468 journal of forestry 



Hubert C. Williams 



In the death of First Lieutenant Hubert C. Williams, Co. D, 30th 

 Engineers, who gave his life for his country on the battlefields of 

 France (wounded September 10; died September 13, 1918), those 

 interested in the cause of forestry lost a fellow-worker deeply imbued 

 with faith in the principles underlying his chosen profession. But 

 while his loss will be keenly felt in the ranks of the professional for- 

 esters, both in and out of the Forest Service, the deepest sorrow, the 

 greatest feeling of personal loss and lasting remembrance of his 

 real friendship, will be shared by the lonely prospector, the trapper, 

 and the isolated homesteader in the great mountain wilderness of 

 central Idaho. There, as supervisor of the Idaho National Forest, 

 Mr. Williams was known among those stern judges of human char- 

 acter as a man among men, a friend of friends. His clean, moral 

 standards, great physical strength and feats of endurance, willingness 

 to always assume more than his share of the burden, and his charming 

 personality created a love and respect for the m^n in the hearts of 

 these mountain folk that will live beyond the present generation. 



Mr. Williams graduated from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Uni- 

 versity, in 1906. In the fall of the same year he entered the Yale For- 

 est School, graduating in 1908 with the degree of Master of Forestry. 

 Following graduation he worked from July, 1908, to 1910 for the 

 Goodman Lumber Company of Goodman, Wisconsin. While in this 

 position he was the first postmaster of Goodman. From April until 

 December, 191 3, he was in the employ of the Cascade Lumber Com- 

 pany at Cle Elum, Washington, and from December, 191 3, until April, 

 1914, was employed by Vitale & Rothery, cruising and mapping timber 

 in Quebec on the holdings of the McLarsen Lumber Company. 



Mr. Williams entered the Forest Service May 8, 1911, as forest as- 

 sistant. On November 16, 19 12, he was promoted to deputy forest 

 supervisor, and served in this position until April, 1913, when he 

 resigned to accept a position with the Cascade Lumber Company. Dur- 

 ing this period he was employed on the Idaho National Forest. On 

 April 15, 1914, he was reinstated in the Forest Service and assigned 

 to the Payette National Forest, in charge of a crew detailed to estimate 

 and appraise 100,000,000 feet of National Forest timber. On July 

 I, 191 5. he assumed charge of the Wasatch National Forest as acting 

 supervisor, and on June 2, 1916, was transferred to the Idaho National 

 Forest, where he served in the capacity of forest supervisor until 

 March 31, 191 7. 



