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sissippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsyl- 
vania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, 
West Virginia, and Porto Rico), Washington, D. C. 
Region 8 —Alaskan region (Alaska), Juneau, 
Alaska. (Fig. 25.) 
Region 9—tLake States regions (Michigan, Wiscon- 
sin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and. 
Ohio). Milwaukee, Wis. 
In the nine field regions established for decen- 
tralized administration of the national forests the 
work of the regional forester is directed through the 
branches in their several lines. Under the regional 
forester, aSSistant regional foresters are in immediate 
charge of the same specialized activities throughout 
the region and on the individual forests. The forest 
supervisors direct ail activities on their national for- 
ests, and the line of responsibility runs from them 
to the regional foresters and from the latter to the 
Forester. The forests and regions are geographic 
divisions, each with a chicf executive responsible to 
a Single superior executive, who is aided in his super- 
vision and direction of the divison under him by 
specialized branches in his cffice. 
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. . Def- 
inite information as to the times and places at which 
examinations are held may be obtained only from 
the Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. 
Each national forest has in charge a forest super- 
visor, who plans the work on his forest under the 
direction of the regional forester and supervises its 
execution. When the amount of business on a na- 
tional forest warrants it, the supervisor is assisted 
by an assistant supervisor, who has such duties 
and authority as may be delegated to him by the 
_ Supervisor. 
