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Margolim Chairman 



Hodgo 



Allen 



3:00 - TThat is the Most Economical Size of Party for 

 Reconnaissance V/orli and T/hy? 



5YUS: 1, Factors Governing. 



(a)* Crow should "bo large enough to utilize sorvioos of 

 cool~ and paclior, 



fb) Should not "be so large that term of service per man 

 will "be very snail - offering no inducement for good man to 

 tal:o ;jo"b. This "best remedied "by covering more country tnan 

 "by having c:ruremely snail crev;<, s 



(c). Too largo a crev/ means - 



1. Too great difficult 37- moving the outfit, 



2. More frequent changes of "base, ?;ith consequent 

 disturbance of worlr and more cost for teams if moving is "by 

 wagons . 



3. Difficulty in wording all the men to advantage 

 and at same tine planning v;or:: ahead, lie eying suificiont sur- 

 vey line run out and nev; camps scouted. 



2 4 Example St 



(a) 7 man crew tried in 1911. This somewhat too small. 

 does not utilize coolr or Porest Assistant fully* 



0)) 15 man crew tried early 1912. Too Mg. Hard to move 

 around. Some mon could not "be wo rice cl to advantages 



(o) Proper cre\; for country li!-:e Klamath - 11 men. (8 field 

 assistants, 1 forest Assistant in charge, cooli ana pac: er J . 

 This allows 3 two-man prows 'for cruising and E orcra men 

 run "baseline, traverse, etc* 



Hod-'-e said he thought size of party de- 

 1 . pended a good deal on Irind of reconnais- 

 sance to be done; that if it were the 

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