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one of our operations, looking for a metal tank, 

 found one being used for a colonel s shower bath 

 and purloined it. 



A few items had to be shipped from the United 

 States, such as very long dock piling which could 

 not be produced from French forests. As an example 

 of occasional boo-boos, I was told that an order 

 for one hundred foot piling was sent to the United 

 States. On arrival at dock-site it was found that 

 it was too long for the capacity of the ship, so 

 they cut it in two and shipped it in fifty foot 

 lengths. 



Out American foresters learned many things of 

 value from the French practice of forestry, though 

 we were impatient at times with the inflexibility 

 and slowness of French participation in our efforts 

 to support our army with needed material. For me 

 it was a wonderful experience. 



Fry: Can you mention some specific contributions of the 

 French to American forestry? 



Granger: For example, how to handle coppice forest cuttings, 

 the use of clear cutting methods, watershed values 

 of forest cover. 



