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could not help but compare the apparently rather diffident young 

 man with their old, big, broad, genial Fletcher. 



In December, 1909, I met Hewitt for the first time at the Boston 

 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence. I too was struck by the contrast, and was disappointed. This, 

 however, was only a temporary feeling, and Hewitt soon showed his 

 worth as a sound thinker and a remarkable organizer. He rapidly 

 gained the confidence of the Ottawa people and began to make broad 

 plans for the extension of the entomological service. Mr. Gibson 

 remained as his assistant. The following winter the Canadian Legisla- 

 ture passed an important law entitled " The Destructive Insect and 

 Pest Act," aimed against the introduction of certain specified insect 

 pests. The passage of this act enabled Hewitt to add to his staflf a 

 number of trained men as inspectors and field officers, and by 1914 

 he had succeeded in establishing entomological field stations at nine 

 points reaching from Nova Scotia on the one side to Vancouver, 

 British Columbia, on the other. And the service continued to grow. 

 In 1 914 the permanent staff numbered 20. In 1927 it numbered 58. 

 Hewitt succeeded in forming four definite Divisions in the service, 

 based to some extent on the organization of the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology at Washington. These were, a Division of Field Crop and 

 Garden Insects, a Division of Forest Insects, a Division of Forest 

 Pest Suppression, and a Division of Systematic Entomology. 



But Doctor Hewitt was not allowed to develop his broad plans to 

 the fullest extent, for in 1920 he died. During his 11 years of service 

 he had developed economic entomology from a small division attached 

 to the Experimental Farms Branch to an important branch of the 

 Department of Agriculture. Moreover, he had made friends every- 

 where. He was a frequent visitor to the States, and was held in very 

 high esteem by the workers in this country — so much so, in fact, that 

 in 1916 he was made the President of the American Association of 

 Economic Entomologists. It is possible that some other appointee 

 could have accomplished the results which Hewitt brought about, but 

 it seems unlikely. He was more than a lal)oratory entomologist ; he 

 was a broadly trained zoologist and a field man as well. His published 

 reports were admirable. He was the author of an authoritative book 

 on the house fly, published in England, and during the closing months 

 of his life he prepared a manuscript of a valuable book on " The 

 Conservation of the Wild Life of Canada " which was published after 

 his death. In 1916 he was appointed Consulting Zoologist to the 

 Canadian Government and was the Canadian representative on the 

 International Commission for the Protection of Nature. In this 



