Show ENGINEERS IN FRANCE FANCE BUSY More ore Constructive Work Under Way ay Than Built Buit Palan Panama a Canal Tours Central France Sept 29 American army engineers arc are doing doin more constructive work in France to today today today to- to day than was ever e Cl dono done on the thc Panama Panama Panama Pan Pan- ama canal stupendous as the engineerIng engineer engineer- Ing lug project was as and moro also than was ever over done In 11 a n da day on all al the tho river and harbor work worl of or tho the United States Hales This comparison gives some sonic idea of ot the thema ma magnitude of ot the tho army construction now hOW going on in Sn Europe exceeding the most gigantic operations ever undertaken under under- taken at nt homo home t The Panama construction ton force was OOOO men here it Is a sized good-sized army In itself It I includes engineer troops and laborers of ot all al kinds for fOl the constructive constructive con con- work and foresters for tor furnishing furnishing furnishing fur fur- the material of construction cutting down forests running sawmills supplying timber and lumber Tho The call cal for material is so tremendous tremendous dous that the tho forestry force Corco will wi have to be Increased before long Already It Is running seventy sawmills and more mOle are arc required to lo keep up with wih the construction With this increase the en engineering force Corce engaged ori on or construction con- con will wIl reach rench more moro than twice as many as were employed ed on the Panama canal tho lar largest est previous lous constructive tive tio t o work tho the United States Slates e cr ever under under- took Traveling across Franco France from the seacoast one sees secs the magnitude of this American constructive work at every hand from Crom the ten miles of or new now docks and piers at the ports then the American Amen Ameri can railway telegraph and telephone lines linc vast areas of oC warehouses shops and factories and finally the great stretches of or military camps and barracks barracks barracks bar bar- racks for or this army of or over American troops But while one sees this work in Immense detached d parts It is only at army headquarters that de details details de- de tails are available on tho the magnitude of the work worl as a n whole On the ono one item of timber and ane lumber thin lum ber for Cor the construction tho the army foresters foresters for tOI esters are called on to furnish nearly board feet of or timber UmbeL of or which about feet is is' sawed lumber This feet Is Ig no rough guesswork guesswork guess guess- guess guess- work but Is the estimate of or requirements requirements require require- ments carefully worked out by the Iho en en- en The rhe pr precise tot total l of or these es estimates es- es is feet feet or QI z over 96 mie mile of lumber This lumber is required d to build docks barracks barrack for lor trench timbering railway construction building barges warehouses warehouse hospitals railway cars and andor for fOI or tele telegraph raph and telephone poles This with the provision for 01 firewood makes maRes tim tho huge hue total of or nearly feet which the engineering foresters must supply for Cor this constructive work II It I is iii this which will wll Increase the forestry forestry for for- estry force threefold and increase the thesa sa sawmills they are running to nearly nearl A |