FORESTERS AND WOODSMEN IN WAR WORK 



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MAJOR E. H. MARKS MAJOR B. F. WADE MAJOR A. W. CORKINS 



SOME OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 20TH ENGINEERS (FOREST) 

 Photographs Harris & Ewing, Washington, D. C. 



CAPTAIN E. H. SARGEXT 



Some have felt that the draft is, if possible, to be 

 avoided; that it shows a better spirit to volunteer; and 

 even that it is something of a reflection on Forest Service 

 men of good experience not to be given commissions at 

 the start. 



"This point of view is wrong. The nation has estab- 

 lished the selective draft as the approved method of 

 raising its army. After December 15, men of draft age 

 will no longer be accepted as volunteers. The test of 

 real patriotism is whether we accept willingly the nation's 

 approved plan and without halting or question take our 

 places in the program. Forest Service men, when they 

 clearly understand the situation, will accept the situa- 

 tion not only willingly, but with enthusiasm. Under the 



new instructions governing the selective service we.lcnow 

 the class into which the necessary employees of the 

 Forest Service will fall. When that class is reached we 

 must expect that our men will go and we must make prep- 

 aration against that time. Our part, if we are within 

 conscription age, will consist in preparing ourselves for 

 that service. If we are not within conscription age, our 

 part will be to help carry the work so that the absence 

 of those who go will not prove a vital loss." 



At the offices of the Forest Service it is declared that 

 there may be much difficulty in procuring information 

 about the work of the Forest Regiments in France. In 

 reply to requests for articles descriptive of the operations 

 Major Greeley, who is with the Expeditionary Forces in 



AT HOME WHEREVER YOU MAY PLACE THEM 



The^c men of the 20th Engineers (Forest) are shown waiting their turn at the hot water tubs at American University camp Military men who 

 have seen the Forest Battalions in drill and other work declare tliat th( y are as fine a body of men as the army has ever assembled. The outdoor 

 life of the forester and woodsman is reflected in the physical appearance of the men here pictured, who are typical of the regiment. 



