With the Forest Engineers 



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Mr. \V. K. Dexter, student-assistant, attached to 



the head oftice staff of the Forestry Branch, is 



now a lieutenant with A Company, 38ih Bat- 

 talion, encamped at Barriefield. 



Mr. .r. M. Swaine, entomologist for forest in- 

 sects of the Entomological Branch of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, leaves shortly for British 

 Columbia to continue his investigations. 



Two members of the staff of the Forest Pro- 

 ducts Laboratories have enlisted for overseas ser- 

 vice. Assistant Superintendent W. B. Campbell 

 enlisted on Mav "JTth, and Computing Engineer 

 L. L. Brown on May 29th. 



Mr. W. .T. Boyd, Forest .Vssistant. a'tached to 

 the .\Iberta Inspection Office, has enlisted with 

 the McGill overseas company. Mr. E. S. Davison 

 Is now in France serving with the ammunition 

 supply department. 



During Chief Forester H. R. MacMillan's ab- 

 sence on a tour of the wor:d in the interests of 

 trade extension as Special Trade Commissioner, 

 Mr. M. A. Grainger is the Acting Chief Forester 

 of the B. C. F'orest Service. 



>[r. H. R. Christie, Assistant Chief of Opera- 

 tion in British Columbia, is making an extended 

 trip of inspection in the northern forest districts 

 conferring with District Foresters Murray, Bon- 

 ney, Marvin, Allen and Irwin. He reports that 

 while there was a short spring fire season heavy 

 rains have made the north country safe for the 

 present. 



During the winter a number of the District 

 Foresters of British Columbia have given special 

 instruction and practice in cruising, surveying 

 and scaling to their rangers. Such Ranger 

 .Schools, as they are called, are held in the field, 

 camps being established in a locality offering op- 

 portunities for instruction in all the various lines 

 of work. 



The chance to improve their qualifications for 

 forest work given by these "Ranger Schools" has 

 been appreciated by the Rangers and other officers 

 attending ihem. A number of Forest Guards were, 

 on their urgent request, allowed to attend. 



tThese Ranger Schools will hereafter be held 

 cvry winter in each Forest District. 



Mr. Wyngard C. Gladwin, an inspector of the 

 British Columbia Forest Branch, died after a long 

 i.lness on .\pril 13th. Mr. Gladwin was a pioneer 

 in fire protection matters in British Columbia, 

 having had charge of the Provincial fire wardens 

 from the inception of pro'ection work. Formerly 

 ;i member of the North West Mounted Police, he 

 lirought to the work a wide knowledge of men 

 and of the principles of organization and disci- 

 pline. Mr. Gladwin had succeeded in placing the 

 firi> protection work on a sound basis by the time 

 the Forest Branch was established in 1912, and 

 the present system is the natural growth of his 

 work. From 1912 until his death he had ciiarge 

 of the railway fire protection work of the whole 

 Province, acting as inspector both for the Board 

 of Railway Commissioners and the Provincial 

 Forest Branch. Loyal and lionourable as an offi- 

 cer, and generous and sympathetic as a friend, 

 Mr. Gladwin's death is deeply fe'.t by his asso- 

 ciates. 



THE MEX BEHIND TEE EO BESTS. 



Fire rangers in British Columbia reaily for the day's programme. The B. C. Forest 

 Service employed 190 regular forest guards last year and 115 extra patrolmen and 

 lookout men for varying periods. 



