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part of the United States, and must be competent to 

 handle technical lines of work, such as the preparation 

 of working plans and planting plans, the investigation 

 "of "the^jilvics and uses of commercial trees, the study 

 of wood preservation, and other investigations requir- 

 ing ^a~Trame3Torester. They may be assigned to Na- 

 tional Forests to assist in technical work, such as the 

 examination and mapping of forest areas and reports 

 on applications for the purchase of timber; in the 

 marking, scaling, and management of timber sales; the 

 survey of boundaries; the examination of agricultural 

 lands under the act of June 11, 1906; nursery work and 

 forest planting ; examination of special uses, and other 

 lines of work which require technical training. They 

 will not be assigned exclusively to technical work, but 

 should be given an opportunity to become thoroughly 

 familiar with every feature of Forest business. The 

 forest assistant is placed directly under the supervisor, 

 who directs his work and to whom he submits his re- 

 ports. 



The supervisor is held responsible for the proper assignment 

 of the forest assistant and the utilization of his technical train- 

 ing and experience. 



Forest assjstajits are required to own and keep horsesfjwhen 

 necessary. They will be reimbursed for necessary expenses in- 

 curred away from headquarters on official business. 



LUMBERMEN. 



Lumbermen are appointed after civil-service examination, 

 to pass which requires much previous experience in woods 

 work and a high degree of proficiency in cruising, logging, and 

 milling. A thorough knowledge of scaling methods is abso- 

 lutely necessary. 



Lumbermen will be assigned temporarily to the Forests where 

 the need for their work arises. The supervisor should fully 



