CHAPTER III 



ORGANIZATION 



The organization of the National Park Service comprises 

 five principal sections as follows : 



(a) Administration 



(b) The Field Service 



(c) The Editorial Section 



(d) The Law Section 



(e) The Publications Section 



With the exception of the Field Service the above sections 

 of the central organization are located in Washington, in the 

 Interior Department Building, on the block bounded by E 

 and F, i8th and 19th Streets, N.W. 



Administration. The Director is responsible under the Na- 

 tional Park Service act for the supervision, management, and 

 control of the parks and monuments, subject to the general 

 direction of the Secretary of the Interior. The office of the 

 Director, therefore, is the apex of the Service's administra- 

 tion, exercising a general supervision over it and deciding all 

 questions of policy arising which cannot be delegated and which 

 are not of sufficient importance to be submitted to the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior. 



Two other offices are connected with the work of the admin- 

 istration, — ^the office of the Assistant Director and the office 

 of the Chief Clerk. 



The functions of the Assistant Director in matters of ad- 

 ministration are twofold: to relieve the Director of matters 

 of general administrative detail; and to act in the Director's 

 stead during his absences in the field. 



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