The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-10-02
SERVICE
NEEDS MORE RANGERS
Competitive E a.
hon Will Be Held Here
on October Is

In order to nii vacancies In tho
ranger fercs Of tho fcrest Service. tho
United states eva service ecmmis-
sion knnounccs al open compcth've
October 60 In Arizona the examina-
ton VIII b held Al Clifton. Flagstaff.
Prescott. Roosevelt. Hafford. Snow-
fiske. S-prinrer.flle. Tucson and will
iantS: and IN New Mexico AZ Alamo
eordo. AituQuerque. Masda, es11.
Santa ~. Silver city, IND Taos. Per
sons deeiTtnz 10 take the examina-
ftf2 from The civil service commis-
sion~ Washington. n. e.. from the
forest supervisor az any Of the exam
nation places above mentioned. or
from the district forester. Aibuqucr-
cue. The commission urge. hat APP
plicants secure this form ,mmedi-
The work OF the FOREST ranger h
largely outdoors. 81 mountainous
fofcsted regions and the forrest SER
vice Il particularly anxious to secure
men who Ike mountain work. arc
WILLING to tndurc hardship II nee
essarF, ANA cau take rare Of them
selves and their saddle horses In re-
mote regions. Applicants must he
aDlc-bndied. and are required to pasa
q medical esAmination: and must be-
between the ages II FL ana 40 years
Persons entitled 20 preference be-
cause Of military or naval service arc
released from < requirements
Rangers must he capable OF perform
ma such manual labor as fighting
trails and teiephone lines They must
have nj icnsf a common school cdu-
cation, and know the fudlmcntu OF
compass surveying. timber scaling
and estiniatIng. land laws. and the
iiseetociS industry. A good fund Of
common sense and some experiences
einesrtnE or numbering. wall mate
rally help applicants.
Applicants who reside In the state
where they take the Examination arc
given preference In appointment over
uou-rcsidenta. No particular neftod
OF ~cifixenship Il required. bur Il must
be bona fide, as shown by the state
mtnfs In the application for rxnmI-
nation. Preference " also given ay
act Of congress to honorably dis
charged soldiers. sailors and marines.
who should attach to their Rpplica-
lions their original discharge. or a
photoHeat copy or certified copy
thereof or their official record uf
service. which viii be returned after
Inspection BY the commission.
Apprentices receive the Initial pay
" Slsa@d ltf year, ana lnOFf whose
services are satisfactory may be al
lowed after the firss month the tenn
porary increase OF $40 per month
granted by congress The c%ontinu-
nnce Of this Increase beyond June 80,
1892. however. Is contingent upon
further action by congress-. In most
cares quarters are provided by the
government. Hangers are required TO
furnish ssddie horses. two being the
usual requirement: but forage for
necessary horses Is furnished By the
government
The civil service commission has
also announced an examination for
"scafcr" at Flagstaff. Arizona, and al
Alamogordo and Santa Re. New Me..
leo. during the two days Immediately
Following The ranger examination,
that Is, on October 2s and -. The
same application blank. form faig.
~ used for this examination as for
the ranger examination. Amy further
Information may be obtained from
the district forester at Albuquerque.