The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
AT Leavenworth for Eligibles in the Forest
Ranger Service Thruout the
National Forest

Inc OlVll service COMMISSION Will
hold an examination for assistant for
est rangers this month. The U. S.
Department of Agriculture estimates
that 400 elgibles will be needed dur
ing the field season Of 1911. Assis-
tant forest rangers are paid an entrance
salary of $1100 per annum.
The examination will be held at
National Forest headquarters in Leaven-
worth, October "a and Is.
Forest rangers must be, when
practicable, citizens Of the state or
territory in which the National For
est on which they are appointed is sit
uated.
The requirements and duties Of
forest rangers are thus described in
The Use Book" which contains the
regulations and instructions for the
use of the National Forests:
"A ranger of any grade must be
thoroughly sound and able-bodied,
capable of enduring hardships and per-
forming severe labor under trying con-
ditions. He must be able to take care
of himself and his horses in regions
remote from settlement and supplies.
He must be able to build trails and
cabins, ride, pack, and deal tactfully
with all classes of people. He must
know something of land surveying,
estimating and scaling timber, logging,
land laws, mining, and the live stock
business.
On some forests the ranger must
be specialist in one or more of these
lines of work. Thorough familiarity
with the region in which he seeks
employment, including its geography
and its forest and industrial conditions,
is usually demanded, although lack of
this may be supplied by experience in
similar regions.
The examination Of applicants is
along the practical lines indicated
above; and actual demonstration, by
performance, is required. Invalids
seeking light out-of-door employment
need not apply. Experience, not
book education, is sought, altho ability
to make simple maps and write in
telligent reports upon ordinary Forest
business is essential.
Where saddle horses are necessary
in the performance of their duty, rang
ers are required to own andm aintain
them. The Forest Service furnishes
no personal or horse equipment.
Rangers execute the work of the
National Forests under the direction OF
supervisors. Their duties include
patrol to prevent fire and trespass,
estimating, surveying, and marking
timber, the supervision of cuttings, and
similar work. They issue minor per-
mits, build cabins and trails, oversee
grazing business, investigate claims,
report on applications, and report upon
and arrest for violation of Forest laws
and regulations.
The examination will consist of
questions regarding the use Of the For
est, supplemented by field test to
show the applicants fitness to do the
work of a ranger. Education and ex-
perience will be rated on the answers
to the questions on these subjects in
the application form and on the appli-
cant's use of English in the written
test. Horses for the tests in riding
and packing will be provided by the
Forest Service.
Details regarding the examination,
including the names of the places at
which it will be held, will be sent to
anyone applying to the United States
Civil Service commission, Washington,
D. c.