UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 179 INSTRUCTIONS. 



General Administration and Protection. The Instructions 

 under the heading ki Field Equipment and Expenses of Forest Offi- 

 cers ? - are amended by adding, on page 18, the following paragraph: 



Reimbursement for horses and equipment lost, damaged, or destroyed 

 while in official use. 



In accordance with the authority granted in the agricultural ap- 

 propriation act approved March 4, 1913. owners of horses, vehicles, 

 and other equipment lost, damaged, or destroyed while being used 

 for necessary fire fighting, trail work, or official business will be re- 

 imbursed. Xo distinction in this regard is made between animals 

 and equipment hired from outside owners and those owned by forest 

 officers. The claim should be submitted on Form 5 A voucher in the 

 same manner as all other claims for supplies or equipment purchased 

 in the field and will be approved by the supervisor or other respon- 

 sible officer and charged against any available funds in the appro- 

 priation to which the hire of such equipment is properly chargeable. 

 In every case a full explanation of the circumstances will be at- 

 tached to the claim when it is presented to the administrative officer 

 for approval. All claims either of outside owners or of forest officers 

 will be submitted to the district assistant to the Solicitor for deter- 

 mination as to whether under the particular facts reimbursement may 

 properly be allowed. 



A. F. POTTER, 



Acting Forester. 



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" investigate the comparative advantages as Headquarters of "all the towns in the 

 vicinity of the Forest, and will then submit definite recommendations to the 

 Forester. The Forest Supervisor is responsible for the selection of suitable 

 quarters for his office foivp and property. Whenever quarters become unsuit- 

 able the supervisor will submit recommendations to the District Foivstrr after 

 investigation, for securing new quarters. Leases for supervisor's offices mav 

 be prepared by the supervisor under instructions from the District Forester 



