THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



terms, for well he knows that one man at 

 certain times can set more fires than a regi- 

 ment can extinguish, and that the best pro- 

 tection for his District comes from the 

 friendly interest of the men who live in it 

 or near it. 



A Forest Guard is in effect an assistant to 

 the Ranger, and may be called upon to carry 

 out most of the duties which fall upon a 

 Ranger. 



The foregoing short statement will make 

 it clear that preliminary experience as a 

 Ranger may be of the utmost value to the 

 man who proposes later on to perform in the 

 Government Service the duties of a trained 

 Forester. It is becoming more and more 

 common, and fortunately so, for graduates 

 of forest schools to begin their work in the 

 United States Forest Service as Rangers or 

 Forest Guards. The man who has done well 

 a Ranger's work, like the graduate of an 



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