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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Third Battalion Headquarters Detachment Major, Arthur W. 

 Corkins; Captain, Winthrop H. Estabrook, engineer officer; 

 Captain Oliver J. Todd, adjutant; first lieutenant Charles M. 

 Jenkins, supply officer. 



Company A, Third Battalion Captain, Collin E. Clark; firs'. 

 lieutenants, Harold M. Power, Jay H. Price and E. B. Hamil- 

 ton; second lieutenants. Earl B. Birmingham and .\lbert L. 

 Shellworth. 



Company B, Third Battalion Captain, Earle P. Dudley; first 

 lieutenants, Herbert L. Holderman, Alexander H. Ellison and 

 Morton Van Meter; second lieutenant, Fayette L. Thompson. 



Company C, Third Battalion Captain, George G. Steel; first 

 lieutenants, Clement C. Abbott, Frederick B. Judge and Fred A 

 Stone; second lieutenant, Charles J. Davis. 



Third Battalion Medical Detachment Captain, Frederick C. 

 Moor, M. R. C; first lieutenants, Harold T. Antrim, M. R. C, 

 and Edward S. Bracken, Jr., D. R. C. 



Fourth Battalion Headquarters Detachment Major George H. 

 Kelly; Captain VVinfield D. Starbird, engineer officer; Captain 

 E^win C. Wemple, adjutant; First Lieutenant Paul D. Mackie, 

 supply officer. 



Company D, Fourth Battalion Captain, R. B. Carter; first 

 lieutenants, W. G. Conklin, Ralph H. Faulkner and Alfred D. 

 Kettenbach; second lieutenant, Fred A. Roemer. 



Company E, Fourth Battalion Captain, Andrew J. Fisk; first 

 lieutenants, Lester W. Jacobs, Henry F. Power and Frank 

 Mizell ; second lieutenants, Luther B. McDaniel and W. .\. Fos- 

 ter. 



Company F, Fourth Battalion Captain, Stephen C. Phipps ; 

 first lieutenants, William G. Howe, John Summerset and Milton 

 Pittnian; second lieutenant, Harry H. Miller. 



Fourth Battalion Medical Detachment First Lieutenants Lc- 

 roy A. Schall, M. R. C; Joseph C. Kimball, M. R. C and John 

 W. Snyder, D. R. C. 



Discussing the men of the United States Forest Serv 

 ice who have gone into the Forest Regiments and other 

 branches of the armed forces, Assistant Forester William 



L. Hall declares that no other class of men in civil life, 

 perhaps, was more nearly ready for military service than 

 were the foresters and the men employed in state and 

 federal field work. "These men had the preparation 

 which came from years of field experience," says Mr. 

 Hall. "They had all manner of problems to deal with and 

 every kind of emergency to meet. They had been sub- 

 ject to shifts on short notice, with new assignments in- 

 volving difficult problems and unknown conditions. 

 Above all, they had the spirit of service and esprit de 

 corps. They were fit, ready and anxious to do their part. 

 All arms of the military service have absorbed men from 

 the Forest Service. Our records show 214 men now in 

 the army or navy, and the records are probably not com- 

 l)lete. 



"The Forest Regiments offered unusual opportuni- 

 ties which Forest Service men and others were keen to 

 accept. More were qualified than could be commis- 

 sioned. In the organization of the 20th the War Depart- 

 ment ai)pears to have reached the conclusion that the 

 qualifications called for are principally experience in 

 sawmill work and logging. H this decision holds, there 

 will l)e only limited opportunity for foresters in the later 

 battalions. But foresters and men of thorough Forest 

 Service training are equally well prepared for other 

 branches of the military service. Especially are they 

 qualified to take their chances in the National Armv. 



IN CAMl- WITH THE TWENTIETH ENGINEERS (FOREST) 



Forctcr nd woodsmen in the Forest Regiments have occasion to show their skill at light housekeeping as well as in the activities of the 

 mods, mese arc men ot the 20th engaged in dish washing after mess at the American University, District of Columbia. The sturdy appearance 

 of the iiKn augur* well for the regiment s success. j i f 



