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hand operated and fed against the saw solely by man 

 power. A few rack and pinion carriages are seen, but 

 they are low geared and slow very slow of operation. 

 The sawyer sets a log on the carriage and starts it 

 on its way through and then goes out to peal the 

 bark off the 

 next log while 

 the first goes 

 through t h e 

 mill. Auto- 

 matic set 

 works on the 

 carriages seem 

 to be unknown, 

 the sawyer 

 figuring out 

 with an ordi- 

 nary metre 

 stick what he 

 can get from 

 the log and 

 where to set 

 his head blocks 

 accordingly. 



The surpris- 

 ing thing 

 about it all is 

 the good re- 

 sults obtained 

 with this ex- 

 ceedingly 

 primitive machinery. The lumber is uniformly well 

 manufactured, much better so in fact than from many 

 of our large mills, and the percentage of waste is quite 

 small. * 



Although the French Government seems to exercise 



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BUNK, NOT BARRACK CONSTRUCTION 



This shows the cozy bunk of an artilleryman in France. It is wooden construction of the rough-and- 

 ready but most necessary kind. 



little control over the cutting of private timber it ex- 

 ercises, in numerous ways, a very definite control over 

 the production and distribution of finished lumber. 

 First by its control over the labor supply and second 

 by its control of railroad transportations. The mill 



owners can se- 

 cure as labor- 

 ers only per- 

 sons not sub- 

 ject to military 

 duty, and there 

 are very few 

 men able to do 

 satisfactory 

 work at a saw 

 mill who are 

 not so subject. 

 Many also of 

 the owners of 

 the mills have 

 been relieved 

 from the army 

 solely on the 

 understanding 

 that they oper- 

 ate their mills 

 to furnish the 

 French army 

 with a given 

 amount of 

 lumber for 

 which they are paid a standard price. If they are able 

 to produce a larger amount they may sell it to other 

 parties. In this way the American army and various of 

 its subsidiary services have bought much of its lumber. 

 An amusing site which for a moment makes us forget 



BARRACK CONSTRUCTION BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS 



The impossibility of carrying on all the activities of the American army in France under canvas, or in available village billets, was quickly recog- 

 nized and the huge army is being housed in rapidly constructed, but most substantial and comfortable barracks. This same need was met by the 

 American Red Cross in organizing its tremendous forces in the service of mercy, and out of this need grew the "Bureau of Construction." The 

 result was not only the building of hundreds upon hundreds of the "demontable" and standard type of barrack for the special use of the 

 Red Cross, but the designing of a new, semi-portable barrack, with particular construction specifications and advantages. This barrack is now 

 well known over most of France, and the French call it the "Baraque A. R. C." 



