these mills was moved 30 miles with a gas tractor, 

 and was in operation 24 hours after it was stopped 

 at the first place. Of course it moved all night, but 

 that doesn't detract from the accomplishment. As 

 a whole, I should judge that our men were able to 

 produce from 3 to 4 times as much per man, at the 

 front under all sorts of handicaps, with these Ameri- 

 can made mills as they would have produced with 

 the French mills that we had been using before. On 

 page 1162 of the American Forestry Magazine for 

 -I n ne, 1919, is an illustration of the mill which made 

 the fast move 1 mentioned above. The mill we used in 

 the Puvenelle was exactly like the one shown in the 

 illustration on that page. The one pictured was our 

 detachment in the Forest of Commercy just outside 

 of Commercy. 



In closing T will include a little extract from a 

 letter of Chaplain Williams of the 20th Engineers. 

 He is describing some of the things bought with "The 

 Welfare Fund,'' and as he gives a little description 

 of haw our little camp struck him, I will quote it as 

 it stands. It is to be found on page 1164 of the June 

 191!) American Forestry. "I shall never forget stand- 

 ing in front of a dugout in Puvenelle Wood, in the 

 midst of devastation, when suddenly there came upon 

 my ear the voice of John McCormack as played on 

 one of these machines. (A phonograph bought from 

 the Welfare Fund). The contrast between this evi- 

 deiKM- O f Civilization and the absolute lack of it around 

 me. was tremendously striking." As I remember the 

 incident we were all grouped around him asking ques- 

 tions, and I have often wondered since reading this 



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