Novt'lnbiT lo. r.llT 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



plaiiiioil for will be for barracks and quartors for the officers and 

 men of the American expeditionary forces in Prance. Tlie Sontli- 

 irn Pine Emergency Bureau is re|><irted to have received onlers for 

 10,000,000 feet of lumber in collaiisible house form. The panels 

 will be made to fit together into units, which can be combined or 

 used separately according to the number of men to be housed. 



Wood paving blocks is one of the latest demands of the govern- 

 ment. They are to be used to floor a huge munitions plant to be 

 built near Washington, it is reported — 3!),000 square yards will be 

 required. 



Several niilliun feet of lumber have recently been placed through 

 the lumber ciminiittee for .\merican military purposes abroad. It 

 lu'luded long timbers for derricks ami booms and heavy stuff for 

 !lie construction of barges, etc. 



It has developed that while ammunition boxes arc being used in 

 large numbers for small arms cartridges and for shells for rapid 

 tiring guns, shells over four inches in diameter for the American 

 lid allieil armies in Europe are being and will continue to be 

 -liipptd in individual carriers made nf wicker or similar material. 

 It is statcil that they pack well in that form, and tliat the cost of 

 the carriers is less than boxes cost. 



Ten thousand trucks of the nev\' standard type have been ordered 

 ■icently, besides the 35,000 or more ordered earlier in the war. 

 riie standard truck, it is stated, has a body of the same type as 

 • liat in the older trucks, as the wood part of the trucks was deemed 

 iitircly satisfactory. Only the motors needed improvement, it was 

 .liil. The bodies of the new trucks, as of the old, it is, reported, 

 A ill use some oak, gum, ash, hickory and yellow pine. 



Doom Wood in Body Construction 



Leailing engineer authorities say that wood will pass from use 

 II the manufacture of wheels and bodies of automobiles. Steel 



• idies are being .snb.stituted, it is said, and steel and wire wheels. 

 I he substitution is said to be more general proportionately, in the 

 I'nitcd States than ia Europe, altUough the wheel stock originates 

 in .\nierica largely. 



.\n official statement given out through goveriuncMt channels 



■ re contains a technical description of the Austrian air]ilane Hansa 

 '.randenburg No. 4, captured by allied troops. 



Compute Efficiency of Lumber Labor 

 The United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statis- 

 t's, has been making a study of productivity and cost of labor in 

 ■■e lumber industry and will publish a complete re)iort on the sub- 

 ct. A preliminary statement relative to it, by Benjamin M. 

 - Iiiircs, has been issued by the department. Mr. .Squires discusses 

 e desirability of figures showing the actual facts about labor 

 :ipacity and cost in many important industries as a means of 

 liecking up on the efficiency of business, the prices at which 

 roducts should be sold, profits actually made, etc.; also as tending 

 ■'< bring capital and labor closer together. The time record is 

 repressed in one-man hours, the output record in 1000 board feet 

 r lumber. The number of one-man hours necessary to proiluce -.i 

 ^iveii quantity of output is the time cost, the quantity of output in 

 ;;iven lime is the productivity of labor. In his preliminary state- 

 iM'nt Mr. Squires says: * 



The work wiis I'liniplUatcd hy a lack of unifiiriiilty iis hctwccn cstalillsh 

 ii'DtB in Ihc I'lHssiflcntion of processes, hy iin Inailcqunte dlstrilinUon iil 

 line iinil of wages, by variations in nii'thiitls of niannfKcture. ami liy in- 



• •niplcti' rccorils of nulpnt. It slionld lie statoil. too. that the unit of 

 iitput — 1.000 lirninl fcpt -repnspnts a vwrialilc quiintity of Inlmr un iir 



• ■lint of cllfrercnces in prcviiilini; sizes of trees, in Ihc ilino'nsions nf luin 



■ r KftWPil. in kinds nf tinilicr. ami In Ihi' methods nf prnilncllnii anil 

 indilng the finishcil product. 



