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DEPARTMENTAL EEPOETS. 



Forest reserves, showing new reserves, additions, and eliminations, July 1, 1904, 

 to June 30, 1905 — Continued. 



OFFICERS. 



On June 30, 1905, the following number of officers were on duty: 

 Inspectors, 6 ; superintendents, 2 ; supervisors, 49 ; rangers in charge, 

 5; rangers, 379; guards, 87; laborers, 5; forest assistants (assigned 

 as technical assistants to supervisors) , 5. 



REORGANIZATION AND POLICY. 



The whole Forest Reserve Service was classified under the civil- 

 service law by the President's order of December 17, 1904. The 

 permanent field force now contains the grades of forest inspector, 

 assistant forest inspector, forest supervisor, deputy forest supervisor, 

 forest assistant, forest ranger, deputy forest ranger, assistant forest 

 ranger, and forest guard. All officers will gradually be brought 

 under this new classification as the necessary funds and as men with 

 the required training and experience become available. The object 

 of thereorganization is that the force shall hereafter consist of men 

 of a higher standard of training and experience, appointed and pro- 

 moted on merit alone, or, in other words, that it shall be as useful to 

 the public which it serves as it is possible to make it. 



The old regulations were thoroughly revised. They are now much 

 simpler and more direct and with much unnecessary office work 

 abolished. This revision went into effect on July 1, 1905. 



Under the new regulations thte resp'onsibility of the men on the 



