Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-10-07
EXAMINATION FOR AS
sIsTANT FOREST RANGERS.
U. 8. Department of Agriculture, Office
Of the Secretary, Washington, D. c.,

Y. .. Department OF Agriculture, Once
of the Secretary, Washington, d. c.,
October 2, 1911.
The Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination for Assistant For
est Ranger on October 1924, 1911. The
U. 8. Department of Agriculture esti-
mates that 400 eligibles will be needed
during the field season of 1912. Assist
ant Forest Rangers are paid an entrance
salary of 81, 100 per annum.
The examination will be held at Ma
tional Forest headquarters in Alaska,
Arizona, Arkansas. California, Colorado,
Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mex
leo, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota,
Utah, Washington and Wyoming. No
examination will be he'd in Michigan.
The law requires thst. when practic-
able, Forest Rangers must be qualified
citizens of the State or Territory in
which the National Forest on which
they are appointed is situated. Since
the list of local eligibles must be ex-
hausted before eligibles residing in
other States can disappointed, the chance
Of citizens of outside States who 60 to
the National Forest States and take the
examination-to secure an appointment
is small.
The requirements and duties of For.
est Rangers are thus described in "The
Use Book" which contains the regula-
tions and instructions for the use of the
National Forests:
"a ranger of any grade must be
thoroughly sound and able.bodied, cap
able of enduring hardships and perform
ing severe labor under trying conditions.
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
a specialist in one or more of these lines
of work. Thorough familiarity with the
region in which he seeks employment,
including its geography aud it's forest
and industrial conditions, is usually de-
manded, although lack of this may be
supplied by experience in similar re-
gions.
"The examination of applicants is
along the practical lines indicated above,
and actual demonstration, by perform
ance, is required. Invalids seeking
light out.of-door employment need not
apply. Experience, not book educa-
ton, is sought, although ability to make
simple maps and write intelligent re-
ports upon ordinary Forest business is
essential.
"For duty in some parts of Arizona
and New Mexico the ranger must know
enough Spanish to conduct Forest busi
ness with Mexicans.
"Where saddle horses or pack horses
are necessary in the performance oftheir
duty, rangers are required to own and
maintain them. The Forest Service fur
nishes no personal or horse equipment.
Rangers execute the work of the Ma
tional Forests under the direction of
Their duties include pa
troll to prevent fire and trespass, estimat-
ing, surveying and marking timber, the
of cuttings, and similar
work. They issue minor permits, build
cabins and trails, oversee grazing busi-
ness, investigate claims, report on ap-
and report upon and arrest
for violation of Forest laws and regula-
tions."
The examination will consist of ques-
tions regarding the use of the Forest,
by field test to show
the applicants fitness to do the actual
work of a ranger. Education and ex-
perisnce will be rated on the answers to
the questions on these subjects in the
application form and on the applicants
use of English in the written test.
Horses for the tests in riding and pack
ing will be provided by the Forest Ser
vice.
The examination is under the control
of the Civil Service Commission, and
not of the Forest Service. Information
in detail regarding it, including the
names of the places at which it will be
held, will be sent to anyone applying to
the United States Civil Service Commits
ainn WASHINGTON n r.