Charles Wesley Bird Canadian Forestry Corps; Its Inception, Development and Achievements

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Officers with the following technical qualifications will be permitted to transfer to the Canadian Forestry Corps: Actual experience in lumbering operations in its various branches, logging, manufacturing, shipping, grading, etc., also experience in the handling of men in construction work. Non-commissioned Officers and Men who have experience as mill hands, logging foremen, sawyers, filers, saw hammerers, engineers, firemen, and all other branches of the Lumber Trade, felling, transport, manufacture and shipping of finished lumber. Officers were sent to 'the various reserve Canadian Bases throughout the United Kingdom for the purpose of selection, and the men chosen were despatched to the Base Depot of the Corps.