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Pes onne 1                             Auguet 27, 1913. 
Leopold, Aldo 
U r. Aldo Leopold, 
Los Cheneaux Club, 
Mackinac Island, iichigan. near Leo: 
t have Just received your personal letter, but T am answering you officially.

I shall immediately take up the extension of 
your leave, although you know how sorry I feel that it is necessary to 1o
this. 
I have not arswered your short note with reference to the article in the
Antonito Ledger, principally because I have been up in the Carson country
looking into the situation. Since that time I have received from Washington
numerous letters and petitions protesting against the move 4tt. 
to Antonito. The general tenor of Ui* petition was to this effect: that if
the, headquarters are to bfe remcved they should be retained in iew Mexico.
 Taos has put in a very strong plea. I am enclosing you a copy of my report
to the Forester, which will tell you how I view the situation.