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CONSERVATION 



part of othe others, and in suggestions for 

 concurrent action for the protection of mu- 

 tual interests related to conservation. 



As my representative to convey to yon 

 this letter and invitation, and at your desire 

 to consult with you concerning the proposed 

 conference, I have selected an officer of this 

 Government, chief of the United States For- 

 est Service and chairman of the National 

 Conservation Commission, whom 1 commend 

 to your kind offices. 



Sincerely yours, 



(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. 



February i8, 19 and 20 were the 

 dates set for the North American Con- 

 ference. The Commissioners were these : 

 United States 



Gififord Pinchot, U. S. Forester, 

 Chairman of the National Conservation 

 Commission. 



Hon. Robert L. Bacon, Secretary of 

 State. 



Hon. James R. Garfield, Secretary of 

 the Interior. 



Canada 



Hon. Sydney Fisher, Minister of Ag- 

 riculture. 



Hon. Clifford Sifton, ex-Miiiister of 

 the Interior. 



Hon. Henri S. Beland, M. P. 

 Nezv Foundland 



Hon. E. H. Outerbridge. 

 Mexico 



Hon. Romulo Escobar, former Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture, and former Com- 

 missioner of Forestry. 



Hon. Miguel A. de Quevedo, Com- 

 missioner of Forestry and Engineer of 

 the Sanitary Commission. 



Hon. Carlos Sellerier, Secretary of 

 Agriculture and Inspector of Mines for 

 the Federal Government. 



Representatives of the press were 

 present only at the presentation of the 

 visiting Commissioners in the East 

 Room of the Wliite House, and at the 

 general session in the State Department 

 immediately following. The subse- 

 quent sessions of the conference were 

 closed. 



Those who were invited to be pres- 

 ent in the East Room of the White 

 House when the Canadian and Mexican 

 Coinmissioners were presented to the 

 President, in addition to Cabinet ofifi- 

 cers, justices of the Supreine Court, the 



British ambassdor and the Mexican 

 charge d'affaires, were as follows: 



National Conservation Commission — Gif- 

 ford Pinchot, chairman ; Thomas R. Shipp, 

 secretary; Theodore E. Burton, Francis G. 

 Newlands, Jonathan P. Dolliver, William 

 Warner, John H. Bankhead, Dr. W J JMc- 

 Gee, Frederick H. Newell, Herbert Knox 

 Smith, Joseph E. Ransdell, Dr. George F. 

 Swain, Brig. Gen. William L. Marshall, 

 Reed Snioot, Albert J. Beveridge, Champ 

 Clark, Charles F. Scott, J. B. White, Prof. 

 Henry S. Graves, William Irvine, Newton 



C. Blanchard, Charles Lathrop Pack, Prof. 

 Irving Fisher, Gustav H. Schwab, Overton 

 W. Price, Knute Nelson, Francis E. Warren, 

 Swager Sherley, Herbert Parsons, Napoleon 



B. Broward, James J. Hill, George C. Par- 

 dee, Murdoe Mackenzie^ Dr. T. C. Chamber- 

 lin, Frank C. Goudy, Charles Macdonald, 

 George W. Woodruff, John Dalzell, Joseph 

 M. Dixon, Frank P. Flint, Lee S. Overman, 

 James L. Slayden, Philo Hall, Andrew Car- 

 negie, Dr. Charles R. Van Hise, John 

 Mitchell, John Hays Hammond, Dr. I. C. 

 White, Dr. J. A. Holmes, Dr. O. P. Austin, 

 Fred Dennett, Dr. B. T. Galloway, Dr. L. O. 

 Howard, Dr. A. D. Melvin, Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam, Prof. Willis L. Moore, Dr. S. N. 



D. North, Victor H. Olmsted, Dr. George 

 Otis Smith, Dr. A. C. True, Dr. Milton 

 Whitney, Dr. H. W. Wiley, Morris Bien, 

 M. R. Campbell, Charles G. Clark, Francis 

 W. Clements, Frederick V. Coville, William 

 T. Cox, Arthur P. Davis, Dr. D. T. Day, 

 Dr. R. B. Dole, Dr. John A. Fairlie, R. C. 

 Finney, Robert Follensby, Prof. S. Fortier, 

 Prof. Henry C. Frankenfeld, Henry Gannett, 

 L. C. Graton. William L. Hall, G. G. Hang- 

 er, Dr. C. W. Hayes, H. W. Henshaw, 

 A. D. Hopkins, W. B. Hunter, R. S. Kel- 

 logg, M. O. Leighton, Waldemar Lindgren, 



C. L. Marlatt, Felden O. Martin, W. C. 

 Mendenhall, E. W. Parker, A. F. Potter, 

 Le Grand Powers, B. J. Ramage, Alexander 

 C. Shaw, Hugh M. Smith, William M. Stcu- 

 art, R. G. Valentine, F. B. Van Horn, 

 Thomas L. Watson, Jasper E. Welchel, 

 Philip P. Wells, Dr. Bailey WilHs, H. M. 

 Wilson, Albert F. Woods, N. A. Ziegkr, 

 Dr. W. L. Hornaday, Elbert F. Baldwin, 

 Charles D. Walcott, Dr. H. A. Smith, Will- 

 iam B. Pugh, C. E. Wright, Stephen W. 

 Williams, H. H. Schwartz, Clarence Blancli- 

 ard, C. A. Davis, A. L. Quaintance, W. J. 

 Spillman, A. H. Brooks, C. W. Warburton, 

 H. N. Parker, W. T. Swingle, E. C. Chil- 

 cott, H. B. Sackett, H. F. Weiss, A. C. 

 Veatch, Dr. T. S. Palmer, J. G. Peters, John 

 C. Hoyt, L. F. Hawley, Dr. George M. 

 Kober, S. T. Dana, G. B. Sudworth, Mc- 

 Garvey Chne, C. S. Schofield, Dr. H. S. 

 Bristol, Calvin W. Rice, Willis E. Hall, 

 Wesley Bradfield, Dr. C. F. Langworthy, Dr. 

 Charles J. Lavery. 



