62 THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 



priations for improvement and maintenance. This system 

 was adopted in 19 14 by the late Secretary Lane after securing 

 a favorable opinion as to its legality from the Comptroller of 

 the Treasury.-^ 



Under the general supervision of the Director and Assist- 

 ant Director the Field Service At Large is engaged in the va- 

 rious engineering activities carried on in the parks and monu- 

 ments, which activities have been sufficiently described in the 

 preceding chapter. As a general rule both the Civil and the 

 Landscape Engineers make their headquarters in the parks 

 wherein, for the time being, they are actively engaged. It 

 sometimes happens, however, that one of them may be super- 

 vising projects in several parks at the same time; in which 

 case a temporary headquarters may be established at some 

 central point, equally convenient to all the places where work 

 is going on. Thus, when one of them has work going on 

 simultaneously in the California Parks, Crater Lake, Rainier 

 and Yellowstone, he establishes an office in Portland, Oregon, 

 and from there directs the work, going out to the several op- 

 erations from time to time. 



Editorial Section. The preparation of all Service publica- 

 tions, such as the annual reports, books of rules and regula- 

 tions of the various parks and monuments, special bulletins, 

 etc., is entrusted to the Editorial Section, subject to the 

 general direction of the Director and Assistant Director. 

 In addition to preparing the text of all publications, this sec- 

 tion also prepares, through its drafting force, all maps, graphic 

 charts, etc., to accompany publications and all blue prints, 

 charts, etc., required by the Director for the general use of the 

 Service. The section also edits all park publications, such as 

 scientific monographs, etc., prepared elsewhere. 



Law Section, The work of the Law Section of the Service 

 covers a wide range. All legal questions arising within the 

 organization are referred to it, as are similar questions pro- 

 1 H. doc. 515 64 Cong., I sess., pp. 18-19. 



