The white pine blister rust is a destructive disease of five needle pines. It is caused by a parasite fungus and like some other rusts, it requires two distinct host plants in order to complete its life cycle. These are first, the five needle pines and second, the cultivated and •wild currants and gooseberries.

On the entrance of America into the great war, following the example of England and at the instigation of the United States Forest Service our government immediately started the organization of lumbering units to supply the needs of her army.

Due to the great devastation to reproduction and young growth caused by fire and lumbering (the former by far the greater cause) District I of the United States Forest Service has for a number of years past, resorted to artificial regeneration or forest planting.

All good stories should have an introduction, and as the collaborators wrote distinct accounts of the sinking of the Tuscania, it is necessary to harmonize the stories somewhat. It was the original intention of the editor to combine the separate narratives of the authors into a single story, but each was distinct enough to merit printing entire. Suffice to say that each got off the boat alright, which seemed to be the principal object in view at the time. The editor met Shorty Hoyer a month or so later and he was very willingly chopping wood in France. Nevertheless, we are proud of the fact that we had five Ames foresters on the Tuscania and are more than glad that they are still with us. -Editor’s Note.