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REG. 80. Hereafter the promotion of forest officers on 

 the reserves will be considered only once a year, and all 

 promotions for the year will be made on January 1, except 

 in cases where transfer or assignment entails greatly in- 

 creased living expenses. 



Recommendations for the promotion of their rangers received 

 from supervisors before December 1 will be placed on file and not 

 considered until that date. 



ANNUAL RANGER MEETINGS. 



In order to give the rangers the benefit of each other's experi- 

 ence, to keep them in touch with the entire work of the reserve, 

 and to promote esprit de corps in the service, a general meeting 

 of the entire force on each reserve should be held annually. The 

 time and place of the meeting will be left to the discretion of the 

 supervisor, who may combine with the supervisors of adjacent 

 reserves. It is suggested that such meetings be held during the 

 winter or in the spring shortly before the beginning of the fire 

 season. 



The supervisor should give a brief statement of the affairs of the 

 reserve, an outline of the work accomplished in the past year, and 

 of plans for the future, the idea being to give the rangers some 

 knowledge of what is going on outside their immediate districts. 

 lie should especially invite discussion and suggestions. Any 

 doubtful points on which a ranger desires information should be 

 brought up and thoroughly discussed. Informal talks should be 

 given by the forest assistant on technical problems, such as map- 

 ping and timber 1 estimating, and instructions in the different sys- 

 tems of marking and in silvics should be supplemented by actual 

 demonstration in the woods. Such topics as trail and bridge 

 building, fire fighting, and brush burning should be thoroughly 

 discussed and the rangers encouraged to give each other the ad van. 

 tage of their individual experience. The necessary transportation 

 charges may be authorized on application to the Forester. 