In order, therefore, that a comparison iniKliI lie made as lirtwpcn cstiili 

 -.hmenls. ii was necessary il) to aiiopt raihi-r arliilrurily a cinsslltcatlon 

 r processes and to detcrmim* what nrciipatinns or machines shoulrl tit- 

 iH'hnh'd In each process: I2t to select tluksc estahllshmenls in wl)i<-li a 

 :is|ril>ntlnn of time and uf wages was maile and a rccoril of nutput kejit : 

 lid i:!i to Inilimte for each cstahllshmcnt I hi' equipment In nniihlms 

 lid the character of the output. 

 If is reaiiziMl timt to attempt to p.xpri'ss the nnioiint nf wnrk d<ine liy 

 man who Is felling trees in the fnrests. or is sawing tiii'Si- In-es into 

 •g lengllw after they are feiii'd. In terms of linard feet in the Inmher 

 ile does not give a very clear idea of Ihc umnunt of work performed liy 



tUe^ Iniliv in 111.' logging camp. .\n attempt has therefore been made to 

 secure data as in ilie average yield, in board feet, per tree. While this 

 Infnrmaiinn could nnt be ascertained for all eslabiishinents, It was sccure<l 

 . for a sulllcii'iit number lo make tlie matter fairly dear. Kstlmati's were 

 aisn fnrnlshid by lb.- rnll.'ii Stales llurean nf l-'oresiry, tlie meiiiod liy* 

 which sucli estimates were oliiained being explalueil as fnilnws : 'Tlie 

 average iliameier and inerclniDtabie lengtii were delermlneil liy the In- 

 spection nf volume tables which give the nnmlier of trees nf each illanieter 

 measured in varbius regions whi're actual lugging nperatinns were being 

 cnnilncted. Since these trees were measured under these clrciiiiistauces. 

 they lend In appear In the table In almut the proportion in wiilch they 

 were used liy the loggers. The average diameter and nierehanlable length 

 iiaving lieeu fonml, the corri'SpondIng contents In board feet were found 

 from the same tabli-s." 



-■V table presented by Mr. Squires shows that a logging company 

 estimated the average yield per tree in board feet liimlier measure 

 of white oak at 235, and 24 feet as the average length in feet of 

 that jiortion of the tree used for lumber, whereas the forestry 

 bureau's estimate on this timber is 560 feet average yield, .-iverage 

 length of tree used for lumber as 48 feet and average diameter tree 

 outside bark 4.5 feet above ground at 24 inches. 



The only other hardwood covered in the table is yellow poplar 

 as to which the same logging establishment estimated 350 feet as 

 the average yield per tree and 50 feet as the average length used 

 for lumber, while the forest service estimated 1000 feet and fi4 

 feet as the figures for corresponding items and 30 inches :i« the 

 diameter of the tree cut for lumber. 



These tables give facts about the time and pay and productivity 

 of emi/loyocs of the several classes of employees in each establish- 

 ment \i\ the various classes of work like scaling, felling and log 

 making, skidding, yarding and loading, transportation and unload- 

 ing, maintenance of transportation, sawmills and their ilifferent 

 operations, refuse disposal, machine attention, repairs, etc.. sorting, 

 yarding green lumber, log pond or yard, sawmill deck, edging, band 

 and gang .saws, trimming, night watch and fire protection, power 

 and oiling, cleanup and miscellaneous work. 



Information on these ))oints is given under heailings like total 

 oue-man houis, total wages, total output, output per one-man hour, 

 wage cost per one-man hour, cost per 1000 feet in one-man hours 

 ;nid in wages, etc. 



Late Wires from Washington 



.Vbniil "-'.."lOii men wen' ri'centi\ rniiiiin^- in ibr r fniir baiiiilinii.^ nt 



the secnmi forestry regiment at i'amp .\iiierican ruiversity here, Most 

 of them are from the I'acitic coast, although practically every state Is 

 represented in the regiment, which includes also men from Hawaii. India. 

