l'lK)to(ir(ii>li l/'i U. ,s. (tniri's 

 Till' Aiiu'i-icaii fort'stor will rome lioim- iih i i1h- wmi- willi a new respect for conservation. He 

 is learning to appreciate the need for complete utilization of every tree cut. Even the smallest 

 branches are put to use, thus preventing the necessity of cutfin;; younfi trees for small timber. The 

 German army in the French forests on conquered territory liave ruthlessly destroyed hundreds of 

 thousands of small trees for corduroy roads, fuel, wire entanglements, and screens for their trenches 

 and LMins 



German prisoners are often employed by 

 the uses of the Allied armies 



French to he 



Phofdiiiai'li 1/1/ H. S. Graves 

 get out fuel and small timber for 



As director of the Division of Forestry with the Expeditionary Forces, the writer was one of the 

 first Americans seen in our uniform in portions of the western war zone. The welcome in the vil- 

 lages that this uniform received from the children and tlie older people was tremendously affecting. 

 Everywhere the French realized that a nation was coming across the sea to fight with them in a com- 

 mon cause 



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