The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-07-11
A FOREST REGIMENT FOR
SERVICE FRANCE
Opportunity for Woodsmen to Enlist
for War Service They are
Fitted For.

tional Forestry Service regimen: of
woodsmen ;:1d millworkers is ;eing
recruited for early service in France;
to be part Of the American Engi-
neers' Reserve Corps which will lid
in transportation and other engineer
ing work, and which is being organ
lied at the request of our allies.
Recruiting for this service rnust
come largely from frontier con1.nunl-
ties such as Cook county, and it is
expected that this county's quota
under the conscription regulations
will be filled by volunteers Tor this
service, because this regiment is to
be recruited at once.
Citizens Of the United States, and
those who have declared their in
tention to become such, between the
ages of IS and 40 years inclusive, are
eligible; and for the convenience of
applicants the necessary blanks have
been placed in the hands of the coun-
ty attorney, county auditor and sher-
riff before whom applications may
be made.
Recruits for this regiment will be
subject to the same physical examin-
alton as that required for other mill
tary service, and enlistment will be
for the period of the war.
The pay, which begins at date 0
enlistment, ranges according to class
from $4,000 to $5l 90 a month in
the United States and $4,000 to
$61 20 a month for foreign service,
travelling expenses being furnished
by the Government from the place Of
enlistment to the training camp. The
regiment will be assembled in bat
talions at Washington, D. c., and at
Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and will
be sent overseas as soon as organic
ed, trained and equipped.
The work of this regiment will be
performed behind the battle lines in
France, but may fall within the dan
itger-z.sne. Men in this service. while
escaping the horrors ST trench war
fare, will perform a patriotic duty
in the line for which their life and
training have peculiarly fitted them.
The list of eligible occupations is as
follows: Axmen, wood sawyers, tie
cutters, loggers, teamsters, scalers,
blacksmiths, harnessmakers, wheel.
wrights, hostlers, millwrights, mill
engineers, mill sawyers, saw tilers
cooks, camp clerks, machinists, auto
mobile and motorcycle operators and
foresters.
In addition to the foregoing, the
department circular contains the fol-
lowing information, Of interest es-
pecially to prospective applicants:
"While designed to serve primarily
as mobile logging and milling crew,
the regiment will be organized on
military lines and it's members will
be uniformed and armed like other
units in the United States Army.
The first duty of it's officers and men
will be to learn military discipline
and teamwork through thorough
going drill at training camps.
1.-The regiment will work largely in
sprout forests of oak, beech, horn
beam, and other hardwoods, with
some stands Of pine. The timber is
small in comparison with most A
merican forests, much of it from 8
| to II inches in diameter. These for
ests resemble the woodlots of south
ern New England, and the operations
will be similar to portable sawmill
logging and tie cutting in Massachu-
setts, Connecticut, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. The larger logs will be sawn
into boards and dimension material,
while the smaller trees will be cut
into hewn ties, poles, props, etc. The
closest possible use of timber will
be required.
'The French forests have for many
years been managed with great care
and skill. The American forest re-
giment must be able, if it is to do
creditable work, not only to cut and
manufacture the timber with high
efficiency, but also to avoid waste
and leave the forests in good condi-
tion for future production. For this
reason it will be officered mainly by
trained foresters.
1.-The listing Of applicants does not
insure their final acceptance. 1t may
be necessary to reject subsequently
some of the men who have been
listed.
'The prompt recruiting of this re-
giment will enable it to be among
the first to carry the flag Of the
United States abroad"
T. f. Aim and family made an auto
trip to Duluth on Monday, returning