EXPERIENCE OF A FORESTRY ENGINEER OFFICERS IN FRANCE 



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Underwood and Underwood British Official Photograph 



THIS IS A TYPICAL SCENE IN NORTHERN FRANCE TODAY 



Beaumont Hamel, where the brutal mark of war is indelibly placed. Before the attack these hills were covered with beautiful trees and 



sheltered many peaceful homes. 



inch lumber which will do its bit toward taking the "I" 

 out of Kaiser. 



We have a fine, rugged lot of young Americans, tough- 

 ened by three months of out of door work in the keen 

 mountain air, and directed by officers trained through 

 years of experience in the various branches of lum- 

 bering. 



Our first Independence Day abroad was celebrated in 

 true American style and our French neighbors closed 

 their offices and stores and came en masse to look on with 



keen interest as the intricacies of base ball and la boxe 

 were explained to them in American French. 



The importance of our work is realized by all officers 

 and men. They feel that every stick of firewood, every 

 tie, every piece of lumber furnished, may accomplish 

 as much for the common cause as the bullets and shells, 

 and therefore shall use every endeavor to shoot the stuff 

 out of their operations relatively as fast as our boys at 

 the front are handing Boches their pills from American 

 machine guns. 



A LOAD OF LOGS ON THE INCLINED ROAD 



They are just about to start on the shoot to the bottom. The cable control is perfect. Engine compression is used as brake and it takes just seven 

 minutes to make the descent from th top of the mountain. Note the dense and beautiful forests in strong contrast to the utter desolation 

 pictured above. 



