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ment may be renewed by the Supervisor at his dis- 

 cretion. The duties of a guard are practically the 

 same as those of a Ranger, the chief distinction be- 

 tween the two positions lying in the precedence of 

 the latter by virtue of its superior grade in the Civil 

 Service lists. 



Forest Ranger 



The administrative field man of the Forest Service. 

 Each National Forest is administered from headquar- 

 ters by a Forest Supervisor. Under him are several 

 rangers, each living on a Ranger District in quarters 

 provided by the Forest Service and responsible for the 

 conduct of Forest Service business in his territory. 

 But the Ranger like the Forest Assistant is liable to 

 assignment for a time to some special project such 

 as Reconnaissance, for example. 



Forest Supervisor 



The man in charge of a National Forest, and responsi- 

 ble for its proper administration to the District For- 

 ester. 



Gila 



Pronounced "Hee-la," the Spanish G having the sound 

 of H. The name of a river in New Mexico, and of the 

 National Forest, covering over a million acres, whose 

 headquarters are at Silver City. It includes the Black 

 Range within its boundaries. 



Jack. Jinny 



The male and female, respectively, of the Burro species. 



Jacob's Staff 



A name which has been since the middle ages given 

 to many forms of staff or weapon, especially a pil- 

 grim's staff. In surveying, the Jacob's Staff is a 

 round, straight rod something like a broom handle, 

 about four feet long, pointed and iron-shod at the 

 bottom and having a socket joint at the top. When 



