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for temporary patrol and protective work, or when it 

 is impossible to get rangers from the list of eligibles 

 furnished by the Civil Service Commission. 



In all cases application for employment as forest 

 guard should be made to the supervisor. Preference 

 in the appointment of guards will always be given to 

 local residents, especially those who desire to take the 

 civil-service examination for forest ranger. 



In recommending the appointment of a forest guard the , 

 supervisor should state his full name and the date on which 

 he is to begin work. When appointments are recommended by 

 telegraph, a copy of the telegram should be forwarded im- 

 mediately by mail, or the spelling of the name confirmed by 

 letter. This is absolutely necessary, since appointments are 

 not signed until the confirmation is received, unless the proper 

 spelling is already a matter of record in the Washington 

 office. Supervisors should fully inform all applicants of the 

 conditions under which they will serve. Guards must not 

 begin work until the supervisor has been informed of the date 

 on which their appointments take effect. 



MEETINGS. 



In order to give Forest officers the benefit of each other's ex- 

 perience, to keep them in touch with the entire work of the 

 Forest, and to promote esprit de corps, a general meeting of 

 the entirejforce on each Forest should he held annually The 

 time and place of the meeting will be left to the discretion of 

 the supervisor. If possible he should hold a Joint meeting with 

 the supervisors of adjacent Forests. Such meetings should 

 ~fenefariyn5e" held during the winter or in the spring shortly 

 before the beginning of the fire season. They should be held, 

 as far as possible, not in towns, but on the Forests. Meetings 

 in large towns and cities should especially be avoided. Admin- 

 istrative officers from Washington and inspectors will be pres- 

 ent at these meetings whenever possible. 



