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DONATIONS 



FOR THE 



RELIEF AND COMFORT 



OF THE 



FOREST REGIMENTS 



The American foresters who are doing such valiant work in France deserve the hearty sup- 

 port of their friends back home the members of the American Forestry Association and all 

 others interested in the subject of forestry. 



To these men, the members of the Forest Regiments, has been assigned the important task of 

 supplying for the use of the American army the fighting forces of the Allies the timber needed 

 for construction work in trenches, bridges, railroad ties, boards, for hospitals and billets, planks 

 to haul ordnance over and many other uses. The fact that this calls for at least 25,000,000 board 

 feet monthly shows the immensity of the task which the Forest Regiments from the United States 

 are performing. Lack of water transportation makes the French forests the only available source 

 at present for these supplies. The French, however, desire to have the forests which they are 

 sacrificing for this purpose cut as far as possible along scientific forestry lines. 



To solicit and take charge of the funds raised for the comfort and relief of the American 

 foresters, there has been organized a joint committee of the lumbermen and forestry organizations 

 throughout the country. The immediate need of the fund is to provide comfort and recreation 

 essential to the physical and moral welfare of the men ; and later on consideration will be given 

 to relief for soldiers and their dependents. The members of the American Forestry Association 

 are asked to contribute generously to take care of the immediate needs. Reports of the use to 

 be made of the contributions will be published from time to time in all the forestry and lumber 

 journals. 



The appeal of the Association is : Stand behind the men of the Forest Regiments, who are 

 furnishing the material which, next to ammunition and food, is the greatest need of the allied 

 armies. 



Send your contribution to Mr. P. S. Ridsdale, secretary of the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion, 1410 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. 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. 



Name.. 



Address _ 



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



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