Camp Archibald Butt - Later Becomes Camp Roosevelt

Camp Archibald Butt apparently lasted about three years, and ended during World War I and Butt died on the Titanic.


November 20, 1914 ARROW

Dr. Eastman Directs Maryland Boy Scouts.

"With more than 100 scouts from Washington, Baltimore, and Fredrick in attendance,
Camp Archibald Butt, the permanent Boy Scout Camp on the Chesapeake Bay, about five
miles south of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, was formally opened for its second season
recently. Dr. Charles A. Eastman, a full-blooded Sioux Indian, who is to direct the
camp this season, was presented to the boys. Dr. Eastman was a Government surgeon in
South Dakota in the days of the ghost dance uprising, but for the past fifteen years
has been devoting his time to writing and lecturing. He spoke to the boys as follows:
"I want you to know nature as the Indian knows it. I want to help you to learn of the
birds, animals, trees, and wild flowers. I want to prove to you that if you treat nature
right, nature will treat you right, for you are a part of nature."


-Washington Star.

Read more about Archibald Butt:

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/awbutt.htm