FRENCH FORESTS FOR OUR ARMY 



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at the lumber camps were in good health and fine physi- for the evening. Their diet is somewhat larger than that 

 cal condition, despite the generally disagreeable weather of the men in other units, on account of the very hard 

 conditions of the winter months, their hard work and the work which they do. I believe the increase in ration 



fact that much of 

 their labor was per- 

 formed in the rain 

 and mud. The 

 majority of them 

 had put on weight, 

 which is not sur- 

 prising when one 

 considers the fact 

 that they are un- 

 usually well cared 

 for, particularly as 

 far as their physi- 

 cal condition and 

 their diet is con- 

 cerned . After 

 their ten hours of 

 hard work each 

 day, they return to 

 their lumber 

 camps, strip off 

 their wet and muddy clothing, have hot showers with 



EFFECT OF SHELL AND RIFLE FIRE 



This was once a standard under coppice forest near Ribercourt and on the route to Lassingy 

 It was practically totally destroyed by the heavy firing during a prolonged battle. 



above other units 

 is about seven per 

 cent, and some of 

 the officers stated 

 that a ten or twelve 

 per cent increase 

 was most desirable. 

 At any rate there 

 seemed nothing 

 lacking in the mid- 

 day dinner which I 

 had with Lieuten- 

 ant-Colonel Gree- 

 ley at the camp at 

 Chenoncea ux, 

 where the 29th 

 Company, in charge 

 of Captain J. H. 

 Price, was located. 

 Here we had pot- 

 roast, cut thick and 

 piled high on the platter, rich gravy and plenty of it, 



plenty of water and an entire change of dry clothing potatoes, macaroni and tomatoes, canned cherries, con- 



FOREST CASUALTIES LIKE THESE ARE SEEN ALL ALONG THE FIGHTING FkONT 



Wherever there has been a severe military action 



n woodlands or forests the trees have suffered much as these have, 

 and heavy shell fire swept the woods. 



The scene is near Verdun 



