SOCIETY AFFAIRS 



Committee for the Application oe Forestry 



The full membership of the committee is now as follows : 

 Gifford Pinchot, chairman ; Donald Bruce, R. C. Bryant, B. P. Kirk- 

 land, P. S. Lovejoy, F. A. Silcox. J. W. Toumey. G. W. Woodruff, 

 F. E. Olmsted (e.r-officio). Advisory members: Charles S. Barrett, 

 Clyde L. King, Joseph H. Pratt, Herbert K. Smith. 



The committee held a conference early in September in Philadelphia, 

 at which a draft of a report was discussed. The committee expects to 

 have the report in shape for publication in the November issue of the 



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Committee on Reclassification 



The President has appointed the following members to co-operate 

 with the Congressional Commission on Reclassification: Raphael Zon. 

 chairman ; O. C. Merrill, H. S. Betts, J. W. Xelson, Louis Alurphy. 

 I. W. Bailey. R. C. Bryant, and H. P. Baker. 



Committee on Forest Taxation 



Louis jMurphy has been appointed chairman of a committee on taxa- 

 tion. The other two members have not yet been chosen. 



Committee on Forest Insurance, Forest Laws, and Forest Leases 



A special committee, consisting of W. X. Sparhawk, Prof. B. P. 

 Kirkland, and Donald Bruce, has been appointed by President Olmsted 

 to consider and submit recommendations on the subjects of forest in- 

 surance, forest laws, and forest leases. Mr. Sparhawk is chairman of 

 the committee. 



Record of War Service 



The Executive Council calls on members to furnish a complete record 

 of military and civil duties during the war for incorporation in the files 

 of the Society. Statements should be sent to the Secretary. 



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