. The Forest products laboratory : a decennial record, 1910-1920. )pn)])riati()ii for the reguhirstaff eoukl he devoted to war time work, the ainouut was tixe(h Rec-ognition of the situation hy the Forest Service resulted in transferringsmall amounts of money created hy adjustment of work in other fieldsand also in the sending of experienced personnel to assist in the en-larged program. Despite these adjustments, hut little progress couldhave been made without the allotment of funds from the various co-operating bureaus in the Army and Xavy departments. From thesesources came the l)ulk of the
. The Forest products laboratory : a decennial record, 1910-1920. )pn)])riati()ii for the reguhirstaff eoukl he devoted to war time work, the ainouut was tixe(h Rec-ognition of the situation hy the Forest Service resulted in transferringsmall amounts of money created hy adjustment of work in other fieldsand also in the sending of experienced personnel to assist in the en-larged program. Despite these adjustments, hut little progress couldhave been made without the allotment of funds from the various co-operating bureaus in the Army and Xavy departments. From thesesources came the l)ulk of the funds used for carrying on the imi)oi-tantwar program. Additional space, as needed, was made availablethrough the patriotic cooperation of the University of Wisconsin, anumber of whose l)uildings. in whole or part, M-ere vacated and turnedover to the laboratory during the period of the PERSOXXEL DEVELOrMEXTS AT THE EADORATOUV—.lUEY 1017 T< ) JULY 1020 Of the many difticidties encountered in carrying on the necessarywork, the matter of })ersonnel was ever present. The dearth of prop-erlv trained men who could ])e secured at the comparatively low sal-aries which the laboratory was able to pay was always most acute, andwas largely responsi])le for many irksome delays in expanding theorganization. This expansion went forward, however, at a reasona])le 40 The l^oKEST Pkoducts IvAjjokatoky rate, and on armistice day the entire force niiinl)ered that time, the personnel was gradually reduced, and much of theemergency work dropped. However, certain of the ])rojects, espe-cially those of importance in peace-time developments, have beencontinued, support for them being largely fm-nished by the cooperat-ing bureaus. The war expansion and the relative personnel situationtoday and in 1917, prior to the sudden growth of tlie laboratory, canbe seen at a gla
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