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OTHER MEN IN THE FOREST SERVICE 



There are many about whom I could comment 

 too many for this document, so I shall discuss only 

 a few of regional interest from a standpoint of the 

 Regional Cultural History Project. 



Cp.ert. puBpjLs 



Coert DuBois, once Regional Forester in Calif 

 ornia, was a colorful person. He had a forceful 

 personality and very positive opinions. I recall 

 during World War I when he was one of the regional 

 commanders of the Tenth Engineers and I was in 

 charge of lumber shipments, he came to headquarters 

 and in effect said he would not follow a certain 

 instruction about some shipments. I reminded him 

 that any shipping orders he got were in effect orders 

 from the general in charge of our organization and 

 that it was up to him to do as he was told. 



I have no personal knowledge of how he per 

 formed as Regional Forester, but from all accounts 



