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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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given socks, wristlets, scarfs, and helmets, through the 

 efforts of the Forest Service in co-operation with the 

 Potomac Division of the Red Cross. By March i8, 

 1 918, the committee was able to announce that, with the 

 assistance of the Red Cross, the 10th and 20th Engineers 

 had been supplied with sweaters so that practically every 

 man had one. 



The success of the plan to outfit the Forest Engineers 

 with knitted garments was due to the constant and en- 

 thusiastic support of the women of the Forest Service in 

 Washington and throughout the western Districts. They 

 kept at the knitting all the time, and continually asked 

 for wool and then more wool. The only difficulty was 

 keeping them supplied. The workers knitted enthusiasti- 

 cally all through the summer of 1918, and the sudden 

 coming of the armistice in the fall found the storage 

 space of the committee filled to overflowing. There was 

 no way of getting these garments across to the Forest 

 Engineers in France. In the fall and winter, with the 

 approval of the committee in charge of the "Welfare 

 Fund for Lumbermen and Foresters in War Service," 

 the garments on hand were distributed to sailors, soldiers 

 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, hospital orderlies at Camps 



Meade and Humphreys during the Spanish influenza epi- 

 demic, and the Serbian Relief Committee. 



The War Department announced in the fall of 1918 

 that each soldier in the American E. F. would be allow- 

 ed to receive one Christmas box, and that he would be 

 given a label which would have to be put on the pack- 

 age before it could be shipped. This order suggested the 

 possibility that there might be some men in the Forest 

 Engineers without any one to whom they cared to send 

 the label. A cablegram was sent by the treasurer of the 

 Welfare Fund to the commander of the 20th Engineers 

 offering to send Christmas boxes' to any of the men in 

 the regiment. Labels were received from 283 men. The 

 purchasing of the articles to go into the boxes and the 

 packing was done by ladies of the Forest Service. Special 

 care was taken to provide, so far as the small size of the 

 box permitted, a variety of articles which would be use- 

 ful to the men and at the same time embody the spirit of 

 Christmas cheer. A number of labels arrived after the 

 Christmas ship had sailed for France. This was a source 

 of great regret, but, as the next best thing to a box, each 

 man whose label came too late was sent a money order 

 and a Christmas card. 



DONATIONS TO THE 



WELFARE FUND FOR LUMBERMEN AND FORESTERS 



IN WAR SERVICE 



TOTAL, $19,424.44 



Achenbach, Naomi, Everett, Wash $3.00 



Acorn Club, Seaford, Del 5.00 



The Acorn Lumber Co., Pittsburgh, Penna 25.00 



Aberdeen Lumber Co., Pittsburgh, Penna 25.00 



Albert Hanson Lumber Co., Garden City, La 100.00 



Alexander Bros., Belzoni, Miss 5.00 



Alexandria Lumber Co., Alexandria, La 50.00 



Allen Mfg. Co., Shreveport, La 50.00 



The Edmond A. Allen Lumber Co., Chicago, 111 5.00 



Allen, E. T., Portland, Ore 5.01 



Amsler, Col. C W., Clarion, Penna 10.00 



Anderson-Tully Co., Vicksburg, Miss 15.00 



Angelina County Lumber Co., Keltys, Tex 10.00 



Arkansas Land & Lumber Co., Malvern, Ark 25.00 



Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber Co., Pine Bluff, Ark 10.00 



