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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Copyright by Underwood cf Underwood. 



Foot Bridge Built by the Germans. 



this hastily constructed bridge over the yser canal was built by germans out of timber manufactured 

 in their field saw mills from trees cut on the french forests. 



Army Corps or a division, or brigade 

 parades before a General or the Kaiser 

 himself, and the orders of the com- 

 manding general are for all infantry to 

 parade with fixed bayonets, the Jaegers 

 do not fix their bayonets. 



As is known, the active service in the 

 Infantry is two years. In the Jaeger 

 Battalions it is from two to three years. 



Each Army Corps has one Jaeger 

 Battalion, consisting of four companies, 

 of one hundred men each in times of 

 peace, but in times of war or complete 

 mobilization the battalion numbers 

 1,000 men and each company contains 

 250 men. 



Under the law of Prussia, every male 

 citizen, in the year that he reaches the 

 age of twenty, has to present himself 

 at a certain time and place, designated 

 by the authorities, for inspection in 

 regard to his physical condition for 

 army service, and as many men as are 



needed, are picked out, and assigned 

 to the different arms of service. But if 

 any person desires to serve in a special 

 regiment, or has a liking for cavalry, 

 artillery, etc., he volunteers at the age 

 of nineteen, and has the privilege then 

 of choosing the kind of service that most 

 appeals to him. Under this ruling all 

 the foresters, apprentices and those in 

 the Forestry Service when they reach 

 the age of nineteen, volunteer, and of 

 course choose the Jaeger Battalion of 

 the Province in which they live. As 

 there are not enough foresters to com- 

 plete the quota of men needed, the 

 balance of recruits is furnished by the 

 recruiting commission, which picks out 

 men that in their opinion are mentally 

 and physically fit for service in a Jaeger 

 Battalion. 



When the time arrives for the recruits 

 of the year to join the colors, the volun- 

 teer foresters present themselves at the 



