The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-10-07
EXAMINATION FOB ASSISTANT
FOREST RANGERS.

gers on October 1924, 1911. The U.
S. Department Of Agriculture estimates
that 400 eligibles will be needed during
the field season Of 1919. Assistant
Forest Rangers are paid an entrance
salary of s1,lOO per annum.
The examination win be held at
National Forest headquarters in Alas
ka, Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas,
Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Neva-
da, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and
Wyoming. No examination will be held
in Michigan.
The law requires that, when praetie-
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 be appointed, the
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who go TO the National Forest States
and take examination TO secure an
appointment is small.
The requirements and duties of For
est Rangers are thus described in "The
Use Book, s" which contains the regula-
tons and instruction for the use of
J the National Forests:
ga ranger of any grade must be
thoroughly sound and able-bodied, cap
able 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 taetfully
with all classes of people. He must
know something of land surveying,
estimating and scaling timber, logging,
land laws, mining, and the livestock
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 en-
plOyment, 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
d performance, is required. Invalids
: seeking light out-of-door employment
2 need not apply. Experience, not book
i education, is sought, although ability
to make simple maps and write intel
igent 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 Ser
vice 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 viii consist of ques-
tions regarding the use Of the Forest, ,
supplemented by a field test to show
the applicants fitness to do the actual
work Of a ranger. Education and ex-
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to the questions on these subjects in
the applicants fitness to do the actual (
cant's use Of English in the written |
test. Horses for the tests in riding
and packing will be provided by the
Forest Service.
The examination is under the con-
troll Of the Civil Service Commission,
and not Of the Forest Service. In
formation in detail regarding it, In
Gliding the names of the places at
which it viii be held, win be sent to !
anyone applying to the United States {,
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. O.