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quirement that candidates for the Administrative Service rnust 

 have a visible means of support for at least twelve years of prepa- 

 ration. 



Many men never advance beyond the rank of Oberforster. 

 Those who serve twelve years in that capacity are usually 

 granted the honorary title of Forstmeister. The next step is 

 Regierungs und Forstrat, then Oberforstmeister, Landforstmeister 

 and finally Oberlandforstmeister.* 



The number and salaries of these positions are: 



462 Oberforster "l . ^ ^ ^ 



^ ^ . J- from $714 to $1,714 per annum. 



,578 Forstmeister j ^ ^ v t 1- 



QQ Regierungs and Forstrat 1 . ^^ n. 



34 Oberforstmeister 1"°"" ^''°°° «° «''7'4- 



5 Landforstmeister from $i,6oo to $2,738. 



I Oberlandforstmeister from $3,333 to $4,048. 



These are exclusive of the emoluments — such as horses, stables, 

 pasture, wood, garden, etc. — which the Government grants. 



It is difficult to draw a parallel between these positions and 

 those in the United States Forest Service. In the following at- 

 tempt the differences in organization must be remembered and 

 due allowance made. 



Prussian Service. United States Service. 



Oberlandforstmeister. Forester. 



Landforstmeister. Assistant Forester. 



Oberforstmeister. District Forester. 



Regierungs and Forstrat. Assistant District Forester. 



Oberfoi-ster, Forstmeister. Forest Supervisor. 



Forstassessor. Deputy Forest Supervisor, or 

 Forstreferendar. Forest Examiner. 



Forstbeflissener. Forest Assistant. 



Forest Student. 



It is unfortunately true that the German ideal of public ser- 

 vice is much higher than ours in the United States. The Prus- 

 sian forest career owes much of its popularity to that fact. Be- 

 sides this, it ofifers a delightful vacation and an irreproachable 

 social position. In this respect it is second only to the army. In 

 fact, since the days of Frederick the Great, the army has been 



*See following article on "Administration of a Prussian Forest." 



