New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-10-07
EXAMINATIONS FOR FOREST
RANGERS AND SCALERS TO
BE HELD OCTOBER 1871

H. order to fill vacancies in the an
ger force OF the Forest Service, the
L. 5. Civil Service Commission an
nounces al open competitive exam
nation Tor forest rangers on Oct
ober %. In Arizona the examina-
ton will be held at Clifton, Flags
staff, Prescott, Roosevelt, Stafford,
Snowflake, Springerville, Tucson and
Williams, and in New Mexico at Ala
mogordo, Albuquerque, Magdalena,
Santa Fe, Silver City, and Taos. Per-
sons desiring to take the examination
may secure application form 1872 from
the Civil Service Commission, Wash
ington, d. C., from the Forest Sup
ervisor at any OF the examination
places above mentioned, or from the
District Forester, Albuquerque. The
Commission urges that applicants Sc
cure this form Immediately.
The work OF the forest ranger is
largely outdoors, in mountains for
ested regions, and the Forest Service
is particularly anxious to secure men
Who like mountain work, are willing
TO endure hardship if necessary, and
can take care OF themselves and their
Saddle-horses in remote regions, Ap-
p~licants must be able-bodied, and are
required to pass a medical eXamina-
ton; and must be between the ages
oi tWenty-one and forty years. Per-
sons entitled to preference because of
military or naval service are released
from age requirements. Rangers must
be capable OF performing such manu-
al labor as fighting forest fires, and
building cabins, trails, and telephone
lines. They must have at least a
common school education, and know
the rudiments OF compass surveying,
timber scaling and estimating, land
laws. and the livestock industry. A
good fund OF common sense and some
experience in kindred lines OF work
such as engineering or numbering, will
materially help applicants.
Applicants who reside III the state
where they take the examination are
given preference in appointment over
uOu-residents. No particular period
OF citizenship Is required, but it must
be bona tide, as shown by the state
ments in the application Tor eXamina-
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OF congress to honorably discharged
soldiers, sailors, and marines, who
should attach 10 their applications
their original discharge, or a photo
stat copy or certified copy thereof,
their official record OF service,
will be returned after inspcc-
ton by the Commission.
Appointees receive the initial pay
Of Sl20 per year, and those whose
services are satisfactory may be al
after the first month the tenn
porary increase OF 81 per month
granted by Congress. The continue
ance OF this increase beyond June 80,
1922. however, is contingent upon fur
thcr action by Congress. In most
cases quarters are provided by the
Rangers are required to
furnish saddle-horscs, two being the
usual requirement; but forage for
horses is furnished by the
The Civil Service Commission has
also announced an examination for
'%scaler' at .Alamogordo and Santa Fe,
New Mexico, during the two days
immediately following the ranger eX-
animation. that is. on October 20 and
y. The same application blank, form
1872, is used for this examination as
Tor the ranger examination. Any fur
her information may be obtained from
he District Forester at Albuquerque.