﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  7 
  

  

  supply. 
  Every 
  person 
  who 
  becomes 
  thoroughly 
  convinced 
  of 
  the 
  

   wisdom 
  of 
  these 
  laws 
  becomes 
  in 
  himself 
  a 
  protective 
  force 
  and 
  

   a 
  working 
  arm 
  of 
  the 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  urged 
  that 
  better 
  results 
  would 
  be 
  accomplished 
  by 
  a 
  

   separation 
  or 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  into 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  separate 
  departments. 
  The 
  advisability 
  

   of 
  such 
  a 
  course 
  must 
  be 
  determined 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  instance 
  by 
  the 
  

   Legislature 
  and 
  suggestions 
  from 
  the 
  present 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  depart- 
  

   ment 
  might 
  be 
  of 
  questionable 
  propriety. 
  

  

  I 
  simply 
  desire 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   departments 
  from 
  the 
  present 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  

   must 
  inevitably 
  involve 
  much 
  additional 
  expense 
  unless 
  there 
  be 
  

   combined 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  these 
  new 
  departments 
  the 
  duties 
  

   and 
  powers 
  of 
  some 
  other 
  department 
  or 
  commission 
  having 
  

   powers 
  and 
  duties 
  not 
  embraced 
  within 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  forest, 
  fish 
  

   and 
  game 
  commission 
  as 
  now 
  constituted. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  

   the 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  forestry 
  force 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  game 
  protective 
  

   force 
  are, 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  extent, 
  interchangeable. 
  The 
  fish 
  and 
  game 
  

   protectors 
  protect 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  preserve 
  

   counties 
  and 
  the 
  fire 
  patrolmen 
  assist 
  in 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  

   game. 
  If 
  these 
  employees 
  are 
  confined 
  to 
  one 
  class 
  of 
  duties, 
  the 
  

   number 
  required 
  to 
  properly 
  perform 
  the 
  work 
  must 
  necessarily 
  

   be 
  greatly 
  increased, 
  which 
  means 
  added 
  expense. 
  If 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sion 
  is 
  divided, 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  departments 
  will 
  require 
  a 
  separate 
  

   office 
  staff 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  am 
  safe 
  in 
  saying 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  division 
  

   cannot 
  fail 
  to 
  increase 
  expenditures 
  unless, 
  as 
  before 
  stated, 
  some 
  

   other 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  government 
  can 
  be 
  combined 
  with 
  one 
  

   or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  departments 
  created 
  from 
  the 
  present 
  Forest, 
  

   Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission. 
  As 
  to 
  whether 
  this 
  would 
  result 
  in 
  

   increased 
  efficiency 
  in 
  my 
  opinion 
  depends 
  entirely 
  upon 
  the 
  per- 
  

   sonal 
  equation. 
  If, 
  however, 
  the 
  forests, 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  the 
  game 
  

   are 
  to 
  be 
  continued 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  commissioner, 
  

   I 
  favor 
  a 
  reorganization 
  of 
  the 
  machinery 
  of 
  the 
  department, 
  by 
  

   provision 
  for 
  three 
  deputies 
  instead 
  of 
  one 
  as 
  at 
  present. 
  The 
  

   Commissioner 
  should 
  be 
  the 
  administrative 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  depart- 
  

   ment, 
  with 
  a 
  trained 
  deputy 
  in 
  actual 
  charge 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  three 
  

  

  