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zations to take care of a greater number of their employees in 

 summer vacation welfare camps. Some of these camps are also 

 maintained throughout the year. Any acceptable organized 

 group of families is provided for in a like manner with com- 

 plete camps for each group. 



Cooked food, based on a dietary formulated by experts on 

 child care, is sent in heat-retaining receptacles from Bear Moun- 

 tain Inn to the camps, making unnecessary a food manufac- 

 turing establishment at each camp. Food, of substantial quan- 

 tity and of uniform quality, is thereby made available at a cost 

 below that of cooking at camjD. 



Marked trails for hiking expeditions to points of historic 

 and natural interest are extensively used by all the outdoor 

 organizations and these organizations have rendered splendid 

 assistance in the clearing and marking of these trails. The 

 campers also use them for one-day and over-night hikes. Camps 

 for individuals and families are maintained at Alpine, in the 

 New Jersey section of the park; at Hook Mountain, in the New 

 York section of the park and at Queensboro, three miles inland 

 from Bear Mountain. 



The attendance, during the season of 1922, shows an increase 

 of about 25 per cent, over the attendance of last season. A total 



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