CONTENTS. 5 



Control of forest force Continued. Page. 



Compensation for injuries. 34. 



( Changes in regulations and instructions ,", I 



Issued from Washington 34 



Issued from district offices 35 



icial correspondence : 



Classification 35 



Washington office 35 



Departmental correspondence 35 



Service correspondence 35 



Branch correspondence 35 



Office correspondence 35 



District office 35 



Departmental and Service correspondence 36 



District correspondence 36 



Supply depot and property audit correspondence 36 



Signing , 36 



Prompt action required 36 



Washington office 36 



District offices details as acting district forester 36 



Supervisors' offices 36 



Clerks seldom acting supervisor. . 36 



Distribution 37 



Duties of mail clerk 37 



References to other offices and districts 37 



Reference to other departments and bureaus 37 



Letters on law matters 37 



Form of correspondence 37 



Washington and district offices 37 



Spacing 37 



Neatness 37 



Copying ribbon Record ribbon 37 



Margin 38 



Legal documents 38 



Numbering pages Initialing pages 38 



Paper 38 



Date 38 



Address 38 



Salutation 38 



Complimentary close 38 



Language Brevity 38 



Avoid preambles 38 



Form of acknowledgment Reference to key initials 38 



Courtesy 38 



Severity 39 



Impersonal tone 39 



Punctuation 39 



Promises 39 



Letters of identical instructions 39 



National Forest offices 39 



Supervisors' offices 39 



Rangers' correspondence 39 



Record of promises 39 



The promise card box 39 



Follow-up system 40 



Requests to field officers 40 



Carbons 40 



Carbons mailed for information 40 



Instructions in carbons 40 



Carbons to secure approval of recommended action 41 



Initialing 41 



Every document must be dated and initialed or signed 41 



Washington and district offices 41 



Letters affecting more than one branch 41 



Stenographer's initials Initialing for inclosures or promised action . . 41 



Telegrams 41 



Supervisor's office 42 



