PREFACE 



The matenal for this book was collected largely in 1912. Adminis- 

 trative work in the United States Forest Service, teachiag at Yale Forest 

 School, and service in the Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., during the war 

 prevented an earlier completion of my task. 



The success of the American Expeditionary Forces in securing its 

 timber supply, under conditions existing in France in 1917-18, was due 

 chiefly to the extraordinary capacity of the commanding officers at Tours 

 and the American lumbermen and foresters who assisted them through- 

 out France. These efforts might have failed, however, if the American 

 E. F. had not been so ably seconded by 1' Administration G^n^rale des 

 Eaux et Forets under the direction of M. Dabat, Conseiller d'Etat, 

 Directeur, and by M. Antoni, now an Inspecteur G6n^ral des Eaux et 

 ForSts and Sous-Directeur, as well as by the French officers and officials 

 working under or in collaboration with G6n6ral de Division Chevalier, 

 D. S. M., Inspecteur General du Service des Bois, notably: 



Lieut.-Col. Joubaire, Armand, Conservateur des Eaux et Forets h 

 Saumur, President de la Commission ForestiSre d'Expertises. 



M. Emery, Auguste, Conservateur des Eaux et Forets, Minist^re de 

 I'Agriciilture, Paris. 



Lieut.-Col. de Lapasse, Louis, Conservateur des Eaux et Forets £i 

 Bordeaux, Gironde. 



Lieut.-Col. Buffault, Pierre, Conservateur des Eaux et Forets, a 

 Aurillac, Cantal. 



Lieut.-Col. Deroye, Nancy, Meurthe et Moselle, Chef du Service For- 

 estier d'Arm^e. 



Lieut.-Col. Mathey, Alphonse, Conservateur des Eaux et ForMs k 

 Dijon, C6te d'Or. 



Lieut.-Col. Schlumberger, Pierre, Conservateur des Eaux et ForSts k 

 Colmar, Alsace. 



Commandant Badre, Louis, D. S. M., Inspecteur des Eaux et Forets, 

 Liaison Officier Am6ricain, G. H. Q. 



Commandant Jagerschmidt, Jean, Inspecteur des Eaux et ForSts, 

 Membre de la Commission Forestiere d'Expertises. 



Colonel Steiner, Directeur des Etapes, Service Forestier, k Vesoul et 

 Valleroy. 



Capitaine Sinturel, Emile, Inspecteur Adjoint des Eaux et Forets, 

 Chef du Secteur Forestier de Gray, Haute-Sadne. 



