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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



FIRST AND SECOND BATTALIONS OF 



This interesting picture of the initial units of the second regiment 

 to be prepared for service in the French forests was taken at the 

 regimental encampment at American University campus, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. The first regiment to go into the French forests as 

 representative of the United States was the 10th Engineers (For- 

 est), which has been in service since early in the autumn. The 

 20th Engineers (Forest) has already provided two battalions of 

 750 men each. The new regiment will be the largest regimental 



organization in the world. When completed 

 it will have ten battalions of foresters, lumber- 

 men and sawmill workers and nine battalions 

 of laborers for use in connection with the for- 

 est operations. This 

 will give it a 

 strength of upward 

 of 17,000 men. The 

 regiment will be un- 



