- LUMBERMEN TRICK HUNS World's Biggest Regiment Turned Out 3,000 Words a Dav How the Twentieth, the biggest regiment in the world, made up of lumbermen and foresters, fooled the Germans and saved ammunition dumps and big saw mills from the Hun bombers, is told by Percival Sheldon Ridsdale, secretary of the American Forestry Association, of Washington. D. C., and a former Wilkes-Barre newspaper man, w.ho recently returned from a three month tour of France, Belgium and England investigating the forest losses of those countries. The as sociation has planned to aid in the reforestation of those countries, also of Italy. "The biggest mills operated by tire Twentieth Regiment," says Mr. Ridsdale, "was at Eclaron, in the dumps and as the plant was run all day and all night, being electrically lighted, it made a very good target. The mills were bombed several times, but none of the workers was injured nor was much damage done, and finally a real American trick resulted in so misleading the Ger man bombers that the danger was entirely overcome. This trick was devised by Major Spencer, who real izing that the electrically lighted mill was a bright target for the Ger. man bombers, ran electric wires into the heavy woods for a distance of one-third of a mile from the miH and installed a number of electric lights on the trees. Whenever an alarm cf an air raid came, the lights of the mill were extinguished and the lights among the trees one-third of a mile from the mill were lighted by switching on the current and were kept blazing while tf.e Ger mans wasted bombs on them and inflicted damage only on some of the trees. "Other mills up along the fight ing front *were also bombed fre quently but without serious dam age." Continuing his statement about some of the wonders accomplished by his regiment of lumbermen and foresters during the war, Mr. Ribs dale writes in the American Forestry Magazine: "The regiment was composed of 49 companies of approximately 250 men each, divided into 14 battalions and having connected with it 36 engineer service companies or labor troops. It was organized originally to contain 48 companies, but the 49th was added in France, being composed of members of the New England Saw Mill Unit who had spent almost two years in cutting in the Scotch forests. Three of ficers and 90 men volunteered as a nucleus of this company the full complement was secured by getting men from other organizations. "The chief forest cutting of the regiment was in the Vosges section with Epinal as headquarters. At Eclaron in the forests of Argonne was the largest single installation, a mill capable of shipping, as it did. an average of five thousand ties a day. This mill furnished duck boards, bridge timbers, piles and poles, etc., for the first and second a rmies. "The amount of wood required by an army for fuel, in winter es pecially, is not appreciated by the civilian. For instance, at the time the armistice was signed, Lieut. Col. A. S. Peck, assisted by Maj. Joseph Kittridge, Jr., some twenty lieuten ants and twenty sergeants of the 20th, had charge of 10,000 quarter master troops, all colored, cutting fire wood for the First and Second American Armies, at the fighting front, with headquarters at Chau mont. These men managed to se cure and maintain a daily produc tion of about 3,000 cords of wood a day, which supplied fuel for ap proximately 1,000,000 troops. "At the time the armistice was signed the regiment had eighty-one lumber mills in operation and twelve more being installed. "The 7th Battalion, which was placed at the disposal of the French Government, manufactured entirely free of cost to the French Govern ment the following quantities of 4.468,00 board feet of lumber; 199,808 standard gage ties; 191,604 narrow gage ties; 127,473 poles and props; 54,647 steres of fuelwood. This is enough to build 665 bar racks; 195 miles of railroad, 1,595 miles of telephone line on the basis ithat half the road material was po'es; and warm a detachment of 500 French infantry 150 years. "On account of war speculation, the price of timber in France had more than doubled since the begin ning of the war. In the Jura, tim ber which before the war brought sl6 per thousand feet on the stump sold for from $32 to $45 per thou sand board feet. "It was owing to the assistance of Lieut. Col. Joubaire, chairman of ♦he French committee having ■large of the purchase or leasing of private forests, that the A. E. F. was able to purchase private forests at even less than the current market rate. Col. Joubaire unquestionably raved ihe United State more than $1,000,000 because of his skill in treating with private owners." BIRD BUILDS SEVERAL NESTS Some birds get very nervous ar.d become much excited if you ap proach their nests and among them is the black-throated green warbler, rays the American Forestry Associa tion, of Washington, which is con ducting the national bird-house building contest for school children-. Another thing about this bird is that it frequently builds several nests. Whether this is because it changed its mind after building the first one and decided to select a better loca tion or with the deliberate purpose of deceiving any intruders who might come alor.-g is not known. The bird is very beautifully colored, the top of its head and the region nearly down to the shoulders being a yel low green, the back olive green, the throat and breast jet black and the under parts white with some yellow in them at times. GETS 'EM ON THE FLP The Wilson warbler is the cham pion fly-catcher of the United States. His method of getting most of his food is to dash out from the limb of a tree and snatch passing insects on the wing, says the American For estry Association, Washington, which is conducting the national bird-house building contest among schools. They ratch other insects which are flitting about or sitting on the foliage or blossoms of the trees. You will often find these litte birds in apple trees when in bloom. Their olive green and yellow harmon izes with the green leaves of the trees. The male bird has a black crown patch on the top of his head, while on the female this cap is green ish like the back. 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Day special, each . . for BL FOR WMRM IS Ti HARRISBTTRG TELEGRAPH 6ick headache with a quarter of a mince pie and that, too, on the ad vice of a physician. One of the party never heard of a mulberry pie, and what a barren life she must have led! We are just through with the cherry pie era, and with what joy it has filled the world! And now we come to the berry era, and first of all these is the huckleberry pie, which berry has rescued from sunshine and soil all the grace of the earth. If a man does not like a huckleberry pie it is because the pie or himself has not been wetl made. The black rasp berry pie stands away up on the snowy peaks of perfection' and for picnic purposes it is unparalleled. When we eat raspberry pie in the woods we feel that the Dryads are feeding us from their lily while hands. There are other glorious pies, of course, but we must save room to say that the glory of a pie is in the grace and charm of the cook. The JULY 23, 1919, pastry depends upon her temper, and the pastry is three-fourths of a pie. If we were going to get mar ried again we would arrange a pastry-making contest and the dam sel that made the best pastry we would marry—if we could.—Ohio State Journal. Making Crime Pit Fine Country Judge—"Ten dollars." Motorist—"Can you change a twenty-dollar bill?" Judge—"No, but I can change the fine. Twenty dollars." —Mass. Tech. Voo Doo. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator- Ad 9
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