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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



April 



sary funds, and as men of the required 

 training and experience, become avail- 

 able. The position of Deputy Forest 

 Supervisor will be added, the position 

 of ranger will contain the grades of 

 Forest Ranger, Deputy Forest Rang- 

 er, and Assistant Forest Ranger, and 

 salaries will be fixed as shown below : 

 Forest Supervisor, $1,800 to $2,- 

 500 a year ; Deputy Forest Supervisor, 

 $1,500 to $1,700 a year; Forest Rang- 

 er, $1,200 to $1,400 a year; Deputy 

 Forest Ranger, $1,000 to $1,100 a 

 year; Assistant Forest Ranger, $800 

 to $900 a year. 



EXAMINATIONS. 



In accordance with the law requir- 

 ing selection of Forest Rangers and 

 Forest Supervisors, when practicable, 

 from the states in which they are to 

 be employed, regular examinations for 

 these positions are held as required in 

 each State and Territory in which 

 forest reserves are situated. These 

 examinations are along practical lines 

 and include tests in the actual per- 

 formance of field work. Only legal 

 residents between the ages of twenty- 

 one and forty are eligible for Forest 

 Ranger or Forest Supervisor. Ap- 

 plicants are examined as to fitness 

 for positions in the state or territory 

 of which they are legal residents. 

 Only when examinations fail to se- 

 cure thoroughly qualified men are va- 

 cancies filled by the examination of 

 applicants from other states. 



The restriction as to residence is 

 not imposed upon applicants for the 

 Forest Assistant examination, for 

 which the age limit is twenty years 

 or over. 



Information as to the times and 

 places at which examinations will be 

 held, and the steps necessary to se- 

 cure admission, may be obtained only 

 from the U. S. Civil Service Com- 

 mission, Washington, D. C. 



! KRAI, QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES. 

 I'ORKST SUPERVISORS. 



For the purpose of encouraging 

 good men to enter the service and to 

 do good work, as well as to utilize 



their experience, appointments to the 

 position of Forest Supervisor are 

 made by the promotion of competent 

 Forest Rangers or Forest Assistants, 

 when the latter can be found in the 

 States or Territories in which the va- 

 cancies exist. Should there be no 

 thoroughly satisfactory resident, For- 

 est Rangers or Forest Assistants, ex- 

 aminations of other applicants are 

 held. 



The qualifications for the position 

 of Forest Supervisor include all those 

 required of Forest Rangers, as here- 

 after outlined, with superior busi- 

 ness and administrative ability. Ap- 

 plicants should not only be familiar 

 with every detail of the work of the 

 rangers and with the conditions of 

 the forest region involved, but able 

 to handle men, to deal with all classes 

 of persons who do business with the 

 forest reserve management, and to 

 conduct the transactions, records and 

 correspondence of the office. Knowl- 

 edge of technical forestry is desirable 

 but not essential. Candidates for the 

 position of Forest Supervisor are re- 

 quired to furnish the most convinc- 

 ing proof of their moral and busi- 

 ness responsibility. 



While certain general qualifica- 

 tions are insisted upon in every case, 

 special fitness for employment in a 

 specified region is always considered. 

 In many heavily forested regions 

 knowledge of timber and lumbering 

 is more important than familiarity 

 with the live stock business, while the 

 opposite is true in several interior re- 

 serves where grazing problems are 

 numerous and little, if any, timber is 

 sold. 



Forest Supervisors must give their 

 entire time to the service. They have 

 full charge of their reserves, plan 

 and direct all work, have entire dis- 

 position of rangers and other assis- 

 tants, and are responsible for the effi- 

 iency of the local service. Under in- 

 structions from the Forester, Super- 

 visors deal with the public in all busi- 

 ness connected with the sale of timber, 

 the control of grazing, the issuing of 



