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period or termination of appointment at the end of this period is proposed, the 

 probationer must be notified in writing that his conduct or capacity is not 

 satisfactory, with a full statement of reasons, and this notice will terminate his 

 services. Copies of this statement, in duplicate, should accompany the recom- 

 mendation, which should contain a concise statement of the reasons. 



Time Limit to Suspension Pending Disciplinary Action. 



Pending action looking to removal or reduction for misconduct or delinquency, 

 a member of the Service may be suspended or temporarily removed for a period 

 not to exceed 90 days, but "the reasons for such suspension or temporary re- 

 moval must be furnished the member and must be given in the recommendation 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture. Copies of the statement of reasons, iu duplicate, 

 should accompany the recommendation. If the member is charged with Gov- 

 ernment property, approval of his salary and reimbursement vouchers should be 

 withheld until the property accountability has been satisfactorily settled. 



Letters Recommending Personnel Changes. 



Letters of recommendation to the Secretary of Agriculture, for the signature 

 of the Acting Forester, should be prepared with black record ribbon, with three 

 carbon copies. The original recommendation and two carbon copies will be 

 sent to Washington, and the third carbon held by the district fiscal agent in a 

 waiting file. If any change is made in the recommendation as submitted, a 

 carbon copy showing the change will be sent to the district fiscal agent. If, 

 however, the letter is signed as submitted, a carbon copy stamped with the sig- 

 nature of the Acting Forester will be returned to the district fiscal agent for 

 substitution for the waiting-file carbon, which will then be destroyed. 



Recommendations should always be written on letter paper headed : " United 

 States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service." In every case these letters 

 should be prepared without date. 



Care in Giving Names. 



Names must be correctly given in recommendations, and not nicknames or 

 slang names. Care must be taken to give the name in a recommendation for 

 appointment exactly as it appears on the certificate of the Civil Service Com- 

 mission. In the case of guards, the first name, middle initial or initials, and 

 surname in full should be given. 



COMPENSATION FOB INJTJEIES. 



By an act of Congress approved March 11, 1912, the provisions of the act of 

 May 30, 1908, which grants to certain classes of employees of the Government 

 engaged in hazardous employment the right to receive from it compensation 

 for injuries received in the course of their employment, were extended to in- 

 clude the Forest Service. The compensation which can be given under this 

 act is limited to one year's salary payable to men incapacitated for that period, 

 or to dependent relatives in case of death which results from such injuries 

 before the expiration of the year; when the complete disability continues for 

 a period less than one year, it is limited to such period at the yearly rate. 



The Department of Commerce and Labor, which has charge of the adminis- 

 tration of this statute, has issued complete instructions governing the procedure 

 to be followed by employees desiring to -take advantage of its provisions. These 

 instructions are furnished to every supervisor. 



CHANGES IN BEGTJXATIONS AND INSTRUCTION^. 



Issued from Washington. 



Notice of changes in the regulations or instructions will be published as 

 amendments to the National Forest Manual. 



As it becomes necessary to modify and add to the National Forest Manual, 

 successive changes or additions will be printed separately, as amendments, on 

 pages of identical size and type with the Manual. Each amendment to the 

 regulations will be given a serial number, beginning with "Amendment No. 1, 

 Regulations," and each amendment to the instructions will be give a serial 

 number beginning with "Amendment No. 101, Instructions." In addition to 

 the serial number, each amendment will indicate the part and page of the 

 Manual to which it relates. 



