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Headquarters of the Battalion two weeks 

 before the conscripted recruits arrive. 

 This gives them seniority over the other 

 soldiers, who as a rule are considered 

 by the foresters only as an adjunct to 

 fill out the ranks. The foresters form 

 the nucleus of the Battalion, and all non- 

 commissioned officers are foresters; 

 none but a forester can rise higher 

 than a private. The common soldier 

 only serves two years, whereas the 

 forester has to serve three years, in 

 order to make a better soldier out of 

 him and prepare him to be a non- 

 commissioned officer in case of need. 

 Those who become noncommissioned 

 officers, and stay with the colors for 

 twelve years, are given positions as 

 Government Foresters. While the for- 

 esters serve in the Jaeger Battalion to 



receive a military training, they also 

 get technical and practical training in 

 forestry. 



All this applies to the common 

 foresters; the "Oberforsters," Head 

 Foresters, must secure a thorough 

 education and study forestry at an 

 Academy of Forestry. They attain 

 standing as commissioned officers in the 

 military service and serve mainly in a 

 Special Organization known as "Be- 

 rittene Feld Jaegers," Mounted Field 

 Dispatch Carriers, and in times of war 

 are attached mostly to the staffs of the 

 different organizations. 



By all this it will be seen that the 

 forestry service personnel occupies a 

 distinct and exclusive place in the 

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SWEDISH FOREST FIRE INSURANCE 



From "Skogen," Stockholm, Januar}^ 1915 

 Translated by C. A. Lindstrom 



STEPS are under way in Sweden 

 to organize the Swedish Mutual 

 Forest Fire Insurance Company. 

 The company has issued its first 

 memorandimi to forest owners and 

 others interested in forest protection. 

 This memorandum reads in part as 

 follows : 



"The company will issue insurance 

 adjusted to the needs of owners of both 

 small and large forest areas, and the 

 terms of insurance are to be adjusted 

 to meet the actual requirements of 

 individual cases. For instance, the 

 company will issue insurance, 



1. On the soil, the ground cover and 

 the non-merchantable timber, 



2. On the above and the merchant- 

 able timber, 



3. On either of the above, with proviso 

 for certain risks to be assimied by the 

 owner. 



"Through appropriate combinations 

 of these forms of insurance, the Swedish 

 Mutual Forest Fire Insurance Company 

 hopes to satisfy the insurance needs of 

 the owners of large as well as small 

 tracts, and at rates easily within the 

 reach of the insured, who hitherto each 



summer ha\'e had to shoulder the burden 

 and worry of the fire risk. 



"The company's organization com- 

 mittee begins its work with great 

 expectations, since it has been able to 

 enlist the support of the necessary 

 capital and besides will have the backing 

 of a large insurance company. Further- 

 more, the committee believes that it 

 can rely on the general interest in 

 forest fire protection, and the knowledge 

 of its importance, to aid in the move- 

 ment to establish a rational forest 

 culture and care. 



"The memory of the tremendous forest 

 fires of 1914, and the anxiety with which 

 these have caused forest owners to view 

 the situation, should also prompt them 

 to cooperate towards the establishment 

 of an effective protection against this 

 hazard, especialh^ since now, after 

 many groping attempts, a powerful 

 initiative is under way. 



"Letters and other communications 

 from those interested should be ad- 

 dressed to Organisationskommitten for 

 Svenska Skogsbrandforsakringsbolaget, 

 Oceans kontor, Storkyrkobrinken 11, 

 Postbox 24, Stockholm." 



