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able influx of tourists or others, and to assist them 

 in perfecting the system of signalling, of communica- 

 tion and of obtaining mail and supplies. To make his 

 services effective the assistant supervisor should be 

 thoroughly familiar with the woods. He must know 

 every trail and every mountain pass. 



The forest supervisor, who has permanent head- 

 quarters in a town near the reserve, having good mail 

 and telegraph facilities, looks after all the office work 

 and correspondence, and is also required to make occa- 

 sional trips of inspection through the reserve. All 

 instructions are issued by the General Land Office to 

 the forest supervisor, who is responsible for the exe- 

 cution thereof through his subordinate force. 



The forest inspectors are constantly inspecting the 

 reserves, the field force and the general conditions 

 thereof. The inspectors should be, and are men espe- 

 cially qualified in forestry matters. They are men 

 capable of assisting the officers in the field, instructing 

 them in all matters pertaining to forestry in general, 

 and the needs of the reserve in particular. 



All the field men located permanently on a reserve 

 are required to furnish the necessary saddle and pack 

 horses to be used in connection with their work, also 

 camp outfits, which are necessary when the condition 

 of the service requires long patrols. 



The object of the service has been primarily the 

 protection of the forest reserve, and, secondly, the 

 interests of the settlers and residents within the vicinity 

 of the reserve. The idea of withdrawing such a large 

 amount of land from the public domain, the fear of 

 losing the opportunity to use timber and to graze their 

 stock on the lands so withdrawn, caused a great deal 

 of antagonism to the forest reserve plan. This, how- 

 ever, was soon in a measure dispelled when it was 



