PHILIPPINE ISLANDS' FORESTER 



READERS of American Fores- 

 try and friends of conservation 

 in general will be interested in 

 the appointment of William 

 Forsythe Sherfesec to the position of 

 Director of Forestry in the Philippine 

 Islands, succeeding Major George P. 

 Ahern, who resigned in Novem- 

 ber of last year. Mr. Sherfesee 

 is well known to foresters in the 

 United States, as before leaving 

 for the Philippines in 1909 he 

 held the position of Chief of the 

 Office of Wood Preservation in 

 the Forest Service. 



Mr. Sherfesee 's appointment 

 to the head of the Philippine 

 Bureau was confidently ex- 

 pected by those who have kept 

 in touch with the progress of 

 forest conservation in the Is- 

 lands. He received the Degree 

 of Master of Forestry from Yale 

 University in 1905, and his 

 subsequent work both in the 

 United States and in the Philip- 

 pines has been such as to make 

 his present promotion the logical 

 and expected course. 



It also argues well for the" 

 future of forest work in the 

 Philippines to note the uniform- 

 ity of approval with which Mr. 

 Sherfesee 's appointment has 

 been received by Americans and 

 Filipinos alike in the Philip- 

 pines, as well as by the organs 

 of the different political parties. 

 In this connection the Manila 

 Times of December 22 says: 



"The appointment of Mr. Sherfesee to the 

 office of director of the Bureau of Forestry, 

 made vacant by the recent resignation of 

 Major Ahern, should and doubtless will- 

 meet with general approval. It ensures a 

 continuance of the policy which has made the 

 bureau one of the most useful and efficient of 

 the department of Government Service, and it 

 promotes a man whose past work is an earnest 

 of ability and enthusiasm. Much as has been 

 accomplished in past years, there yet remains 

 vastly more for the Bureau to do before the 

 forest wealth of the Philippines is developed 

 as it should be. Under Mr. Sherfesee the work 



will lose nothing that can be supplied by 

 energetic and capable leadership." 



The Manila Daily Bulletin, dis- 

 cussing the appointment editorially, 

 also says in part : 



"The action of the governor general in 

 appointing Mr. Sherfesee to succeed Major 



DIREC 



William Forsythe Sherfesee. 

 tor of forestry for the united states in the 

 philippine islands. 



Ahern as the director of the Bureau of Forestry 

 will be approved generally. It is a deserved 

 promotion and gives an assurance that the 

 duties of that important position will still 

 remain under the supervision of an official 

 thoroughly trained in the work by years of 

 study and practical experience, who has 

 demonstrated his capability successfully in 

 the service of the Government." 



The El Ideal, the organ of the 

 Philippine " Nacionalista, " also com- 

 ments most favorably on the appoint- 

 ment. 



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