124 



CORSICA 



acting as chief clerk, and 4 clerks; 5 inspectors and 5 clerks, 

 4 assistant inspectors who are ranger district (cantonment) 

 chiefs, 4 forest assistants, 24 rangers (i communal) and 114 

 assistant rangers ("guards") of whom 56 are communal. The 

 area per unit in 1887 and 1911 in hectares and acres (in paren- 

 theses) is shown below: 



TABLE 15 



21 Unpublished official report dated 1887, complete statistics on the forests of 

 Corsica are given after page 209. 



Pay. The pay of the superior force is on the same basis 

 as in France, with the following supplements: Conservator 1200 

 francs ($231.60); inspector 1000 francs ($193); assistant in- 

 spector 800 francs ($154.40) ; forest assistant 600 francs ($115.80). 

 The rangers receive no supplements; the guards are paid from 

 60 to 70 francs ($11.58 to $13.51) a month with quarters, fuel, 

 garden, and extra pay for calipering and for marking when 

 working off their beat. While the guards' salaries are perhaps 

 one-seventh what is paid an assistant ranger in the United 

 States, the requirements as to quality and quantity of work do 

 not approach our standards. 



Work and Duties. The year's work perhaps could be 

 compressed into what we should consider 2 months' service. 

 An American federal forester would say that there were at 

 least twice too many guards. As one guard remarked, "We 

 would rather have better pay and more work; even doing 

 nothing is fatiguing if one must remain on official duty." Dur- 

 ing the slack season the guards make cleanings, and put in 

 their time on station maintenance by painting, repairing, and 



