The Republican journal., 1911-10-05
EXAMINATION FOR ASSISTANT FOR.
EST RANGERS.

EXAMINATION FOR ASSISTANT FOR
EST RANGERS.
WASHINGTON, D. c., October 2. The
Civil Service Commission Withhold an ex
animation for Assistant Forest Ranger
on October 1924, 1911. The U. S. De.
partment of Agriculture estimates that
400 eligibles will be needed during the
field season of 1912. Assistant 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, Mon
tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington and Wyoming. No exami-
nation will be held in Michigan.
The law requires that, 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 exhausted be-
fore eligibles residing in other States
can be appointed, the chance of citizens
of outside States who go to the National
Forest States and take the examination
to secure an appointment is small.
The requirements and duties of Forest
Rangers are thus described in 1.-The Use
Book" which contains the regulations
and instructions for the use of the Ma
tional Forests:
IA ranger of any grade must be thor
oughly sound and able-bodied, capable of
enduring hardships and performing Sc
we're labor under trying conditions. He
must be able to take care of himself and
his horses in regions remote from settle
ment 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 survey
ing, estimating and scaling timber, log
ging, land laws, mining and the live
stock business.
con 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 and its forest
and industrial conditions, is usually de-
manded, 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 perform
ance, is required Invalids seeking light
out-of- door employment need not apply.
Experience, not book education, is
sought, although ability to make simple
maps and write intelligent reports 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 bust
ness with Mexicans.
"Where saddle horses or pack horses
are necessary in the performance OF
their duty, rangers are required to own
and maintain them. The Forest Service
furnishes no personal or horse equip.
ment.
Rangers execute the work of the
National Forests under the direction OF
Supervisors. Their duties include patro
to prevent fire and trespass, estimating,
surveying, and marking timber, the
supervision of cuttings, and similar
work. They issue minor permits, build
cabins and trails, oversee grazing bust
ness, investigate claims, report on ap.
plications, and report upon and arrest
for violation of Forest laws and regula-
tions.''
The examination will consist of ques-
tons regarding the use of the Forest,
supplemented by field test to show the
applicants fitness to do the actual work
of ranger. Education and experience
will be rated on the answers to the ques.
lions on these subjects in the application
form ard on the applicants use of Eng
lish in the written test Horses for the
tests in riding and packing will be pro
vided by the Forest Service.
The examination is under the contro
Of the Civil Service Commission, and no
of the Forest Service. Information il
detail regarding it, including the name!
of the places at which it will be held
will be sent to anyone applying to tn
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. c.
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