The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-07-05

National Forests Of 1nfnAa 80
Northern Idaho. has bssa selected to
serve as Major on TIE rsgissstal
staff and to aid in the orEanixatioa
and equipment Of the regiment. The
remaining officers are n fdlsws:
Majors in command Of batalliOns:
Z. E. Benedict, assistant forester in
tie Forest Branch of British COium-
bia, and c. s. Chapman, manager of
the private timber protective associ-
ations of Western Oregon.
Captains: Edward s. Bryant, for
est inspector, U. 8. Forest Service,
stationed at Washington. d. c.; In
man F. Eldredee. forest supervisor
Of the Florida National Forest, PEN
sacola, Fla; J. D. Guthrie. forest
supervisor of the CocOninO National
Forest, Flagstaff, Arix.; Evan w.
Kelly, forest examiner, U. s. Forest
Service, San Francisco; John Lafton,
assistant forester in charge of timber
operation, Forest Branch of British
Columbia; David T. Mason, profess
or of forestry at the University of
California; w. N. Millar, professor
Of forestry of the University of
Toronto; Darlington Moore. q private
forester. New York City; Arthur C.
Ringland, forest inspector, U. s.
Dorr Skeels. logging egineer and pro-
fessor of forestry at the University
taken from university professorships
are, it is stated, chosen because of
their extensive experience in prac-
cal numbering and other woods work.
First Lieutenants: Risden T. AL
len of the Allen Medly Lumber Com
pany, Devereux, Ga; NJ. S. Benedict
forest supervisor of the Sawtooth
National Forest, HALEY, Idaho; Rob-
ert L. Deering, forest examiner, U. S.
Forest Service, albuquerque, N. NJ;
Clarence R. Dunston, lumberman, U.
s. Indian Service, Dixon, Mont; D.
P. Goodwin, forest examiner, U. S.
Forest Service, San Francisco; J.
G. Kelly, lumberman, of Portland,
Oregon; Eugene L. Lindsay, for
est examiner, u s. Forest, Washing
ton, D. c.; E. c. Sanford, forest
supervisor of the Idaho National For
est, Mccall, Idaho; H. C. Williams,
who recently resigned from the
supervisorship of the same forest;
Stanley L. Wolfe, forest examiner,
U. S. Forest Service, Washington, d.
c.; j. B. Woods of the Arkansas
Land ard Lumber Co.; Malvern, Ark;
Herman Work, deputy forest super
Montpelier. Idaho.
Seconds Lleutenants: H. R. Condor,
forester with the Pennsylvania Rail
road, Philadelphia; S. E. Hodgman,
logging camp foreman with the Pot
latch Lumber. Co., Potlach, Idaho;
S. Forest Service, San Francisco;
J. W. Seltzer, forester with the New
Jersey Zinc Co., Franklin, N. j.; H.
B. Shepard, forester with the Lincoln
Pulp Co., Bangor, Me-; E. F. Wehl-
enberg, forester examiner U. S. Forest
Service, Flagstaff, Ariz.
Recruiting of the rank and file
of the regiment is actively under way.
The enlisted men will be picked woods
men. With only two thousand men
needed out of the vast number of wood
workers which the lumber industry
of the U. S. employs, and with rapid
recruiting necessary, special ma
chinery has been developed to hand
lie the preliminary stages of enlistment
Local representatives of the Forest
Service in various parts of the country
and Humber of State forestry Off
cials have been designated as "List-
ing officers" to secure applications
from men in their neighborhood who
are known of the right type. By
this "still hunt" method it is believed
that an efficient force can be gath
cred much more successfully than by
encouraging large number of mis-
cellaneous applications which could
not be thoroughly sifted without a
great deal Of effort. Great care will
be used to secure men proficient in
woods work.
Pay will begin on the day of enlist
ment and transportation will be
furnished by the government from the
place of enlistment to the training
camp.
Hhe regiment will convert avail
able timber behind the battle lines in
bers, mine props, bridge timbers,
lumber, and cordwood needed in the
military operations of the British
| Army. The work may, it is stated,
fall within the danger zone and will
be done largely in sprout forests of
oak, beech, hornbeam, and other hard
woods, with some stands of pine. The
timber is small in comparison with
most American forests, much of it
from to IL inches in diameter.
These forest resemble the woodlots
of southern New England, and the
operations will be similar to the port
able sawmill logging and tie cutting
in Massachusetts. Connecticut, Mary
land, and Virginia. The larger logs
will be sawn into boards and dimen-
sion material while the smaller trees
will be cut into hewn ties, poles,
props, etc. The closest possible use