58 FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 



102 men at work, 80 of these men being located on territory 

 afterwards designated under the cooperative agreement, as Fed- 

 eral territory. In addition to the regular patrolling, watchmen 

 were sent to the lookout stations in the several counties. 



"In June the average number of men on patrol was 143 and 

 of this number 98 were located within the Federal territory. 

 All of the lookouts were in service. 



"In July the ■ cooperative agreement having been signed be- 

 tween the Federal Government and the State of Maine, whereby 

 the United States Forest service allotted to Maine, $10,000 of 

 the appropriation for protection of the forests, under the terms 

 of the "Weeks Law" it was decided, after due consideration, 

 to place the larger number of patrolmen upon the Federal pay 

 roll, particularly as the large expense of fighting the many for- 

 est fires that were raging, was fast diminishing the State appro- 

 priation. 



"As a consequence 128 men were designated as federal pa- 

 trolmen and assigned work in the counties included in Kenne- 

 bec, Penobscot and Narraguagus watersheds. These men were 

 kept at work watching for fires along the trails of fishing 

 streams, railroads, territory around the hunting and sporting 

 camps and other dangerous places. Thirteen watchmen on the 

 lookouts within the designated districts were included in the 

 list of federal employees for July. These men remained at the 

 .stations on the high mountains maintaining a constant watch 

 over a large area, ready to telephone at any moment the first 

 sign of smoke seen in any direction, always notifying the chief 

 warden of some person nearest the point where the fire was 

 apparently burning. 



"The large number assigned to the Federal work for July 

 used the most of the Federal allowance as the pay roll for- 

 warded to Washington for that month amounted to $8,949.50. 

 In addition to the men included in the Federal list the Maine 

 Forestry District had at work and paid for 34 patrolmen and 

 two watchmen within the federal lines. Outside the federal 

 district the State had in July an average of 52 patrolmen and 

 nine watchmen. 



"In August the Federal government paid the salary of 12 

 watchmen on the lookouts amounting to $879.00. All of the 

 patrolmen were paid by the state but owing to the lack of funds 



