( nyirti'sn of Inderwood and Underwood 

 After the rain of shell and shrapnel fire which has mowed down enormous trees, some blackened 

 and shattered trunks still stand as evidence of the fierceness of the battle. These may be pulled down 

 by the troops and used for firewood in the trenches. They have little timber value, as the bullets 

 and fragments of shell embedded in them render sawing difficult 



C'jdi-hsti ill I ' lull' )■ wood and Underwood 

 Long columns of American soldiers march to the firing line. It is for the support of these that 

 the American Forestry Engineers work, sacrificing their own desire to get into the thick of the fight- 

 ing, knowing that the harder they work the less difficult it will be for the boys at the front 



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