DONATIONS 



FOR THE 



RELIEF AND COMFORT 



OF THE 



FOREST REGIMENTS 



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DONATION TO THE LUMBER AND FOREST RELIEF 



COMMITTEE 



4 I enclose check for $ a donation fo be useH for the comfort 



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I and relief of the men of the Tenth and Twentieth Engineers (Forest) Regiments. 



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COMMITTEE | 



CHARLES LATHROP PACK W. R. BROWN 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE ALBERT F. POTTER 



ROBERT H. DOWNMAN WILLIAM L. HALL 



Members of the American Forestry Association and others interested in forestry are asked 

 to contribute to the fund now being raised to provide comforts and any necessary relief to the 

 members of the Forest Regiments called for service in France. 



These men. there are some 10,000 of them, have the task of supplying for the army of the 

 Allies such absolute necessities as cordwood for cooking and heating, posts for trenches and P 



mines, ])lanks to haul heavy ordnance over, boards for hos])itals and billets; ties for railroads, P 



timber for temporary bridges and many other emergency uses. At least 25,000,000 board feet P 



will be needed monthly. This will be obtained from the French forests, the only source available | 



at present, due to lack of water transportation. These forests the French have generously agreed 

 to sacrifice, but desire them cut, as far as it is possible, along forestry lines. 



A joint committee has been formed of the lumbermen and forestry organizations of all kinds 

 throughout the country, which will solicit funds and take charge of all sums raised for th? 

 comfort and relief of the men in these regiments. All such funds are to be expended to meet the 

 S])ecial needs of the men in this special industry. Immediate needs are along the lines of comfort 

 and recreation essential to physical and moral welfare, and later serious relief for soldiers and 

 dei)endents will be pressing. To meet this larger and more vital demand members of the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association are asked to contribute generously. Reports of the use made of con- 

 tributions will be published from time to time In all of the lumber and forestry journals. 



We confidently ask you to stand behind the men of the Forest Regiments who furnish the | 



lumber which, next to ammunition and food, is the greatest need of the Allied army. The per- 

 sonnel of the committee will assure that every cent subscribed will be utilized to the full in 

 assistance and relief. All funds are to be sent to Mr. P. S. Ridsdale, secretary of the American 

 Forestry Association at 1410 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C, which Association has offered 

 to give its office accommodations and the time of its secretary, free, to the administration of the 

 relief work. 



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A list of the donors will be acknowledged in ihe AMERICAN FORESTRY magazine each month. 



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