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The Forest Service was called upon to supply 

 technical personnel. Chief Forester Henry Graves 

 was appointed as overall head of the enterprise in 

 France, with the title of Colonel. William B. Greeley 

 was made his deputy, with the title of major. Both went 

 to France in the late summer of 1917 and established 

 headquarters in Paris. 



The Tenth Engineers was organized as a military 

 unit consisting of six companies under the command of 

 Colonel James Woodruff. They were sent to France in 

 late August or early September, 1917. The regimental 

 headquarters was at Dijon. 



Under Graves direction a number of foresters 

 were assigned the task of locating suitable Trench 

 forests. Since the British were also engaged in a 

 similar undertaking, an inter-allied committee was set 

 up,Comite Inter Allie du Bois de Gueere (C.I. E.G.) 

 through which French forests were assigned to the 

 respective allies for operation. This took a good 

 deal of doing; the French were tough bargainers. 



As soon as a forest was assigned to the Tenth 

 Engineers a company or detachment was put in charge. 

 Sawmills were erected as fast as the equipment arrived, 



