30 FOREST BE8EEVE MANUAL. 



ered about the taverns, etc. , of a town, without organization, 

 without interest, and without experience, is usually a poor 

 makeshift with which to battle a fire. 



Accounts. — Every person who is entitled to compensation 

 for services rendered at a forest fire must sign duplicate 

 vouchers for the amount received for such services. The 

 original voucher is transmitted with the forest officer's (super- 

 visor or superintendent) regular monthly account for the 

 month in which the expense of the fire was incurred. The 

 duplicate should be retained for future reference by the officer 

 submitting the account. 



Full directions for preparing vouchers and accounts will be 

 found in circular of March 1, 1900, regulaiiug the traveling 

 expenses and other allowances of field employees of this office; 



Government employees and parties who have been granted 

 grazing permits or other privileges within a forest reserve, 

 are not entitled to compensation for services rendered in extin- 

 guishing a forest fire. 



2. GUARDING AGAINST TRESPASS. 



Every kind of trespass, but particularly trespass in timber, 

 must be prevented, or reported and stopped. 



Whenever a ranger or supervisor passes by a place where 

 timber cutting is in progress, whether under permit or not, he 

 should, if possible, take the time to examine the cutting. He 

 should see that the timber, if cut under permit, is marked; 

 that the block is blazed and marked; that the logs being hauled 

 away are stamped; in general, that the cutting is done accord- 

 ing to the rules of the Department set forth in the following 

 pages. 



If the cutting is without permit, the ranger should ascer- 

 tain by what. authority the timber is being cut; and if the 

 authority is sufficient he should ascertain if the lines limiting 

 the area are clear, and that no cutting is being done across 

 such lines. 



If he finds that the cutting is without permit or without 

 authority, or finds irregularities or violation of the rules, he 

 should at once collect the facts as required by the form of 

 report on trespass in timber and pi-epare such a report. This 

 report he will transmit to the supervisor. If the case appears 

 to be unquestionably a trespass, the ranger will notify the 

 persons to stop cutting and hauling, taking care to note time 



