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upon at any time to explain his 

 movements within a given period 

 and and if unable to do so satisfac- 

 torily his place is taken by a more 

 promising person. No 'pensioners' 

 of the lumber companies, no over- 

 aged or decrepit hangers-on of the 

 local member of parliament or legis- 

 lature, are given any consideration 

 in appointments. Young and vig- 

 orous men are invariably selected 

 and kept at tension by frequent in- 

 spection. Surely the reason for the 

 smartness and reliability of the 

 associations' rangers supplies equal- 



ly the reason why so many of the 

 political systems of the provincial 

 governments succeed in wasting 

 scores of thousands of public money 

 and getting second-rate results. The 

 choosing of men on merit, and their 

 frequent inspection by officials who 

 are empowered to dismiss on the 

 spot, are two of the reasons why 

 Ontario, for instance, is saddled 

 with a high annual outlay for fire 

 protection and at the same time 

 does not secure more than a fraction 

 of the actual service rendered under 

 the system of the limit-holders asso- 

 ciations. 



WAR'S TOLL OF FORESTERS 



What a tremendous infoad has 

 been made upon the ranks of pro- 

 fessional foresters in Europe is indi- 

 cated by the transformation in the 

 pages of French and German fores- 

 try journals hitherto devoted to con- 

 structive discussion and reports of 

 their professional progress. The 

 December number of "Zeitschrift fur 

 Forst-und Jagdwesen" comprised 63 

 pages and of this number 33 pages 

 were devoted to obituaries of fores- 

 ters of various ranks who fell during 

 the early months of the war. 



The March number of the same 

 periodical comprises 97 pages, of 

 which number 73 pages are devoted 

 to the obituaries of foresters who fell 

 during the early part of the war. 

 Abstracts from a few of these obitu- 

 aries are subjoined. 



"Dudolf Prinz, a forestry student, 

 age 20, went to the field on August 

 4th, participated in numerous battles 

 about St. Quentin and Maubeuge 

 without being injured. While storm- 

 ing a little village north of Reims 

 he was wounded heavily by a shell 

 and died a few minutes later. His 

 comrades buried him in a solitary 

 grave on the border of the forest La 

 Ville aux bois." 



"Forstrefendar Gunther Rodegra, 

 a reserve officer, age 28, was shot 

 through the head while observing 

 the position of the enemy with a 

 field glass. He is buried in the cem- 

 etery of a cloister in Herok la Ville, 

 Belgium." 



"Forstrefendar Dietrich von Hey- 

 desbrand und der Lase, lieutenant in 

 the army, age 24, was heavily 

 wounded on the night of August 

 23rd while his company was retreat- 

 ing. He spent the night, together 

 with other wounded comrades, in a 

 barn trying to treat their wounds, 

 but death claimed him in the gray of 

 the morning." 



"Forstassessor Curt Kunckel, lieu- 

 tenant in the army, age 26, was kill- 

 ed near Verdun on August 10th. 

 The battalion to which he belonged 

 had to retreat before burying their 

 dead. It is hoped that the enemy or 

 the inhabitants of the region buried 

 him. His resting place is unknown." 



"Forstassessor Alexander Weyer- 

 mann, lieutenant in the army, was 

 killed in France, August 24th. The 

 captain of the company wrote a let- 

 ter to his parents of which the fol- 

 lowing is a part: 'Your son was shot 

 through the heart — a painless death, 

 on August 24th.' " 



