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mail of the address registered. In communicating with the Wash- 

 ington office by wire address only "Forester, Washington, D. C.," 

 and sign the last name only. Whenever a supervisor leaves his 

 headquarters he should notify his telegraph office of the place 

 where he can be reached by mail when not in direct telegraphic 

 communication. Supervisors need not hesitate to use the wire 

 when important matters demanding quick action arise, but they 

 must make all telegrams as brief and condensed as possible. 



FILING. 



Press copying will be discontinued. A. carbon copy will be 

 made of every letter written in the supervisor's office and attached 

 to the letter to which it replies by a metal fastener, and the two 

 should always be filed together. 



The standard filing case (see fig. 2) for reserve headquarters 

 will consist of three units with top and base. These units will be 

 designated sections 1, 2, and 3. Up to the present time a fourth 

 unit has been supplied to forest reserve headquarters. This unit, 

 which will be designated as section 4, no longer constitutes a part 

 of the standard filing case. Section 1 consists of a 4-drawer map 

 (33 /x by 14" by 25") unit. Section 2 consists of a 2-drawer verti- 

 cal (33 X/ by Hi" by 17") unit. Section 3 consists of a 9-drawer 

 correspondence (33" by 14%" by 17") unit. Section 4 consists of a 

 6-drawer document unit. Additional units (except section 4) will 

 be furnished, when required, on requisition to the Forester. 



USE OP FILING CASES. 



Section 1 will be used for keeping maps, printed blanks, sta- 

 tionery, etc. 



Section 2 will be used for filing documents, correspondence, and 

 other papers relating to designated transactions. Subject guides 

 with printed headings as follows will be used: "Timber sales," 

 "Timber Settlements," "Free use," "Privileges," "Claims," 

 ' ' Trespass, " " Grazing cattle and horses, " " Grazing sheep and 

 goats." Behind each subject guide will be filed the papers relat- 

 ing to the transactions under that subject. The papers relating to 

 a particular transaction will be kept in a folder, upon the upper 



