WILD LIFE, FORESTS 

 AND THE WAR 



NOTWITHSTANDING tne anxieties and 

 the efforts inseparable from a war with a great 

 military power, the other paramount duties of trie 

 American people must resolutely be performed. This 

 nation is sufficiently populous ana resourceful that 

 we can do this. Even with war upon us, our taxes 

 must be paid, our children must be educated, the 

 general welfare of the people must be promoted, and 

 the resources of nature must be protected from neg- 

 lect and destruction. 



It is imperative that our national heritage of 

 forests and wild life should resolutely be safeguarded, 

 and that our nation s supply of food should be pro- 

 tected and increased. 



Vve are not by any means either unmindful or 

 neglectful of the duties we owe to the nation at this 

 hour. Ever since December, 1914, we have tried 

 to do our full duty, first in arousing this great, sleepy 

 and defenseless nation, and now in the serious busi- 

 ness of its actual defense. Up to date we have made 

 our share of sacrifices in both these causes, and we 

 expect to continue them, to the end. 



Meanwhile, we repeat, most urgently, that our 

 wild life and forests need not be, and must not be- 

 neglected by those whose bounden duty it is to con- 

 serve them. 



W. T. H. 



President U. S. Junior Naval Reserve. 

 Vice-President U. S. Army League. 

 Trustee American Defense Society. 

 Chairman Zoological Park Defense Committee- 