Ascension Red Cypress Co., Ltd., New Orleans, La 25.00 



Asheville, N. C, Members of Hoo-Hoo (received through Mr. Tennant) 10.55 



E. C. Atkins & Co., Memphis, Tenn 10.00 



Atwater, Henry, Bridgeport, Conn 10.00 



Bach, J. N., Fairbury, 111 5.00 



Badger Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo 10.00 



Baldwin Lumber Co., Baldwin, La 25.00 



Bannister, F. J. O., Kansas City, Mo 5.M 



Barage Lumber Co., Barage, Mich 10.00 



Bard, Anna C, Hueneme, Calif 2.00 



Barnes, Miss Anne Hampton, Devon, Penna 20.00 



Barr-Hollday Lumber Co., Louise, Miss 25.00 



E. P. Barton Lumber Co., Charleston, S. C 50 00 



Basilan Lumber Co., Isabela, Basilan, P. 1 50.00 



Batcheller, Robert, Washington, D. C 25.00 



Batson-McGehee Co., Inc 10.00 



Baxter Lumber Co., Wildsville, La 10.00 



Bayou Land & Lumber Co., Yaroo City, Miss 10.00 



Beal, Mrs. James H., Boston, Mass 2.00 



Beckwith, Mrs. Daniel, Providence, R. 1 25.00 



Beckwith, Isbon T., New York City IMt 



Beebe, W. M., Kansas City, Mo 5.H 



Beigham, L. F., Chestnut Hill, Mass 12.00 



J. A. Bell Lumber Co., Lake Charles, La 40.00 



Bellgrade Lumber Co., Louise, Miss 10.N 



Bemis, H. C, Bradford, Penna 25 00 



Bemis, J. M., Boston, Mass l.H 



Berwick, Seth E., Chicago, 111 5.H 



Berwind, John E., New York City 100.C3 



The Biltmorean (by Mr. H. D. House, Albany, N. Y.) 5.00 



Birkle, John A., Williamsport, Penna 3.00 



Bluell, John H., Detroit, Mich 10.00 



Blackman, W. R., Los Angeles, Calif J.M 



Blake, George B., Lenox, Mass 2S.N 



Blanchard Lumber Co., Boston, Mass 25.00 



Blanchard, A. F., West Acton, Mass 10.00 



Blodgett Company, Grand Rapids, Mich 25.00 



The Blytheville Lumber Co., Blytheville, Ark 10 00 



Bodwell, Don R., Kansas City, Mo 1.00 



In Memory of S. G. B 10.00 



Bogert, Miss Anna, New York City 2 CO 



S. H. Bolinger & Co., Shreveport, La E0.00 



Bomer Blanks Lumber Co., Blanks, La 5. CO 



Borreson, Jules T., Pine Bluff, Ark 10 00 



Boswell, T. S., Asheville, N. C 5.00 



Bosworth & Son, F. S., Elgin, 111 10 00 



Bounds, J 25.00 



Bowie Lumber Co., Bowie, La 100.00 



Boyd, James (received through Mr. Tennant) 5.00 



Bradley, E. J., Pottsville, Penna 5 00 



Brady, J. E. (through E. D. Tennant) 1.00 



Brendon, Robert, Woodcllff-on-Hudson, N. J 2.00 



The Bright-Books Lumber Co., Savannah, Ga 10 00 



Brooks-Scanlon Co., Kentwood, La 25.00 



Brooks, Bertha G., New York City 2 00 



Brown Lumber Co., Shamrock, La 25.00 



Brown & Co., George ., Memphis, Tenn 50.00 



Brown, Mrs. Harry G., Columbia, Mo 100 



W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co., Louisville, Ky 25.00 



Brown, W. R., Berlin, N. H 500 00 



BrownellDrews Lumber Co., Morgan City, La 25.00 



Brownell, R. G., Williamsport, Pa 25 00 



Bruner, E. Murray, Rio Piedras, Porto Rico 5 00 



Bullard, F. F. (through E. D. Tennant) 5.00 



Burton-Schwartz Cypress Co., Burton, La 100 00 



J. H. Burton & Co., Washington, D. C 50 CO 



Buschow Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo 10.00 



Butler, Miss Virginia, Stockbridge, Mass 9 00 



Cabot, Mrs. William R., Boston, Mass 4 00 



Caddo River Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo 10 00 



W. M. Cady Lumber Co., McNarry, La 100 CO 



Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber Co., Lake Charles, La 75.00 



The Caldwell Lumber Co., Oil City, Penna 2.00 



Cale, D. H., Wichita, Kansas 5.00 



Carey, Arthur E., Boston, Mass 5.00 



Carpenter, Mrs. Charles J., New Brunswick, N. J 4 00 



Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Sardis, Miss 25 00 



Carter, E. T., New York City 1.00 



Carey, Miss G. S., Boston, Mass 2.00 



Case Fowler Lumber Co., Macon, Ga 20 00 



Central Lumber Co., Shreveport, La 5.00 



Central Penna. Lumber Co., Williamsport, Pa 250.00 



Chace, Fenner A., Fall River, Mass 5.00 





