If the lockout's oupplieo got low, tho 

 pat.rol r.an can apeud the day on lookout BO that the lookout 

 .^ar. come down. Very few people realize how good it fe*ls 

 to como down frora a" high r f) k after having to nit up there 

 on ft rock for a month. 



Dor.'t depend on the lookout to see throu(Ji a 

 nountain of rook, or fog or amoko. Sometimes haSo caused 

 from the summer hat will rondor a lookont practically 



IOBB in discovering small fires. This has occurred often 

 over Hayfork valley. 



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WHAT SHOULD THE EQUIPMENT OF A PATROL 

 MAN CONSIST OP? HOW MAY HIS EFFICIENCY 

 Bli INCREASED? 



By Assistant Ranger Bdward Elmgreii. 



In a patrolman's outfit a good bed la of firt 

 importance so he can make his bed wherever night overtakne 

 him, eliminating a {jreat deal of needless travel and the 

 neoessity of returning to hoadwuartdra over night. Viewed 

 from th standpoint of effioienay, one cannot afford to 

 ectmomizobcn this part of the outfit, since to keep always 

 at the highest peint of health, strength and efficiency 

 depend* In a great measure te a good night ^s rost. 



Oompactness and light weight are important. Thie 

 applies equally to other parts of the equipment, suoh as 

 t-nt, fod, cooking utonaile and ether accessories. 



The sl+loii of food io a eorioua probloa* Too 

 much means discomfort and fatigue - to little nanB hunger 

 and perhaps privation. A good deal of labor oar. be saved 

 by not carrying what you won't use. Ky id*a ia to travel 

 light but right. Thero is a deal of difference in those 

 woods - Just aa much as between roughing it versus smooth- 

 ing it. 



It would sem that the Rangers under prosent con- 

 ditions aro not supposed to live in a very comfortable 

 atmosphere: To quote the worde of Stewart Edward White in 

 one of his magazine articles: 



"Tho summer is their busy season. All the raeuii- 

 fold business ef tho Forest is pacing its swiftest. There 

 is fire fighting sometimes sixty weary hours at a stretch. 



Each year brings ita crop of new recruit? .* The 

 newcomer generally cherishe r. hazy idoa that a Rcr. .-'c 



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