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provision. For this only the woodchoppers' wages are to be 

 paid. Acorns, which had been, or could be, secured for sowings 

 are to be used for feeding purposes, and grassy ground, which 

 was to be planted, is to be left for pasture. 



Permits for gathering berries, mushrooms and grass are reduced 

 to one third the usual cost. 



Felling areas are permitted to be given over to farm use for 

 one to three years, especially for potato culture. This land is 

 given free of charge, unless the recipient fails to put in his crop, 

 when he is obliged to pay a penalty. 



Aus der Preussischen Forstverwaltung. AUgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung. 

 May, August, 1915, pp. 126-8, 196—200. 



Dr. Schulze discusses the damage done 



French to forests in France, the bulk of the article, 



Forests however, merely relating the history of 



and forests in the past. It will take many 



War decades to make good the damage. 



The forest is a factor in warfare of first 

 importance, more so now than ever in the past, for its cover 

 is now of value not only to front and sides, but above, against 

 aircraft. A forest is an advantage if a battery is to be brought 

 into position and to be kept unobserved by aeroplanes, cut brush 

 being used to hide it. In the open field the disposition and 

 number of troops is readily ascertained ; in the forest they can 

 be hidden, but also the danger of an enemy sneaking up unob- 

 served may be a disadvantage. The French themselves have 

 destroyed considerable forest tracts to prevent their use by the 

 enemy and also to secure free field for shooting; the forests of 

 Montmorency, Bouvigny near Arras and Berthonval have suf- 

 fered severely. Large amounts of planks and logs to make roads 

 passable and wood of all shapes for building structures in the 

 trenches have been used up, partly imported, partly cut at home 

 in the forests of La Haye, of Meaux near Nancy and Arencourt. 

 Thousands of trees have been destroyed by artillery fire. Fires, 

 intentional or accidental, have wasted many acres. While the 

 Germans have made free use of materials, having established 

 portable sawmills behind their front, and even burning char- 

 coal for their field kitchens, the French army administration has 

 not hesitated to disregard the wishes of the forest administration. 



