THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



Forester and his immediate assistants. The 

 Forester has general supervision of the 

 whole Service. It is he who, with the ap- 

 proval of the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 determines the general policy which is to 

 govern the Service in the very various and 

 numerous matters with which it has to deal. 

 He keeps his hand upon the whole ma- 

 chinery of the Service, holds it up to its 

 work, and in general is responsible for 

 supplying it with the right spirit and point 

 of view, without which any kind of efficiency 

 is impossible. 



The Forester prepares the estimates, or 

 annual budget, for the expenditures of the 

 Service, and appears before Committees of 

 Congress to explain the need for money, and 

 otherwise to set forth or defend the work 

 upon which the Service is engaged. His 

 immediate subordinates spend a large part 

 of their time in the field inspecting the work 



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