18 THE NATIONAL FOKEST MANUAL. 



Subsistence and Lodging. 



Forest officers and employees, unless it is specifically so provided by the 

 terms of their employments or included in their appointment orders, will not 

 receive subsistence or be reimbursed their expenses for subsistence and lodging, 

 or other expenses, while at their permanent station or place of employment. 

 They may, however, be reimbursed their expenses for travel, subsistence, and 

 lodging, when absent from their official station on official business. 



Extravagance will not be tolerated, since it is expected that an employee 

 when traveling at Government expense will incur only those expenses which 

 would be incurred were he traveling at his own expense. 



Subsistence in Lieu of Salary. 



Subsistence not provided for in travel authorizations may be furnished to For- 

 est guards or other temporary employees serving under appointments by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture when authorized by the terms of such appointments. 

 In requesting such appointments the district foresters will recommend a reduc- 

 tion in the salary usually paid for the same grade of employee in an amount 

 equivalent to the estimated cost of such subsistence. 



Subsistence at Banger Stations. 



Rangers occupying ranger stations should be paid by visiting officers for 

 meals and for the use of beds or bedding. 



Subsistence from Forest Users. 



It is against the policy of the Forest Service for its officers to accept in any 

 unreasonable measure hospitality from Forest users. It is realized that many 

 Forest users will not accept payment for subsistence and horse feed, but 

 Forest officers should in all cases offer payment. .They should avoid stopping 

 at places where the owners will not accept payment, unless such avoidance 

 will mean great inconvenience. 



Forage. 



When the estimated cost of forage and stabling of horses owned by field 

 officers necessary to carry on their field duties exceeds $75 per annum in the cast; 

 of permanent employees, or $6.25 per month in the case of temporary employees, 

 the excess above the $75 per annum or the $0.25 per month will be paid by the 

 Forest Service upon the certification of the supervisor (see Keg. G. A. 1). The 

 form of such certification will be as follows: 



I hereby certify that this expenditure is to cover cost of forage in excess 



of the estimated" amount of $75 per annum for the use of 



an employee of the Forest Service. 



Supervisor. 



In order to make the payment of such expenses uniform and equitable the 

 conditions surrounding the incurrence of such expenses for each employee 

 shall be reported annually by the supervisor, and he should make careful esti- 

 mates of the amount needed for this purpose for the next fiscal year. This 

 report should show for each member of the Forest force : The number of horses 

 owned and used in official work and initial cost, cost of equipment for horses. 

 cost of feed and stabling, value of feed produced at ranger stations and cost of 

 production, number of days the horses were used in field work, the number of 

 days horses were not used, cost of shoeing horses, total cost of maintenance 

 per year per horse. 



From the suballotment for forage approved by the District Forester the super- 

 \isor will make allotments to the Forest officers for expenses as above, and the 

 amount allotted to any Forest officer must not be exceeded during the fiscal 

 year unless a sufficient reason is given and the allotment is increased by the 

 "supervisor to cover the necessary excess, provided the amount necessary to cover 

 such increase can be secured through a readjustment of the suballotmeuts to the 

 Forest. 



Supplies for Motor Vehicles. 



When Forest officers or other employees own motor-driven vehicles, which 

 they use in lieu of saddle horses or other animals in the performance of their 

 official duties, the expense for gasoline, carbide, and oil will generally be reim- 

 bursed them. Repairs on such vehicles will not be paid by the Government. 



