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right of way may have appeared too 

 inconsequential to justify expendi- 

 tures on protection. At the same 

 time, it is all that the district pos- 

 sesses and is the sole hope of larger 

 timber in the future. Thirty years 



will not restore to the burned lands 

 the wood supply that existed be- 

 fore the railway arrived and that 

 same wood supply is of the highest 

 importance to successful settlement. 



A Proud Record For Canadian Foresters 



Probably no other profession in this country is able to show such 

 a percentage of enlisted men as that of forestry. 



\'ery clearly, the motives actuating the foresters who have left 

 their employment to take up arms were of the highest type. In nearly aH 

 the cases of which we have record, the men left well-paid positions in order 

 to accept the hardships and dangers of military life. 



A rough estimate made by one of the professors in the Faculty of 

 Forestry, Toronto University, places the number of foresters engaged in 

 the practice of forestrv or allied occupations at 62 and the number en- 

 listed (to October 20th) at 20. 



Of 71 undergraduates in Canadian forest schools. 27 have enlisted. 



In other words, of the Canadian foresters engaged in their pro- 

 fession, 32 per cent, have enlisted, while of the undergraduates 37 per cent, 

 have enlisted. The two combined show an enlistment of 35 per cent, 

 which in view of the two per cent, enlistment for the entire country is 

 probably a greater percentage of enlistment than from any other profession 

 in Canada except army men. 



This estimate leaves out of consideration entirely a large number 

 of men engaged in forestry work, such as rangers and non-professional 

 supervisors, many of whom have enlisted, and it also leaves out of considera- 

 tion foreign-born foresters in professional work in Canada, of whom there 

 are about 15. * 



The loyalty of the rangers sta- 

 tioned at the very outposts of the 

 Empire and a remembrance of the 

 fact that 22 permanent and four tem- 

 porary men have enlisted from the 

 Dominion Forestry Branch was evi- 

 denced in the following resolution 

 by the rangers' convention at Revel- 

 stoke, B.C., relating to "a collection 

 of the seeds of all the trees native to 

 the region made for the purpose set 

 forth : 



"This meeting respectfully re- 

 quests the Director of Forestry 

 to forward the collection of seeds 

 of Revelstoke trees collected by 

 Ranger Smvthe to the Minister of 



Militia with the request that these 

 be forwarded to the proper per- 

 sons in France who will undertake 

 to plant them on the graves of 

 Canadian soldiers who have fallen 

 in the defence of the Empire." 



