The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-07
AS Tenth Engineers Arrive
in France, Recruits
Are Called.
CAMPAIGN TOMORROW
Fo&egt Service to Appeal
u Every Woodsman i,
, Northwest.

! coincident With the announcement
ycstefdayf that the district forest office
in MisAoula would start big CAM
paign ffffs week 70 get recruits for a
new forest regiment came news that
the Tenth Engineers had arrived safe
Is in France The information was
contained in telegram received ny
District Forester r. II. Rntledce.
A number OF NIissoula men were
among those who enlisted in the first
forest regiment when it was organized
early in the summer. The list OF Miss
soula men includes Dorr Skeels, dean
of the university forest school: Ken
meth Wolfe. Charles Wingate. Ezra
and Roy Mace. James +. Brooks. Will
lam Rush, Leslie Colville and william
Strong.
The work OF the regiment viii prob
ably be that Of taking over part OF
the numbering industry IN France. No
definite assignment Of work has been
officially announced by, the govern
ment, however
Campaign lAtarts Monday.
Plans for thes new recruiting cam
paign are complete and tomorrow
morning an appeal for men from the
logging camps will be voiced by huge
posters. circular letters and personal
Representatives. the local office.
Under the supervision Of District
Forester r, H. Rutledge the prepare
tions for the drive have been going. or
for the mast. two weeks and an effort
will be made to appeal to every mar
in the camps OF the district.
headquarters in Spokane.
G. Eawknouf. district lumberman. will
establt4h headquarters in Spokane thi.
week and will take charge of the APP
plications Mr.. Knouf has been II
closeltouch with the loggers and gen
eral Camp workers for n number Q
years and he is preparing to get !
larges contingent ready for service il
theinew regiment.
An opportunity to see France at ono
with continuation of the same worl
they are doing In the camps in tn
United States is the contex of the ap
peal that is being made by the dis
trict officers to the loggers. The gov
eminent expects to send the regimen
across the Atlantic within a fey
months and the men will be put t
WOTk III tue CItuSn IOIeStS SuppiSu
lumber. for the allies. j III. Ill VI.
Many Applications Already.
boeink the pas az '.ifnsststlB',
for admission into the regiment wcf
more numerous than any other wcel
The total for the week was II arpli
cations.
TO date so men have applied for on
)stmefat and when the campaign star,
and the loegers are explained the M
,urc Of the work that the governmcr
is asking Of them the forest scrN !.
expects to be swamped with applies
tons
Want Practical Men.
I'VE are going after the men w
have worked In the camps and kno
the numbering business" said NJ
Eutledge. yesterday. Il feel sure TN
the men will want to 60 when tn.
know that they viii be wanted to
the same kind of work that they al
doing here.
Since the war started the lumber
ing business of France has been ser
ously handicapped because so man
men have gone intoEthe army and
the present time there are not enoul
10 get out the timber needed for t
allies The French government "
turn the logging industry of the
country over to the American reg
ments."