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the South, the Northwest, the Lake States, the Rocky Mountains, the 

 Appalachian Mountains, and the Northeast. During the first period 

 of 6 months, California had 168 camps, chiefly in National Forests, 

 Pennsylvania had 88 camps principally in State Forests, and Idaho 

 had 96 camps, principally in 

 National Forests. Some states 

 had only two or three camps. 



The results of the program 

 have been most beneficial, for 

 the moral and physical as well 

 as the mental well-being of the 

 men. It has also greatly re- 

 lieved distress in many hun- 

 dreds of thousands of American 

 homes. Moreover, it has effec- 

 tively assisted industry in its 

 economic recovery by the pur- 

 chase of over 16,000 automotive 

 units, chiefly small motor trucks, 

 at a cost of over $12,000,000. 

 Over 200,000,000 b.f. of lumber 

 have been purchased for the 

 erection of barracks and other 

 camp structures. About 2,000,- 

 000 feet of water pipe, 4,500,000 

 pairs of shoes, 80,000 fire ex- 

 tinguishers, 166,000 wash basins, 

 600,000 folding cots, 400,000 



FIG. 121. A Caterpillar Diesel 50 h.p. 

 tractor building a road through the 

 forest on the slopes of Mt. Hood in 

 Oregon. This is known as a trail builder 

 or bulldozer and does the work of ap- 

 proximately 150 men and several teams 

 of horses. It will remove trees up to 

 14" in diameter without previous cutting 



or preparation. Many roads are built 

 with these tractors to make the forest 

 more accessible for fire protection, to 

 permit recreationists to enjoy the forest 

 and to make it possible to transport the 

 timber products more cheaply to market. 



brooms and many miscellaneous 



items were purchased in order 



to maintain these camps. The 



railroads were benefited very 



materially by the transportation 



of many men. Since most of 



the men were enrolled in the East and the work was largely in the 



South and West many of them were transported long distances. 



Approximately 24,000 out of a total of about 30,000 men in New York 



State were transported to the Rocky Mountain and the Pacific Coast 



States during the first enrolment. 



The greatest single achievement, however, has been in the upbuild- 

 ing and development of good citizenship in a great army of young 

 American men. Although trained and educated for life, these boys 



