Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-08-15
Headquarters
IN THE FIELD
IN THE WEST
Are to Be Established by the
Forest Service 70 Render
More Effective the Work on
Hand.
Cspecial to The Reyiewl


WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-In order
to expedite and render more effective
and economical the work of admins
tering the national forests, field head
quarters are 10 be established by the
Forest Service in the West, and the
clerical force needed 10 complete the
organization will be mainly drawn
from tie force now employed in the
Washington Office. The change will
take place not later than January 1,
1903. and will probably begin by De-
tober /. Of the present year. At pres
ent the national forests are grouped
under six districts, with headquarters
as follows: District J., Missoula,
Montana; District ?, Denver Colora-
do; District 3. Albuquerque, New Mex
leo; District 4, Salt Lake City, Utah;
District ), San Francisco, California,
and District 9, Portland, Oregon.
These headquarters win remain UNI
changed under the new pan of admin
istTation.
Each district viii be in charge of
len assistant forester who will deal
directly with the supervisors of the
IoT6sGs Of his district Only questions
OF special Importance will be sub
Hitted to the Washington Office for
action In this way, the regular bust
ness of tie forests win be in almost
constant touch with the users Of the
forests. The men 10 take charge of
tho several districts have not vet been
selected, but they viii be chosen from
those In tae regular service force VINO
have had most experience in the work
on the nationad forests.
The growth Of the business on ma
tioDal forests, resulting from the use
OF their resources by the public, has
] been steady and rapid ever since the
policy of wide use supplanted the pol
( icy of restricted use, at the time when
/ the management of the national for
ests was placed under the Forest
service. One of the big problems of
administration has been to get into
close touch with the users of the
national forests, and this has already
been partially solved by various ex-
pedients, such as delegating to local
| forest officers the authority to transact
| q large part of the national forest
business. In this way the public and
the service have been brought con-
stantly closer together. A second
step in the same direction was the
lrecent transfer of headquarters for
supplies from Washington, d. c.. TO
! Ogden, Utah A third step was the
/ placing of a branch of the Office of
engineering, which is centrally To-
Gated. The contemplated change is.
therefore. merely the completion Of
plan which has already been par
| italy worked out.
Probably one-third of the clerical
force now in Washington, mainly ste
| nographers and typewriters, will go
| West to complete the organization re-
quired in each field district. 1t is ex-
| pected that a sufficient number Of
clerks in the Washington. Office will de
sire assignments to the field head
! quarters, so that It will not be neces-
sary to send to the field those who
do not wish to go, and no new appoint
ment will be necessary. In making
selections for the new posts the indi-
vidual preferences of the clerks will
be consulted so far as the work per-
| mits.