The Pulaskian., 1919-01-17

0reS 67ss5NHGUSANDS of memorial
 trees for the soldier he e o roes of the great war tss%S3 NY s FSSa9 will be planted by the sSR))s7 states of the union dur .EsSsa zssssa ing 1919. The American
 Forestry association has received heartiest approval of its plans 10 honor the soldier dead from govern ors, councils of defense, women's clubs and patriotic organizations.
 h the District of Columbia an Ave nue of the Allies" is suggested to the board of commissioners by the asso- ciation. the avenue to be planted with trees in honor of the allied nations. In Chicago 'Pershing Boulevard" has been suggested in q resolution offered by Alderman Anderson to the city council. 4 letter was sent to Alder man Anderson by Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American For estry association, urging such boule- ward be lined with memorial trees.
 To Henry Kiel, mayor of St. Louis, a letter was also sent urging the plant ing of memorial trees as a proper set ting for the memorial under discus sion there. letter to Mayor James Cowgirl of Kansas City, makes a sim liar suggestion Gov. Arthur Capper of Kansas has written the association Endorsing planting of memorial trees along the motor highways that traverse that state.
 State Forester Approves Plan.
 r. w Besley, state forester of Mary land wrote the association approving the plan. Letters were sent to Mrs. Austin Gallagher chairman of the shade tree division of the civic league, and to Maj. J. w Shirley of the city plan committee suggesting that me morial trees be planted in connection with the memorial in Baltimore.
 The board of directors of the Amer. ican Forestry association wrote let ter to Mayor Hylan of New York city urging the incorporation of memorial tree planting in the big plans New York city has under way.
 William Howard Taft, vice presi- dent of the American Forestry associ- lation, urges the planting of memorial trees, and the Lincoln Highway asso- ciation has taken up the plan of the American Forestry association in the states through which the highway passes. Mir. Taft says:
 a'One fitting and appropriate me morial for our soldier dead would he rows of fine trees planted along the great through highways of the various states. They will stand there for many generations to come and keep fresh in the minds of the passers-by the heroic deeds of the young Americans who gave their lives that freedom, and justice and truth might not perish from the earth. I heartily commend the plan.''
 France found at least one and a quarter million acres of her forests de- stroyed as she occupied the territory held by the Germans in her war-swept northern and eastern sections, was the announcement to the New York sec ton of the Appalachian Mountain club, by Mir Pack
 France Sacrificed Forests.
 .'The United States" said Mir. Pack, @should feel the deepest sympathy with France over the loss of her magnificent forests so many of which have fallen before the devastating hand of the Germans while behind the lines it was the French forests which were called upon to provide large part of the timber needed for war purposes in France by the allies. About one and q quarter million of acres Of forest land lay within the territory occupied by the Germans in their advance through France. It will require many years to get these forests, which had been built up by long and careful thrift and conservation, to anything like pre-. war condition. This is one of the great sacrifices which France has been compelled to make, as millions of her population were dependent in one way or another on woodworking industries Their work and their source of income has been cut off. Even before the wal 1t was necessary for France to import part of her wood for manufacturing purposes. In addition to the vast amounts that will be required for re construction work, France will need wood TOT her woodworking industries and her people who have depended or @~~-~~>~<-~~~~-o~~~S
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