FOREST SERVICE. 



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Joe Beauchamp. 

 Roderick Ames. 

 Tony Butcher. 

 Chris Omiso. 

 C. Buck. 



William Learmouth. 

 Joe Fern. 

 Richard Woods. 

 Andrew Hanson. 

 Louis Shoman. 

 August Berger. 

 Walter Beamair. 

 E. Williams. 

 A. G. Bourette. 

 George Strong. 

 George Fease. 

 J. Harris. 

 J. Plant. 

 Val Nicholson. 

 Larry Ryson. 

 Leslie Zellers. 

 S. D. Adams. 

 Aaron Benton. 

 Louis Holmes. 

 Tom Welsh. 

 Ernest Elgin. 



There were considerable losses of horses, horse equipment, etc., 

 which had been hired by the Forest Service for transporting pro- 

 visions and tools to the fire crews. Since no funds are available, 

 under the appropriation act, for the settlement of obligations of this 

 kind, it was necessary to seek relief from Congress in order to meet 

 the just claims of the owners of the property. It was also necessary 

 to ask for a deficiency appropriation of $935,000 to meet the expenses 

 incurred in fire fighting. By act of Congress appropriations totaling 

 $902,742.90 were made for both of these needs. 



Since expenses for medical attendance and hospital care of those 

 who were injured in fighting fires, as well as the expense involved in 

 caring for the dead, could not lawfully be met by the Government, 

 voluntary contributions from members of the Forest Service were 

 offered as soon as the need for help became apparent; and this was 

 followed by an offer of assistance by the National Red Cross Society, 

 which made it possible to meet the immediate situation adequately. 

 Appropriations of $20,450 made by Congress in the deficiency act, 

 which became law on March 4, 1911, provided for the payment of 

 medical, hospital, and burial expenses of those injured or killed, and 

 for reimbursement to temporary employees for loss of time due to 

 injuries sustained while fighting fires. 



CONDITIONS IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 1911. 



During the last six months of the fiscal year 1910-11 fires did little 

 damage. Except in tlie Black Hills in the month of June, the losses 

 were everywhere entirely insignificant. In general, the weather con- 

 ditions in the spring of 1911 were, in contrast to those of 1910, highly 

 favorable to fire protection. Throughout the West the winter of 

 1911 was one of abundant precipitation, and the snows stayed on the 

 ground well into the spring. This resulted in an unusually abundant 

 growth of vegetation, which remained green well into the summer 

 and provided a natural pj'otection against the spread of fire The 



