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you will assign to such places as you think they are most needed. It might 
not be a bad suggestion to have some of the district wardens continually 
traveling throughout the State to see that the deputy wardens are properly 
performing their duties. 
All wardens should be required to make a daily report showing what 
work they have done and where their time has been spent. Every man who 
accepts a position as a deputy or district game warden, is expected to 
perform honest work for the compensation he receives from the State. 
I shall hold you gentlemen responsible for the proper conduct of the 
Fish and Game Department, and for the conservation of our great natural 
resources. I hope you will do your duty and you shall find me at all times 
cooperating with you. 
Following your directions, we have endeavored to make of the 
department something more than a police machine with a desire to 
merely prohibit and punish. It was resolved rather to make of the 
department an organization for the protection of such game and fish 
as was produced by natural methods and to bring to our aid such 
artificial means as we might find effective for increasing the supply of 
game and fish in our State. 
Adequate protection is necessary for the continuance of our supply 
of game and fish. Some men have no respect for the game and fish 
laws, and unless they are made to feel there is a compelling force to 
protect the rights of others, they would soon depopulate our fields and 
streams of game and fish. | 
But it is not sufficient to turn the machinery of the department 
into a mere protective organization; it were better to give a part of our 
energies to the production of more game and fish to protect. 
The commission has therefore devoted much of its effort to the 
establishment of a creative department with the special duty of creating 
more game and fish. 
We have, therefore, two important divisions so organized as to work 
in harmony and do effective work at a small cost. 
Under the system of separate game and fish commissions there is a 
great deal of lost motion which is conserved by the Illinois plan of 
organization. A separate fish commission must needs have an expensive 
organization in order to do effective work. If the members of such an 
organization might be profitably employed the year round, such an 
organization would be practical, but the work of a fish department is 
very irregular and comes largely in the spring. : 
Under our method of organization, we are able to assign deputy 
wardens to the fish or game creative division at any season of the year 
for a short period without seriously affecting the protective division of 
our department. 
The fisheries division needs both men and boats in different sections 
of the State in the Spring at spawning time for a short period. Our 
deputy wardens are not particularly busy at that season and can well 
be spared from their regular work. When the work of taking spawn is 
completed, the deputies can go back to their regular duties. 
When the hatcheries are in operation, additional help is needed for 
a short time. So, too, is it necessary to draw on the district wardens 
for deputies to assist in the distribution of fish fry. 
