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Agencies: 497-503 Pearl St, 35-43 Park St., New York. 114-116 Market St, San Francisco. 
At Ge Ay MBE, Tent floors should be ordered in advance, where Twenty-five cents is well invested by putting 
Continaed from page 106. not already provided, and applications for camp it in this cup. Vice-Com. Hughes put on his 
belief that this method will prove satisfactory sites filed by addressing Mr. U. M. Van Varick, letters to the members of the Central Division: 
and economical to the members. An added ad- 
vantage of this method will be that it will do 
away “with what has been considered the one dis- 
agreeable feature of the camp, in that the camp 
store has been a more or less public place of 
assemblage for outsiders who had no business 
in camp, and yet, owing to its being sort’ of 
neutral ground, could not be regulated without 
incessant watchfulness. 
A Canadian customs officer will be in camp 
during the two weeks to examine baggage, etc., 
of arrivals. As our island is in Canadian waters 
all provisions taken from the States are liable to 
duty, although all canoes and camp equipment 
are admitted free. 
The camp sité committee work will be handled 
in the usual manner, except in the matter of 
supervision. Also, owing to conditions, in- 
fluenced by other circumstances, no tents will be 
hired for members. My reasons for ee de- 
parture from recent customs are that:it very 
sreatly multiplies the already arduous iho of 
the camp site committee, entails considerable 
liability on the Association, and has been very ex- 
pensive to the members without any advantage. 
The prices charged the members for the rental 
of tents has always seemed exorbitant and as a 
matter of fact you can order them from Messrs. 
Bickford Bros., of Rochester, N. Y., from whom 
we will hire the administration tents, with no 
more trouble than you can write to the camp site 
committee, and at much less expense. They have 
furnished me a schedule of prices, and they will 
agree to have the tents in camp on time. If de- 
sired the services of camp employes will be avail- 
able for putting them up on application upon 
arrival to the member of the committee having 
charge of the part of the camp in which you will 
locate your tent site. Mr.’Henry G. Chamber- 
lain will have charge of the main camp, Mr. S. 
B. Burnham, of Squaw Point, South, and Mr. 
H. Lansing Quick, of Squaw Point, North. 
99 John street, New York city. 
Floors will be supplied at a cost of six cents 
per square foot. Cots and blankets, to the ex- 
tent of the supply on hand, will be rented as 
heretofore. Wire cots, per week, $2; upholstered 
cots, per week, $1; two blankets.and one com- 
fortable, per week, $2. Applications for these 
should be made early. 
For the convenience of those wishing to come 
to camp for a night or two a cot, two blankets 
and a comfortable will be supplied at sixty-five 
cents per night, but owing to he limited num- 
ber anyone wanting to be sure of accommoda- 
tions should engage them in advance if possible. 
Freight and mail from the States should be 
addressed, care of the A. C. A. Camp, Clayton, 
New York; from Canada, care of A. C. A. Camp, 
Gananoque, Ont., Canada. All telegrams should 
be addressed, care of A. C. A. Camp, Gananoque, 
Ont., Canada. 
Three things I would like to especially em- 
phasize are, firstly, the paddling races for the 
racing class, which will bring out: some very 
high class contests. Another is sailing of the 
open canoes, for which the members have been 
subscribing for a trophy. This branch of the 
sport is becoming very popular, and I shall ex- 
pect to see a fleet of at least twenty-five of these 
canoes in the races 
For the trophy, ‘he Eastern Division, in Feb- 
ruary, collected $23. The Atlantic Division, at 
its dinner in March, and by special subscriptions 
of Louis Kretzmer, A. M. Poole and ex-Com. 
Quick, has contributed $27, while the Central 
Division, through letters sent out by Vice-Com. 
Hughes, has contributed about $25 up to date. 
This leaves me about twenty-five to fifty dollars 
short of what is really needed to obtain a suit- 
able cup. To those who have ‘already contri- 
buted I wish to: express my sincere appreciation, 
and I shall be very pleased to receive any addi- 
tional subscriptions no matter how small. 
“Do it now,’.and I received thirty-four replies 
by the first mail, and about seventy- five inside of 
two weeks. 
The third point which will be of interest, par- 
ticularly to the racing men, is a new feature in 
prizes. The associate members, the ladies of 
our camp, will present two cups as prizes, 
to be given to the winner of the greatest number 
one 
of points, according to position at finish, mz ide 
in the sailing races; this to include both open 
and decked canoe events. The other cup to be 
given to the winner, in like manner, of the great- 
est number of points made in the paddling races, 
either racing or cruising class, unless they change 
their minds. The regular prizes this year will 
be medals instead of the usual shields. 
feel justified in saying that all indications 
point to an unusually large meet. Those who 
like the tacing will find more of it than has ever 
been offered before, while those who may -care 
for the quiet and restfulness of.the simple life, 
will be able to obtain it, provided they have will 

power enough to keep away from the enjoyment 
of camp-fires and other features of our daily 
life in camp. 
I am endeavoring to make this a reunion year, 
and many of our backsliders, who have not at- 
tended a meet for some years, have signified 
their intention of being with us again. From the 
numbers in attendance, and amount of enthu- 
siasm displayed at two of the division meets al- 
ready held, I believe and hope that we will meet 
large number of new and fine fellows. If the 
hopes of your commodore are fulfilled, we will 
make many new acquaintances as well as renew 
old ones, and enjoy together the best two weeks 
of our lives. 
I ask your aid to make this meet primarily a 
a 2 one, by bringing a canoe with you if 
possible, and spend as much time in it as possi- 
ble. Open canoes can be rented very reasonably 
at both Clayton and Gananoque. 

