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National Forest problems and unusual efficiency in the conduct of Forest 
business. Their duties are to inspect the Forests in their districts, 
see and report on existing conditions, recommend changes for the 
better in both the business and technical management and in per- 
sonnel, and assist the local officers, by suggestions and advice, in all 
Forest matters. | 
Appointments to the position of forest supervisor are made by the 
promotion of competent forest rangers or forest assistants, when they 
can be found in the State or Territory in which the vacancies exist. 
Should there be no thoroughly satisfactory resident forest rangers or 
forest assistants, examinations of other applicants are held. The quali- 
fications for the position of supervisor include all those required of 
rangers, as hereafter outlined, with superior technical, business, and 
administrative ability. 
Supervisors have full charge of their Forests, plan and direct all 
work, have entire disposition of rangers and other assistants, and are 
responsible for the efficiency of the local service. Under instructions 
from the Forester supervisors deal with the public in all business con- 
nected with the sale of timber, the control of grazing, the issuing of 
permits, and the enforcement of all regulations which govern the use, 
protection, and occupancy of National Forests. They keep the records 
and accounts and conduct the correspondence and general office business 
of their Forests, and make reports to the Forester on all matters under 
their jurisdiction. Each supervisor is required to keep, at his own 
expense, one or more horses for his transportation in the Forest, and is 
allowed actual and necessary traveling expenses when away from his 
headquarters. 
The position of forest assistant or planting assistant requires tech- 
nical qualifications of high order. Forest assistants or planting 
assistants may be assigned to any part of the United States, and must 
be competent to handle technical lines of work, such as the preparation 
of working and planting plans, the investigation of the silvics and 
uses of commercial trees, the study of wood preservation, and other 
investigations requiring a trained forester. When assigned to a 
National Forest, such assistants are placed directly under the super- 
visor, from whom they receive their orders and to whom they report. 
They are required to own and keep horses when necessary. 
Lumbermen, technical men, and others temporarily assigned to 
Forests are directly under the instructions of the supervisor and report 
to him on all Forest niatters. 
To be eligible as ranger of any grade the applicant must be, first of 
all, thoroughly sound and able-bodied, capable of enduring hardships 
and of performing severe labor under trying conditions. No one may 
expect to pass the examination who is not already able to take care of 
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