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While the territory from northeast of the Seine to northwest of 

 the Oise is flat and mostly forestless, south of the Oise and Aisne 

 becomes hilly and better forested and forms the transition to the 

 well wooded territory of the Argonnes and Vosges mountains. 

 It is suggested that this topographic and forest condition accounted 

 for the German invasion by another route, through Belgium ; but 

 in 1870 this forest condition was used to advantage in covering the 

 movement of troops. 



While the exigencies of the war on both sides excuse the 

 destruction of the impediment which the forest oflfers, or make 

 its utilization necessary, it appears that the inhabitants themselves 

 use the opportunity of robbing the forests while the forest police 

 is absent. 



Die franzosischen Wdlder und der Krieg. Zeitschrift f iir Forst- und Jagd- 

 wesen, August, 1915, pp. 497-512. 



In the Revue des Eaux et Forets of 

 French Forest September 1 (p. 699) is given a list of the 

 Service loss to the Forest Service after a year of 



in the War war. This comprises 46 men, including one 

 inspector, 7 assistant inspectors, 27 forest 

 assistants and students, 5 students who were just admitted to the 

 forest school at Nancy, and 6 officers who have disappeared 

 (possibly captured), but concerning whom no official informa- 

 tion has been received. Judging from the account of the work 

 done by foresters each month, the French Forest Service is 

 making an enviable record, since quite a number of them have 

 been not only cited in the orders of their brigade, but for 

 exceptional bravery in the army corps orders of the day. 



T. S. W., Jr. 



On May 6, 1915, the Minister of War, 



Prisoners at the suggestion of the Minister of Agri- 



of War as culture, facilitated the employment of 



Lumberjacks prisoners for lumber operations in France, 



with the provision that not less than 50 



men would be employed in one place. The employer guarantees 



food and lodging and pays the sum of 8 cents per prisoner per 



