THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



their membership about 50 professional 

 Foresters, and about 65 more are attached to 

 the headquarters at Washington, so that 

 allowing for duplications there are about 335 

 trained Foresters in the United States 

 Forest Service. 



The number of new appointments to the 

 Forest Service in the different permanent 

 grades varies from year to year but may be 

 said to be approximately as follows : Rang- 

 ers, 240 new appointments; Forest Assis- 

 tants, 35; other technical positions, 10. All 

 appointments as Supervisor are by promo- 

 tion from the lists of Forest Rangers or 

 Forest Examiners. 



The yearly pay of the Forest Guard, who, 

 like the Ranger, must be a citizen of the 

 State in which his work lies, is from $420 

 to $900. Forest Rangers, who enter the 

 Service through Civil Service examination, 

 receive from $1100 to $1500 per annum. 



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