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the United States Indian Service from July, 1910, until May, 
1912, when he received his present appointment. 
In politics he is a Progressive. In 1895-96 he was captain 
of Company A and major of the 186th Battalion of the 
W. H. S. C., and in 1898 captain of Company A, C. U. C. C. 
He is a member of the Society of American Foresters, the 
German-American Technical Society, the University Club of 
Washington, D. C., and of A. A. S. R. 32°, S. J. Freemasonry. 
He has published: Statistics giving area of timber lands, quantity and 
stumpage value of timber on Indian reservations and cost of care and 
protection of timber for fiscal year ended June 30, 1911; Table showing 
sawmills on Indian reservations, quantity and value of timber cut, cost 
of forest protection and average area covered by each employee for 
fiscal year ended June 30, 1911 (appears as a part of the Annual Report 
of Commission of Indian Affairs, pp. 193-1909); various forms for the 
simplification of Indian forestry work. 
Fred W. Besley 
Business address, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Ma. 
Residence, 113 Beechdale Road, Roland Park, Baltimore, Md. 
Fred Wilson Besley was born February 16, 1872, in Vienna, Va., the 
son of Bartholomew Besley, a farmer, and Sarah (Wilson) Besley. On 
his father’s side he is of Huguenot and Quaker, and on his mother’s of 
English ancestry. He has four sisters: Grace A. Besley, Elsie M. 
Besley, Florence E. Besley, a graduate of the Nurses’ Training School 
of Columbia Hospital, Washington, D. C., and Naomi I. Besley, a 
graduate of the Nurses’ Training School of the University of Virginia, 
and one brother, LaMoree G. Besley. 
In 1892 he received the degree of B.A. from the Maryland Agricul- 
tural College, where he studied military tactics and served in the college 
battalion. After graduating from college he taught in the public schools 
of Virginia and later served as deputy treasurer of Fairfax County, Va. 
In 1901-03 he was employed as forest student in the Forest Service and 
entered the Yale Forest School in January, 1903. 
He was married September 19, 1900, in Washington, D. C., to Miss 
Bertha Adeline Simonds of Washington, D. C., daughter of Elmer A. 
Simonds (deceased), and Susan Adelle Simonds. They have two 
daughters: Florence Eugenia Besley, born August 29, 1901, and Helen 
Besley, born July 31, 1907; and two sons: A. Kirkland Besley, born 
November 9, 1902, and Lowell Besley, born August 20, 1909. 
Besley is employed by the Maryland State Board of Forestry 
as state forester of Maryland. He has held this position since 


