THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



identification of tree species and other forest 

 botanical work, is also under the immediate 

 supervision of the Forester, and the Chief 

 Lumberman reports directly to him. 



In addition to the work which falls imme- 

 diately under the eye of the Forester, and 

 which used to, but does not now, include the 

 legal work necessary to support and pro- 

 mote the operations of the Service, there are 

 seven principal parts, or branches, in the 

 work of the Washington headquarters. The 

 first of these is the Branch of Accounts, 

 whose work I need not describe further than 

 to say that the Service has always owed a 

 very large part of its safety against the bitter 

 attacks of its enemies to the accuracy, com- 

 pleteness, and general high quality of its 

 accounting system. 



The second branch, that of Operation, has 

 charge of the business administration both of 

 the National Forests and of the other work 



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