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5. The men were expected to be engaged a minimum of 8 hours a 

 day including lunch, or 40 hours a week. Saturdays were given over 

 to camp clean-up and miscellaneous duties. Often from 1 to 3 hours 

 were .required in going from the camp to the work and back. 



6. No army discipline or drilling with rifles, that is, no militariza- 

 tion, was permitted. They were civilian rather than military camps. 



7. The men generally lived in barrack-type buildings in winter 

 and frequently tent camps in summer, depending upon weather and 

 climatic conditions. The chief buildings were the mess and cook halls, 



FIG. 120. Building a lookout on Mt. Bradley in the Shasta National Forest, 

 California. Mt. Shasta in the background. 



a recreation hall, tool house, and sleeping quarters for the army of- 

 ficers, forestry supervisors, and the enrolled men. 



8. Only about 32 to 41 cents per man per day was allocated for 

 food supplies. This, however, did not include the cost of transporta- 

 tion. The men generally gained from 10 to 25 pounds apiece during 

 the 6-month enrolment period. Medical attention was available in 

 all camps practically every day. 



9. The number of camps varied from about 1450 to 1700 from 

 1933 to 1935, when they were nearly doubled. They were located in 

 every state in the union but chiefly in the heavily forested regions of 



