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handle the business of the office during the absence of the 

 latter and should sign correspondence and documents as act- 

 ing supervisor. 



Supervisors have authority to suspend or to recommend the 

 discharge of any subordinate, and also to recommend such 

 changes in their force as the good of the Service may demand. 

 The supervisor should exercise his power of suspension only 

 in cases of flagrant misconduct or gross negligence, and in such 

 cases should at once report in full with recommendations to 

 the Forester. 



Each sjupenasor is required to keep at his own expense one 

 or more horsey with necessary^equipment, for his transporta- 

 tion in the Forest. 



Supervisors are allowed necessary expenses for^boar^Jodging, 

 flnrjjmrs^ fepri wlif^ absent from headquarters on official busi- 

 ness, and transportation when it is^impmcticaUIe^to. use their 

 own horses 



DEPUTY SUPERVISORS. 



Deputy supervisors may be appointed on Forests 

 whose area or business warrants their assignment. The 

 position requires the same qualifications as that of su- 

 pervisor, and is filled by transfer or promotion from the 

 other grades. The dejputy supervisor will -aite^ate 

 wjt]i_the^supervisQr in the office and in the field and will 

 perform the duties of the Supervisor in HTs ITbsencl?. 

 He may be given charge of all field work in a certain 

 district, or over only one line of work, such as grazing 

 or timber sales. 



FOREST ASSISTANTS. 



The position of forest assistant requires technical 

 qualifications of high order, and is secured only through 

 an examination which no man may expect to pass un- 

 less he has been thoroughly trained in forestry and 

 lumbering. Forest assistants may be assigned to any 



