The Stars and Stripes were attached, and while the whole company stood at attention and gave the scout salute, Scout Master Wingate raised the colors.

Three loud, shrill cheers greeted Old Glory as it blew bravely out against the cloudless blue.
"That's a pretty sight now, shiver my timbers if it ain't," observed old Captain Hudgins, who had stood, hat in hand, during the ceremony.
"I've seen Old Glory in many a foreign port, and felt like takin' off my hat and givin' three cheers fer the old flag; but I never seen her look better or finer than she does a-streakin' out from that there bit of timber." "Now, Patrol cooks," was Scout Master Wingate's next command, "it's only an hour to dinner time, and we want the first mess to be right.
Come on, and we'll get the pot boiling." Cook duty fell that day to Hiram Nelson and Walter Lonsdale, and under the scout master's directions they soon had potatoes peeled, beans in water, and a big piece of stew meat chopped up with vegetables in a capacious pot.
After every errand to the store tent, Walter was anxious to know if it was not yet time to light the fire.
"Never be in a hurry to light your fire when you are in the woods," rejoined the scout master; "otherwise you will be so busy tending the fire you won't be able to prepare your food for cooking.

Now we're all ready for the fire, though, and you can bring me some dry bark and small sticks from that pile of wood the pioneers laid in yesterday." This was promptly done, and the lads watched the next step with interest.

They saw the scout master take a tiny pile of the sticks and then light a roll of bark and thrust it into them.
"I thought you piled them up all criss-cross," remarked Hiram.
"No woodsman does that, my boy," was the rejoinder.

"Now get me some larger timber from that pile, and I'll show you how to go about it like regular trappers." The fire builder shoved the ends of the sticks into the blaze and then the bean pot was hung in place.
"We won't put the potatoes on now, as they take less time," he remarked; "those beans will take the longest." Soon the heat was leaping up about the pots, and the cheerful crackle and incense of the camp fire filled the air.