The Ranger 1 a Detail 



*y 

 Roy Boothc 



I am glad to have this opportunity of discussing my 

 cws of the ranger's detail to the Supervisor's office 

 for the purpose of analyzing the in on*'; hi 7 service reports 

 (forras 26). I thin!: the nan roepoarilxls for the idea has 

 started snrething worth while. It will Certainly be bene- 

 ficial to the Service because it creates in us an incentive 

 to do our work more economically and efficiently . In fact 

 it places the men on something of a competitive basis, and 

 shows in figures at the end of the year Just what it coots 

 each ranger district to do its work, as well as the anoiuit 

 of work accomplished with a given sum of money and force of 

 men. If it is beneficial to the Service, so will it be to 

 the men. After the ranger spends three or four days with 

 the Supervisor analyzing and chocking up the work done in 

 his district during the past year, he probably has a clear- 

 er conception of the actual administration of his own dis- 

 trict than he has evor had before. He sees which things are 

 costing the Service more in proportion than they should, and 

 can try to reduce their cost on next year's sheet. In this 

 connection I should like to suggest that as the work is 

 classified and entered en the i?ork Sheet, the district ran- 

 ger be given a copy for future reference, also a blank form 

 so that as he makes out his forms 6 and examines and ap- 

 proves those of the men of his district, he can classify and 

 enter the costs on the " ork Sheet. In this way he can keep 

 a check on costs as compared with the same months of the 

 preceding year. This plan would also reduce the time and 

 labor necessary to classify the activities as shown on the 

 foras 86 in the Supervisor's office at the end of the year, 

 and allow more time for the discussion of the different an- 

 gles of the work, estimates, etc. 



At the risk of getting into deep water and perhaps earn- 

 ing the ill will of the inventor of "Job to job", I also 

 offer the following suggestions: As I interpret the manual, 

 there can be very little time charged to "Job to job travel". 

 Travel time of the ranger is almost without exception connect- 

 ed with a special project or activity against which it is 

 properly chargeable. IThe only object in separating travel time 

 as I understand it is for the purpose of comparison in differ- 

 ent districts or perhaps forests. T/hy, then, wouldn't it be 



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