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be authorized. AMiile the very hinited a})pn)])riati()ii for the reguhir 

 staff eoukl he devoted to war time work, the ainouut was tixe(h Rec- 

 ognition of the situation hy the Forest Service resulted in transferring 

 small amounts of money created hy adjustment of work in other fields 

 and also in the sending of experienced personnel to assist in the en- 

 larged program. Despite these adjustments, hut little progress could 

 have been made without the allotment of funds from the various co- 

 operating bureaus in the Army and Xavy departments. From these 

 sources came the l)ulk of the funds used for carrying on the imi)oi-tant 

 war program. Additional space, as needed, was made available 

 through the patriotic cooperation of the University of Wisconsin, a 

 number of whose l)uildings. in whole or part, M-ere vacated and turned 

 over to the laboratory during the period of the war. 



PERSOXXEL DEVELOrMEXTS AT THE EADORATOUV — .lUEY 1017 T< ) JULY 1020 



Of the many difticidties encountered in carrying on the necessary 

 work, the matter of })ersonnel was ever present. The dearth of prop- 

 erlv trained men who could ])e secured at the comparatively low sal- 

 aries which the laboratory was able to pay was always most acute, and 

 was largely responsi])le for many irksome delays in expanding the 

 organization. This expansion went forward, however, at a reasona])le 



