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Forest, moreover, a great deal of money must be spent 

 for roads, trails, bridges, and telephone lines before 

 the resources can be used. Nevertheless, 91 of the 

 National Forests paid their local operating costs in 

 1920. 



Qualifications and Duties of Forest 



Officers. 



All permanent positions in the Forest Service are 

 in the classified civil service. Vacancies are filled 

 through selections from eligibles certified by the 

 Civil Service Commission and by promotion in rank. 

 Definite information as to the times and places at 

 which examinations are held may be obtained only 

 from the Civil Service Commission, Washington, I). C. 



Each National Forest is in charge of a forest super- 

 visor, who plans the work on his Forest under the 

 instructions of the district forester and supervises its 

 execution. When the amount of business on a Na- 

 tional Forest warrants it, the supervisor is assisted 

 by a deputy supervisor, who has such duties and 

 authority as may be delegated to him by the 

 supervisor. 



Supervisors and deputy supervisors have to be men 

 of experience in woods work, road and trail building, 

 the stock business, and in all other lines of work 

 carried on in the National Forests ; so the positions 

 are always filled by the promotion or transfer of ex- 

 perienced men from classified positions in the Forest 

 Service. Supervisors' headquarters are located in 

 towns conveniently situated with regard to tho 

 Forests. 



Forest assistants are employed in the various sub- 

 ordinate lines of technical and administrative work 



