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OFFICE OF ORGANIZATION. 



Fuel Supply 



The attention of supervisors is called to the following copies of letters from the 

 President to the Secretary of Agriculture and from the Secretafy of Agriculture to 

 the Forester. Supervisors are hereby instructed to take action in accordance with 

 these letters. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 



Washington, June IS, 1907. 

 The FORESTER, Forest Service. 



DEAR SIR: Please note the attached copy of a letter from the President of the 

 United States in regard to fuel supplies for Government offices in the Northwest. 

 You will please take such action as may be necessary to carry out the President's 

 direction, so far as your Bureau is concerned. 



Respectfully, . JAMES WILSON, Secretary. 



[Inclosure.] 



THE WHITE HOUSE, 

 Washington, June 11, 1907. 

 To the SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE: 



The Interstate Commerce Commission urges, upon the recommendation of the 

 president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, that the Federal Government 

 should set a good example by laying in an adequate fuel supply for all its offices or 

 branches in the Northwest well in advance of the next winter, so as to avoid so far 

 as possible the trouble caused by the shortage of fuel in that region in the winter 

 that has just passed. This is excellent advice. You are directed to have a complete 

 stock of fuel at all offices controlled by your Department throughout the West prior 

 to the 1st of October next, so that after that date it shall be unnecessary to buy 

 any coal or wood for Indian schools, army posts, or any other Government uses 

 throughout the Northwest. 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 



Ranger Examinations 



The Civil Service Commission will hold an examination for the position of forest 

 ranger at each supervisor's headquarters on July 23 and 24. Supervisors should give 

 this examination as much publicity as possible and encourage desirable persons to 

 take it. The field part of the examination w r ill be modified so that the examination 

 may be held at or near each headquarters. 



No deduction should be made from the salaries of forest guards on account of 

 time spent by them in taking civil-service examination for the position of forest 

 ranger. 



Allotments and Transfers 



At the beginning of the fiscal year a definite amount of money w r ill be allotted each 

 Forest for salaries -and general expenses. In the case of salaries, this allotment will 

 carry with it a given number of men for a given period. In order that confusion 

 may not result in keeping track of the expenditure of this allotment, Forest officers 

 assigned to a given National Forest should be charged against that Forest unless trans- 

 ferred to another forest for a considerable length of time. If supervisors having 

 charge of several Forests find it advisable to transfer men from one Forest to another 

 for short periods, they may do so, but the men should be charged against the Forest 

 to which they are permanently assigned. If it is found advisable to transfer an officer 

 to another Forest permanently or for a considerable length of time the transfer should 

 be requested, and in this case the allotment will be transferred with the man. 



