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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



France states that the censorship makes it almost impos- 

 sible to send out any information of real news value. 

 Indirect accounts received at the offices of the Serv- 

 ice, concerning a letter to the family of one of the men 

 of the Tenth indicate that the res^i- 

 ment has already had its trials. 

 The trip across the ocean was long 

 and exceedingly rough. Many of the 

 men suffered severely from seasick- 

 ness. Some of the biggest and hus 

 kiest had the worst time. The regi- 

 ment reached France during a spell 

 of bad weather and was exposed to 

 steady rains for several days with- 

 out an opportunity to dry things out. 

 As a result, some of the men were on 

 the sick list with vprious minor ail- 

 ments. They were, however, in a 

 hospital located at a comfortable 

 chateau and were being well cared 

 for. From all accounts the little 

 English-French dictionaries are be- 

 ing worked overtime. 



It is understood that the regiment 

 is quartered in "billets." Word comes 

 that "even the wood cutting camps 

 lost in the forests of France" had a 

 liberal allowance of turkey and "fixin's" sent them for 

 Thanksgiving. This probably refers to the Tenth, al- 

 though "lost in the forests" is not to be taken too liter- 

 ally. According to a bulletin of the Forest Service 

 it has become plain that 

 meeting the needs of the 

 Forest Regiments for 

 sweaters calls for swift and 

 large expansion of the knit- 

 ting work. Colonel Mitchell, 

 of the Twentieth, has re- 

 quested immediate delivery 

 of 1.300 sweaters and 1,600 

 comfort kits and other arti- 

 cles. The Woman's Com- 

 mittee for the Tenth and 

 Twentieth Engmeers was 

 able to provide 123 sweat- 

 ers, mainly knitted by For- 

 est Service women. The 

 Potomac Division of the 

 Red Cross, which embraces 

 M.irvland, Virginia and the 

 District of Columbia, "'ith 

 their great camps, was able 

 to add 677. Thousands 



more will be needed for the Twentieth within the next 

 two months. 



The Luml>er and Forest Regiments Relief Committee 



gave $600 for the purchase of wool which will be knitted 



into sweaters for the men of the Tenth and Twentieth 



Regiments. 



Major William B. Greeley writes from France under 



MAJOR JAMES E. LONG 



BREAD WAGON OF FOREST REGIMENT 



Tliis is a camp oernt of Haily recurrence at the camp of the 20th Engineers 

 (Forent) at Amrrican rnivt-r-'ily. The hread wacnn is on its welcome 

 roiuul distrihuiiiift supplie;* from the regimental bakery. It is safe to 

 assume that the wagon will be no less welcome when the men reach the 

 war zone. 



recent date and makes earnest appeal for sweaters 

 for the men of the regiments, lie says that the 

 garments are badly needed and that mufflers are 

 also in urgent request. The mufflers are wanted par- 

 ticularly for men engaged in 

 driving motor trucks and simi- 

 lar occupations involving expo 

 sure. 



In connection with the request for 

 knitted garments Major Greeley 

 urges that the knitting be made 

 fairly close for the sake of warmth. 

 He also emphasizes: the importance 

 of shrinking the wool before knit- 

 ting, in order that the garments may 

 hold their shape. Simple instructions 

 for shrinking have been prepared b> 

 the Forest Service. The wool in the 

 hank should be laid out flat, in tepid 

 water in a bathtub or other conven- 

 ient place. After being there for 15 

 minutes it should be taken out and 

 laid flat to dry in temperature of the 

 living room, care being taken to pre- 

 vent exposure to heat or cold. Em- 

 phasis is placed on keeping the wool 

 flat while shrinking and drying. To 

 hang it up while it is wet will cause it to pull. Added 

 tidings of the need for sweaters comes from other 

 sources. Captain Inman F. Eldredge, Company B, Tenth 

 Engineers (Forest), writes from the war zone as follows: 



"Chaplain Williams has 

 just notified me that the 

 ladies of the Forest Service 

 and the Red Cross are pre- 

 pared to furnish sweaters, 

 scarfs and wristlets to the 

 men of this command who 

 have none. Owing to the 

 rough nature of the work 

 in which our men are en- 

 gaged, scarfs and wristlets 

 would not be of great serv- 

 ice and we would feel that 

 we were taking them from 

 other men who might make 

 better use of them. For 

 sweaters and heavy socks, 

 however, we have a real 

 need and the soldiers will 

 be able to make good use 

 of them. If they can be 

 supplied we have need for 

 100 sweaters and at least 200 pairs of heavy knit socks. 

 Socks particularly are needed, since during the coming 

 winter many of our men will be working in a wet coun- 

 try." 



Chaplain Williams is commissioned as a lieutenant 

 with the Tenth. He writes : "We have jn.-<t arrived in our 

 permanent camp. It has been very cold and the sound of 



