The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-26

lance of one-third of mile from the
mill and installed a number. OF cleo
tric lights on the, trees. Whenever
an alarm of an air raid ON came the
lights of the mill were extfngHished
and the lights among the trees one
third OF agmilesfro the mill were
lighted by switching on the current
and were kept hlazing while the Gerl
mans wasted bombs on, them and In
Aieted damage only on. some of the
trees, Rele $3.50 nofgnen .,-.,.,....
@Other mills up along the ighting
front were also bombed frequently,
but without serious damage"
Continuing hisos statement about
some OF the wonders accomplished
BY this regiment Of lpmbermen and
foresters during the war, Mr.. .Ridsdale
writes in the American Forestry Mag
azine. We infU AeIo Gyrrtpst.,.,
"The regiment was composed Of 40
companies Of approximately $50 men
each divided into. IA hattalions and
having connected with 1t SO engineer
service companies or labor troops. It
was organized originally, TO contain As
companies, but the 49th was added
in France, being composed of mem
beers Of the New England saw mill
unit who had spent almost two years
in cutting in the Scotch forests. Three
officers and 80 men volunteered as
nucleus of this company. The full
complement was secured by getting
men from other organizations.
THE chief forest cutting OF the reg
iment was in the Vosges section with
Epinal as headquarters. At Eclaron
in the forests of Argonne was the
largest single installation, mill cap.
able of shipping, as it did, an average
\ Of five thousand ties day. This
A mill furnished duck boards, bridge tim
bers, piles and poles, etc, for the 1st
and End armies.
"The amount OF wood required by
an army for fuel. in winter especially
is not appreciated by the civilian
For instance, at the time the armis
tice was signed, Lieutenant-ColonelA
5. Peck. assisted by Major r.. j
Stuart, Captain Donald Bruce, Cap
tain Joseph Kittridge, Jr., scma TWEEN
r ty lieutenants and twenty sergeants
Of the Goth, had charge of 10000 quar-
4 ermaster troops, all colored cuttinf
:. fire wood for the LIST and End Ameri
i. can armies, at the fighting front, will
: headquarters at Chaumont. Thes,
men managed to secure and maintain
!. daily production OF about 800
4 cords OF wood a day, which supplied
I fuel for approximately l,OOO,00l
!. troops.
|. At the time the armistice was sign
: ed, the regiment had eighty'one lum
b Der mills in operation and twelv,
q more being installed.
!. "The 9TH Battalion, which wa
9 placed at the disposal OF the Frencl
A government. manufactured entirel,
8 free Of cost to the French government
n the following quantities OF timber
I 4.46S,OOO board feet OF lumber; 1879
: sos standard gauge ties; 1864 nal
q row gauge ties; 127,475 poles an,
q props: 54,647 stores OF fuelwood. Thi
4 is enough to build SOS barracks; 10
/. miles OF railroad; 1896 miles OF tele
q phone line on the basis that half tn
q round material was poles; and warn
> a detachment Of 500 French infantr.
y 100 years
r ION account Of war speculation, tn
r price of timber in France had NOR
!. than doubled since the beginning o
the war. In the Jura, timber whicl
: before the war brought SIC pc
thousand feet on the stump sold 70
from SS2 to S45 per thousand feet
d counting IL cubic meters of stand
r. ing timber as equal to one THOUSAND
board feet
1T was owing to the assistance O
Lleutenant-C Colonel Joubaire, chair