PREFACE 



It is with great pleasure that the Iowa Park and For- 

 estry Association presents to the many friends of the 

 Honorable John F. Lacey, lawyer, statesman, soldier, 

 citizen, and lover of nature, a collection of his im- 

 portant papers on natural resources, the protection of 

 game, the establishment of forest reserves, and the pro- 

 tection of our national parks. Moreover, there was 

 added to the above a number of Memorial Day addresses. 

 There were few in our broad commonwealth who could 

 give us better patriotic addresses than Major Lacey. 

 There have also been added a few of his many addresses 

 made at soldiers' reunions. Here, as elsewhere, the 

 Major spoke with fervid eloquence. He was a great 

 friend of the soldier ; no truer or better champion of the 

 old soldier ever sat in the halls of Congress. When the 

 history of game protection and forest conservation shall 

 be written, a large amount of credit will be given to the 

 Major. As a friend and neighbor he will ever rank among 

 the first of the citizens of Oskaloosa and Iowa. 



It fell to the writer, representing the Iowa Park and 

 Forestry Association, to gather the material in this 

 volume. I am greatly indebted to the many friends of 

 Major Lacey who have made possible this publication, 

 and to his daughter, Berenice Lacey Sawyer, for their 

 assistance, to Miss Lena Eowe for copying the manu- 

 script, and to Miss Harriette S. Kellogg for proof read- 

 ing and other valuable assistance. 



L. H. Pammel 

 Ames, Iowa 

 April 1, 1915 