 Scamlinavia ami other c<iuutries. Many of them came from the drafted 

 army cantonments. The men have lieen doioK the infantry drill, march- 

 ing and hiking around the country. 



Their daily routine lias included live drill periods ^*i an hour to an hour 

 anil H half each, liesides guard mount, inspections, I'rench lessons, confer- 

 ences, lectures, study, school for the officers, etc. The day begins witli 

 reveille at <i a. m. and does not close until 10 p. m. 



There are only iwo or three regular army nffi*-ers in the rcglineiit so far 

 and they will stay here with iieadquarters. it is I'.xpected, In nrgaiiize 

 suc<-ce<iing lialtalions. The otiicr officers are chiefly sawmill men and 

 logging operators, some nf them connected with well known lumber con 

 cerns. I'ollowlng Is a list of Hie nflicers su far announced : 



Itegiiiiental lleadquarteis- l*nl. W. .\. Mitchell, i-onimandiiig ntticer : 

 .Major K. Ii. .Marks, acting lieutenant colnnel : I'apr. 11. 1. Itnwlby. regi- 

 mental adjuiani : ('a;it. !■'. .\. Harleline. regimental engineer ntticer : I'apt. 

 I', v.. ilinklev. regiinenial .-upplv office. 



Medical Delailimeiil .Major W. T. Moore, First Lieutenants It. I!. Hill 

 and .1. II. SwalTiird. 



Dental I lepartnienl- I'irst Lieutenants K. I-". Koudyhrush, r. }'. ilatrli-k. 



Vi'tcriiiarv Detachment — Kirst Lieut. .1. \V. Ilerliett. 



iliaplain-l'lrst Lieut, i'. \V. Smith. 



I''irst Hattalioh lleailquarters- .Major E. K. Hartwick, i"a|it. I.. II. I'ill. 

 adjutant: t'apt, Harry V. I'aiiipliell. engineering officer; l-'Irst Lieut. L. .1. 

 Freedmaii. supply nffici'i*. 



I'niiipaiiy .\ i'apt. .\riiiiir W. Klani. First lieutenants lierniain I*. 

 Cr.-iliam. .lames r, Williams, luincan V. .<liaw : Second lieutenants ,1. F, 

 I'linn and Kny L. (Miaffiii. 



Tnmpau\ It — I'apt. .\iiiirew .1. Fisk. First lieutenants Harold *'. Lyons. 

 Win. .\. I'lark. i'hnaias W. I'nlnile.\ter : Second lieutenants .Vrthnr .V. 

 Driiips. I. 11. .McHaniel. 



1 omjianv i' I'aptiiin H. W. Beetzkes. First iieuteuants W. .1. Wilson. 

 .1. I.i'iiiy Wiind. It. N. [tanjamin : Second lieutenants II. T. Hopkins. Hoi 

 lister .lohiison. 



Second liattaiiiiii Headquarters — .Major S. (>. .lohn.<nn. (apt. F. .V. 

 Spencer, adjutant: rapt. I''red W. Ilerstkntle. engineering officer: First 

 Lieut. U. >l. Fthell. supiiiy nlfieer. 



t'ompanv 1> Capt. .loliii «'. I'errv. First lieutenants W. H. I'rosson. Itay 

 W. rilling. L. It. .McCoy; Sec I Lieut. M. II. Cmver. 



Cnmpanv F t'apt. W. 1), Itreckings. Hrst lieiitenanK r. I). Mackle. 

 Frank It. i'rince. W . I>. VnIk : .Sec.ind Lieut. K. S. Brush. 



I'ompanv F I'aiil. .lames t'. Lnng. First ileuti'iiauls i: |i. Woodruff. 

 \v 1 1 . ....I., vi.,i..„ vine; Second Lieut. M. L. .Ic.Iiik.ii 

 ' ''ori/laiicf/ on iiiigr :i.*i) 



