28 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
that had been under treatment for about a year. They did 
so well at Camps that when they reported for military 
service they were accepted and are now in the army. ‘The 
high altitude of Camps is suitable for cases of tuberculosis 
that have passed the acute stage and those with catarrhal 
complications. 
It will thus be seen that the scheme admirably fills two 
functions. It provides the proper kind of employment that 
aids in the cure of tuberculous patients; and it forms a 
practical training centre for such patients as intend making 
forestry their avocation in the future. Another useful and 
patriotic work embraced in the scheme is the teaching and 
employment in forestry work of disabled soldiers, who, when 
their training is completed at Camps, will be placed on 
estates in different parts of the country, through the co- 
operation of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society. 
At present (May 1918) the nursery at Hairmyres, 
which was started in October 1913, is about 12 acres in 
extent. In addition there is a demonstration wood and 
planting ground attached, amounting to some 20 acres. 
About 15 students from the West of Scotland Agri- 
cultural College in Glasgow, 6 discharged soldiers who 
are being trained in forestry, and 20 to 25 child 
patients are engaged in nursery work. In addition to 
the above, a four-weeks’ training course in forestry for 
women is being conducted; and 40 trained women, who 
have passed through this course, have been sent out to 
various estates. These women are selected by the Ministry 
of Labour; and, in addition to nursery work, they are taken 
to felling areas in the vicinity, where they are trained in all 
branches of timber work. ; 
Dr. Macpherson, the Superintendent Physician, states 
that the Forestry Department at Hairmyres is especially 
useful in providing different grades of labour for convalescent 
tuberculous patients. It is also a most suitable occupation 
for patients convalescent from neurasthenia, whether due to 
shell-shock or other causes, or for the soldier who has been 
gassed. Both patients and ordinary workers derive much 
