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DONATIONS 



FOR THE 



RELIEF AND COMFORT 



OF THE 



FOREST REGIMENTS 



Members of the American Forestry Association and others interested in forestry are asked 

 to contribute to the fund now being raised to provide comforts and any necessary relief to the 

 members of the Forest Regiments called for service in France. 



These men, there are some 10,000 of them, have the task of supplying for the army of the 

 Allies such absolute necessities as cordwood for cooking and heating, posts for trenches and 

 mines, planks to haul heavy ordnance over, boards for hospitals and billets ; ties for railroads, 

 timber for temporary bridges and many other emergency uses. At least 25,000,000 board feel 

 will be needed monthly. This will be obtained from the French forests, the only source available 

 at present, due to lack of water transportation. These forests the French have generously agreed 

 to sacrifice, but desire them cut, as far as it is possible, along forestry lines. 



A joint committee has been formed of the lumbermen and forestry organizations of all kinds 

 throughout the country, which will solicit funds and take charge of all sums raised for the 

 comfort and relief of the men in these regiments. All such funds are to be expended to meet the 

 special needs of the men in this special industry. Immediate needs are along the lines of comfort 

 and recreation essential to physical and moral welfare, and later serious relief for soldiers and 

 dependents will be considered. To meet immediate needs members of the American Forestry As- 

 sociation are asked to contribute generously. Reports of the use made of contributions will be 

 published from time to time in all of the lumber and forestry journals. 



The Association asks you to stand behind the men of the Forest Regiments who furnish the 

 Inn ilicr which, next to ammunition and food, is the greatest need of the Allied army. 



All funds are to be sent to Mr. P. S. Ridsdale, secretary of the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion, at 1410 H Street, N. W., Washington, T). C. 



FILL OUT AND SEND THIS FORM WITH YOUR CONTRIBUTION 



DONATION TO THE WELFARE FUND FOR LUMBER- 

 MEN AND FORESTERS IN WAR SERVICE 



I enclose check for $ a donation to be used for the comfort 



and relief of the men of the Tenth and Twentieth Engineers (Forest) Regiments. 



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A list of the donors will be acknowledged in the AMERICAN FORESTRY magazine each month. 



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