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FVance. Many forests were clear cut with no satisfactory provision for 

 regeneration, and in others the growing stock of sawlog material was so 

 reduced that ^'normal" production cannot be secured for a century or more. 

 Yet, it must be recognized that this destructive use of the French forests 

 helped to save France and her armies. It is for this reason that it seems 

 fitting to make this acknowledgment to those who cooperated in direct- 

 ing and facilitating the American manufacture of French timber and the 

 acquisition of the raw supplies. 



THEODORE S. WOOLSEY, Jr. 

 January 1, 1920. 



