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smaller number were located in State Forests, National Parks, State 

 Parks, and Indian Reservations. Several were assigned to the Ten- 

 nessee Valley Authority, Soil Conservation Service, and other federal 

 projects for work in connection with them. 



The principal features of the program may be summarized as fol- 

 lows: 



1. It was primarily designed for unmarried men, 18 to 25 years of 

 age, who had dependents at home. 



2. The men were fed, housed, and clothed by the government and 

 paid $30 per month, of which $25 was allocated to dependents at home 

 parents, brothers, sisters, etc. 



FIG. 119. Morning roll call in one of the Civilian Conservation Corps camps 

 near Maupin, Oregon. This is located in the heart of a ponderosa pine stand 

 in the Cascade Mountains. About 200 men were assigned to each camp. An army 

 officer served as Camp Commander and the Forestry Superintendent assisted by 

 several forestry foremen had charge of the work in the woods. 



3. The enrolment was predicated on a population basis so that 

 men were selected chiefly from the larger urban centers. They were, 

 therefore, largely city boys, untrained in the work of the woods and 

 unskilled in the use of woods tools like the axe, cross-cut saw, peavy, 

 cant hook, and bulldozer. 



4. To each camp 200 men were assigned. The camps were operated 

 by camp commanders, generally army captains, and a few assistants. 

 The forestry work was supervised and directed by a camp superin- 

 tendent and generally from 8 to 15 forestry foremen. 



