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size of the delegation that this Club might otherwise send to join 

 you on your expedition. 



All success to San Francisco and to the Sierra Club is our 

 hearty wish. Your indomitable courage amid such great adver- 

 sity commands our highest admiration. We are all Californians 

 as we are all Americans, and we will build together a fairer San 

 Francisco upon the ruins. 



Fraternally yours, 



W. E. Colby, Esq. Allen Chamberlain, President. 



Office of The Forester, 



Washington, May 24, 1906. 

 Secretary Sierra Club, San Francisco. 



Dear Sir: Many thanks for your letter of May 19th. I appre- 

 ciate most heartily your kind and repeated invitations to take 

 part in the Outings of the Sierra Club. This summer I had 

 counted on going with you to the King's River Cafion, but now 

 it seems unlikely that I shall have that pleasure. Important 

 legislation in which the Forest Service is directly interested is 

 pending in Congress, so that it will be necessary for me to be 

 here during the closing days of the session, and I am afraid that 

 adjournment will come too late for me to get out to California 

 in time for the Outing. I wish most heartily I could come and 

 I am exceedingly sorry that the chances are against it. 



Let me thank you also for what you are good enough to say 

 about the Yosemite Recession Bill. I hope strongly that it may 

 pass. 



We are all feeling very enthusiastic about the admirable spirit 

 in which the San Francisco people are trying to recover from the 

 results of the earthquake. I need not say that if there is any 

 way in which the Forest Service can help I shall be particularly 

 glad. 



Very sincerely yours, 



Gifford Pinchot, Forester. 



