VOLUME 25 



JUNE, 1919 



NUMBER 306 



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TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 20TH 

 ENGINEERS (FORESTRY) 



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E HAVE THE HONOR TO OFFER YOU HEREIN A PARTIAL 

 ACCOUNT OF THE PATRIOTIC WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY YOUR 

 REGIMENT IN THE WINNING OF THE WAR. 



THIS WAS PREPARED FROM LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RE- 

 CEIVED DURING THE WAR, IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN 

 PERMANENT FORM TO CARRY HOME WITH YOU, A DETAILED 

 RECORD OF DEEDS, AND MEN, WHILE THE FACTS ARE STILL FRESH; 

 A RECORD THAT YOU MAY JUSTLY PRESERVE AS REPLETE WITH 

 SPLENDID PERFORMANCE, AND BECAUSE YOUR ACTS HAVE NOW BE- 

 COME HISTORY. 



AS PATRIOTS AND WOODSMEN YOU ANSWERED THE FIRST CALL OF 

 COUNTRY AND OF CIVILIZATION AND OFFERED WITHOUT STINT 

 OR DELAY YOUR LIFE'S EXPERIENCE IN THE FOREST, THE MILL, 

 THE TRADE OR THE PROFESSION, IN GENEROUS AND HIGH ENDEAVOR 

 TO BRING EMERGENCY AID TO STRUGGLING FRANCE, IN ORDER THAT 

 THE MEN AND GUNS MIGHT FOLLOW AFTER. THE CALL WAS MOST 

 PRESSING AND THE ORGANIZATION WHICH YOU PERFECTED IN AN 

 INCREDIBLY SHORT TIME WAS SUFFICIENT AND UNIQUE. 



YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TASK ASSIGNED YOU WAS NOTABLY 

 SUCCESSFUL, HONORABLE TO THE INDUSTRY YOU REPRE- 

 SENTED AND TO YOURSELVES, AND WE OF THE FOREST AND 

 LUMBER FRATERNITY WELCOME YOU HOME AGAIN WITH A PECULIAR 

 PRIDE IN YOUR PERFORMANCE AND A DEEP APPRECIATION OF THE 

 DEBT WE OWE TO YOUR UNSELFISH DEVOTION AND ENDEAVOR. 



W. R. BROWN, 



ACTING CHAIRMAN OF WELFARE FUND FOR LUMBERMEN 

 AND FORESTERS IN WAR SERVICE. 



SOUVENIR EDITION FOR THE 20 th ENGINEERS (FORESTRY) 



