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(3) Considering that teak only forms a small per cent of the typical 

 stand, any change^f system would practically mean reforestation with 

 an enormous expense. 



(4) With properly executed working plans a regular sustained yield 

 can be secured even with the present system of cutting. 



Walker is frank in his criticism of present silvicultural, economic, 

 and regulation methods, and suggests that part of the cost of the pro- 

 posed conversion could better be spent in improving the stand by free- 

 ing teak from competition with weed species. What Walker fails to 

 realize and apparently has entirely overlooked is that the weed species 

 will presently become merchantable as the world's timber supply 

 dwindles. This is the strongest argument against regularizing the 

 stands by replacement with pure teak, which to my mind is not as yet 

 justified by the economic conditions even if it could be done. 



T. W. S., Jr. 



Walker, H. C. The Management of a Teak Forest. Indian Forester, Vol. 

 XLV, Nov., 1919, pp. 561-578. 



STATISTICS AND HISTORY 



The armies of the Allies in western Europe 



Forest Service were not, it seems, the only ones to establish a 



in the forest service as a definite part of their military 



French Army organization. Up to February, 1917, the wood 



of the Orient needed by the French Army of the Orient was 



secured by shipments from France and by 



purchase in the Salonica market. It was then decided to utilize local 



forest resources to a greater extent and two centers of exploitation, 



each under a forest officer of the grade of captain, were established, one 



on the Island of Thasos and the other on the Peninsula of Mt. Athos. 



By the end of the year it became evident that the army could no 



longer depend on France for even a part of its wood supplies, and in 



January, 1918, an army forest service, similar to those already in 



existence in France, was created. This service, which reported directly 



to the commander of the allied armies in the Orient, was charged both 



with supplying to the French army the wood needed by all of its 



various services (except the airplane), and with apportioning the 



forests and wooded regions in the zone of the rear among the various 



allied armies. Two new centers of exploitation, connecting with Sal- 



