148 THE USE BOOK. 



When assigned to a forest reserve a forest assistant 

 is placed directly under the supervisor, from whom he 

 receives his orders and to whom he reports. If he has 

 occasion to correspond with the Forester, he does so 

 through the supervisor. He acts as technical assistant 

 to the supervisor in all matters connected with the 

 mapping, estimating, and disposal of timber, or other 

 technical work. He should be detailed by the super- 

 visor to general administrative business only when his 

 technical services are not required. 



Forest assistants are required to own and keep horses 

 when necessary. 



Supervisors having forest assistants will avail them- 

 selves fully and freely of the technical information 

 thus placed at their disposal and are held responsible 

 for so doing. Their services will be used in connec- 

 tion with the examination and reports on all applica- 

 tions for the purchase of timber and wood, and 

 whenever practicable they will prepare the terms of the 

 agreement and conduct the marking. They will as- 

 sume general supervision, under the supervisor, of all 

 lumbering operations. When not occupied with tim- 

 ber-sale cases their services may be used in mapping, 

 estimating, and the preparation of working plans for 

 reserve timber. 



When the occasion arises the supervisor will dele- 

 gate such authority over rangers to his technical as- 

 sistant as is necessary to enable him to carry out his 

 work. 



RANGERS. 



To be eligible as ranger of any grade the applicant 

 must be, first of all, thoroughly sound and able-bodied, 



