July 1 of -1C wn uvl on .uUut 1 of 47 men, 9 of whom 

 ver* en t'..e .it&tutory roll. Thlo was Sndeponuont of the 

 rr>ccnTiaiBjar.ce croxv and the nembera of the Supervisor's 

 oVice. Phi 3 total Included tl-g loolrovts, ar.d rr v ldod 

 a field force In each rangar district of froa six to eight 

 men, according to the riak of each rile trio t and the value 

 of the resource a. 



The Immediate uuperviclon of the ren aosipTiod to 

 each district was Dittoed in the hands of the Uietrict 

 i.unfer. for put.-olmen, five Aosistant Rangers wore 

 secured fron the Civil Service register, for six months 

 service each, but for shorter periods the list ^aa of no 

 use. LiOOAl man were finally secured who were Billing to 

 be employed for the ohort ^oriocls and furnish thoir own 

 personal eqviipment of saddle horse, yaclc horne, tc. 

 r .ach i atrolinan was aeoigned a station and required to ride 

 a definite route. 



Proti oone of the stations as many as three patrol 

 routes wre laid out on the higher ridges, in a circle, 

 ancl all o? them ovarlooklng that particular fire division. 

 These rides were made on alternate days. 



patrolman's riding equipment v/ae a lipht are, 

 in a marking hatchet sheath, short handle shovel n&de by 

 sawing six inches off the handle of a Carter shovel and 

 trimming f/4" off the outer edge of the blade, and a half 

 gallon canteen. This nade a light outfit, not unwieldy 

 to carry, and still effective. 



It was the duty of each patrolman to report to the 

 District Ranger before leaving quarters in the iroming and 

 on his return, as well as at any other time luring the day 

 whenever a ^hone -.vas reached. The part of this system 

 that Joes not harr.onize is that patrolmen were out of 

 telephone coraounication while riding. There oeeros to be 

 no way of avoiding this at present, but where the number 

 of nen is very limited, the advantage of patrol more than 

 offsets the disadvantage of being out of telephone com- 

 munication a part of tho ti^e. At least, this applies in 

 a broken country where men can ride on the hirher" elevations 

 which obtain a good view of surrounding country. It fre- 

 quently happendd last season that the patrolman discovered 

 fires before they were seen by the lookouts. TjOokout 

 patrol on the Trinity has proved superior to any other. 



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