Europe and later to America. The 

 native Indians of North America made wig- 

 wams, tepees, or tents of bark and the skins 

 of animals, probably long before white men 

 set foot on the American continent. In many 

 parts of Canada and the Northern United 

 States the Indians still make their somewhat 

 primitive dwellings, but for the most part have 

 either learned to build houses or have adopted' 

 the modern canvas tent of the white man. 



Various Forms. The simplest form of canvas 

 tent follows the pattern of the Indian tepee; 



A" TENT 



it is circular at the bottom and rises to a point 

 in the center. The modern name for this tent 

 is the bell, as it is bell-like in shape. This tent 

 is used by nearly all armies and campers 

 throughout the world. It is set up with a pole 

 in the center, over which the tent is spread, 

 pegs being driven into the ground at proper 

 distances to which to attach ropes to keep the 



tent in position. The "A" tent (in the illustra- 

 tion) is equally simple in construction, and 

 may be stretched over a ridgepole running 

 from two upright poles and pegged down to the 

 ground. The wall tent is the "A" tent with 

 perpendicular walls to the height of two or 

 three feet with the A, or gable, above, and is 

 similarly erected and held in position. The 

 wall tent has the advantage of giving more 

 headroom than either the "A" or the "bell" 

 tent. 



A marquee is a large form of tent, chiefly de- 

 voted to show and social usages and to field 

 hospitals with an army. The tents used by 

 armies in peace times are quite different from 

 those carried in war. In fact, the carrying of 

 tents has in most armies been abandoned, ex- 

 cept for what are called light "shelter tents," 

 carried by each man. Modern war conditions 

 do not allow of excess of weight in transport, 

 and were full tent accommodations to be car- 

 ried, it would necessitate the employment of at 

 least double the usual number of wagons and 

 animals for transport. Tents in active service 

 have therefore given place to various temporary 

 shelters. In the War of the Nations dugouts 

 many feet below the surface of the earth shel- 

 tered fighters of all armies. 



Among the Nomads. In the pastoral dis- 

 tricts of Asia the main population has always 

 lived in tents, and the rank and riches of the 

 members of the various tribes are indicated by 

 marks and symbols on their tents. The Bible 

 speaks of the tents of Kedar, really Arabian 

 tents of black goats' hair, which gave rise to 

 the Eastern expression "black as the tents of 

 Kedar." Even in modern times the nomadic 

 Arab tribes carry with them their tents, and 

 their homes are just where fancy or advantage 

 may lead them to "pitch their tents." The 

 tents of the East, however, are more elaborate 

 than the military and camping-out tents of the 

 West, being often divided into apartments, the 

 partitions being of rugs and skins that, accord- 

 ing to Western values, are almost priceless. 



Suggestions to Campers. For campers in the 

 United States and Canada, the procuring of a 

 suitable tent is a simple matter. The choice is 

 wide, and tent materials have been greatly im- 

 proved within recent years. For ordinary pur- 

 poses, the "bell" or "A" tent will be found most 

 suitable. It is in the choice of locality and in 

 the actual erection of the tent that experience 

 is necessary. One of the simplest precautions 

 is often neglected by parties camping out. 

 That precaution is to avoid touching the sides 



