'jy2 Forestry Quarterly. 



Where the fire originates within the Forest Reserve of the United States, 

 or adjacent thereto, the first officer on the ground should endeavor to hold 

 a joint investigation with the United States forestry men and agree upon 

 the origin of the fire. This will avoid disputes later on. 



To Chief Dispatchers : 



In all cases where fires are reported, it will be the duty of the Dispatcher 

 to get full information as to the extent of such fire, its location, and the 

 number of men necessary to fight the fire. It will also be the duty of the 

 Dispatcher to furnish whatever train service will be required to move 

 extra gangs, section gangs, or bridge crews, to the fire immediately, giving 

 this movement preference if the emergency requires it. 



To Section, Extra Gang, and Bridge Foremen : 



In all cases where fire occurs, it will be the duty of all section crews, 

 extra gangs, and bridge crews to immediately proceed to such fire and 

 extinguish same, remaining as long as may be necessary to do this, and it 

 must be understood that this is the most important work that can be done, 

 and the carrying on of your work which may be important must be set aside 

 until the fire is under control, and is completely extinguished. There must 

 be no failure to understand this, and foremen will not be criticised for 

 negligence in doing their other work in cases where they are fighting fires. 



The Simmon.s bill, providing for a nursery inspection service 

 and authorizing federal quarantine wherever thought necessary 

 by the board in which the power is vested, has at last become a 

 law. It has long been the desire of pathologists and entomolo- 

 gists to have suitable laws and regulations covering the impor- 

 tation of dangerous fungus and insect pests. The entrance into 

 the United States within comparatively recent years of the de- 

 structive brown-tail and gypsy moths, upon whose partial control 

 millions of dollars have been spent, the even more recent im- 

 portation from Germany and France of the serious white pine 

 blister-rust, against which only the most strenuous eradication 

 methods have prevailed, and the possibility of the introduction 

 of the potato wart disease, which has already reached Canadian 

 territory, has made it highly necessary that federal restrictions be 

 placed on indiscriminate importation of diseased plant material. 

 The recent theory as to the foreign origin of the chestnut blight 

 disease, which will soon have used up a half million of the national 

 and state funds adds still greater weight to the argument. 



As to the technical provisions of the inspection law a review 

 will be given in the next issue of the Quarterly. 



Prior to June 30, 191 2, the National Forest Reservation Com- 

 mission had approved for purchase 287,698 acres in the Southern 

 Appalachian and White Mountains and purchase contracts had 



