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He will also correspond with the chief of the Ordnance Department, and with the officers at the nearest arsenals and laboratories, so as to anticipate, if possible, and provide for all wants of the army connected with his department.

7....The general denomination, "Ordnance and Ordnance stores," comprehends all cannon, howitzers, mortars, cannon balls, shot, and shells, for the land service; all gun carriages, mortar beds, caissons, and travelling forges, with their equipments; and all other apparatus and machines required for the service and manœuvres of artillery, in garrisons, at sieges, or in the field; together with the materials for their construction, preservation, and repair. Also, all small arms, side arms, and accoutrements, for the artillery, cavalry, infantry, and riflemen; all ammunition, for ordnance and small arms; and all stores of expenditure, for the service of the various arms; materials for the construction and repair of Ordnance buildings; utensils and stores for laboratories, including standard weights, gauges, and measures; and all other tools and utensils required for the performance of Ordnance duty. The ordinary articles of camp equipage and pioneers' tools, such as axes, spades, shovels, mattocks, &c., are not embraced as Ordnance supplies.

8....Ordnance and Ordnance stores shall be provided by open purchase, by fabrication, or by contract, as may be most advantageous to the public service. They shall be provided by Ordnance Officers only, except when otherwise specially directed by the chief of the Ordnance Department, or in case of urgent necessity; and in such cases a report and certificate showing the necessity, from the officer ordering the purchase, will be required for the admission of the account of purchase at the Treasury.

9....For the purpose of establishing uniformity in all the operations of the Ordnance Department, a Board shall be formed of officers of that department, to be convened whenever the Secretary of War may direct, to examine and consider all subjects which may be laid before it relating to the Ordnance Department, and report to him its opinion thereon; and to perform such other services in connexion therewith as the interest of the Ordnance Department may require. No change shall be made in the regulations adopted for the government of the Ordnance Department, or in the established models or patterns of Ordnance and Ordnance stores for the service of the

United States, without first being submitted to the Ordnance Board for examination and approval, nor without the approbation of the Secre. tary of War.

10....There shall be established, under the direction of the Secretary of War, as many arsenals of construction as the public service may require; at which all artillery carriages required for the public service, and such other articles of Ordnance stores as the Colonel of Ordnance may direct, shall be fabricated.

11....There shall be established at the arsenal at the city of Washington a Model Office, in which shall be deposited models or patterns of all Ordnance and Ordnance stores, and of all articles of supplies to be furnished by the Ordnance Department, as well as standard gauges, weights, and measures. The models or patterns before being deposited in the model office, shall be submitted for inspection to the Board of Ordnance, and if approved by the board and adopted by the Secretary of War, shall be permanently marked with an appropriate stamp or seal. All Ordnance and Ordnance stores, including gauges, weights, and measures, shall be made conformably to said approved models or patterns, and before they are received into the public service, shall be inspected, by one or more officers specially appointed for that purpose; who, after inspecting the same, if it be found that they correspond, in all respects, with the models or patterns approved by the Board of Ordnance and adopted by the Secretary of War, shall put an appropriate mark on them, which mark shall be previously determined by the chief of the Ordnance Department. All articles which are rejected on inspection, shall, in like manner, receive an indelible stamp of condemnation, in presence of the inspecting officer, which stamp shall be determined by the chief of the Ordnance Department.

12....On the adoption of the several models or patterns of small arms and accoutrements, complete sets of gauges for all the parts of each pattern for small arms, and complete sets of each pattern for the several accoutrements (stamped or sealed) shall be made. One of each shall be deposited in the Model Office, one at each of the National Armories, and one with the inspecting officer of contract arms and accoutrements.

13....A book shall be kept in the Model Office, in which shall be recorded a full description of each model and pattern, and the date of

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its reception, with the names of the officers constituting the ordnance board who approved the same.

SECTION II. INSPECTION OF NATIONAL ARMORIES, ARSENALS, AND ORDNANCE DEPOTS.

ARTICLE 14..Inspections of national armories, of arsenals, and ordnance depots, shall be made under the direction of the Colonel of Ordnance, by such officers of that department as the Secretary of War may, from time to time, designate for that purpose.

15....A thorough and complete inspection of the national armories and arsenals of construction, shall be made annually; and of all other ordnance stations, at least once every two years. At these inspections it shall be the special duty of the inspecting officer to see that the laws, regulations, and orders of the department are faithfully executed, and to give the necessary orders and instructions in writing, at the time of inspection, in correction of any neglect or departure therefrom. He will ascertain whether the persons employed at the national armories and arsenals are efficient in the performance of their duties; whether the number exceeds that required to execute, by constant employment, the business of the establishment; and in case of any excess beyond what may be necessary, he will report the number to the commanding officer for discharge, and immediately after report the same and the circumstances, with copies of all orders and instructions which he may have given during his inspection, to the colonel of the Ordnance Department. It shall also be his duty specially to examine the annual reports, and to give such orders as, in his judgment, may tend to produce as much uniformity in the mode and amount of valuation of property as the circumstances at each place will admit.

16....At the conclusion of each inspection of a national armory, arsenal of construction, or ordnance depot, the inspecting officer will report to the chief of the Ordnance Department the general and particular condition of each; and especially each and every departure from the established models and patterns in all articles fabricated; and also how far the laws, regulations, and orders may have been violated, and in what respects they have not been carried into full operation. He shall keep books, in which shall be recorded all reports which he is required to make, and all correspondence relating to his inspections.

SECTION III. SERVICE AT ARMORIES, ARSENALS, AND ORDNANCE DEPOTS.

ARTICLE 17..The commanding officer of an armory shall have the management and direction of the business, and shall conduct the correspondence of the armory. He shall draw up and publish, under the direction of the chief of the Ordnance Department, all necessary regulations for its internal government; he shall provide the necessary materials, tools, and stores. He shall give directions to the storekeeper, acting as paymaster, in the disbursement of the public funds. He shall have at all times free access to the books of the storekeeper, and may require of him any information relative to the financial concerns of the establishment; he shall engage all workmen, determine their grades, appoint such number of foremen in each branch of the manufacture as he shall consider necessary; and he may displace or dismiss said workmen or foremen when he shall deem it expedient; he will be held responsible that the number of hired men employed at the armory, under his superintendence, shall not exceed the number necessary to execute, by constant employment, all the business of the the armory. In the absence of the commanding officer, the charge of an armory shall devolve on the master armorer, unless the chief of the Ordnance Department shall otherwise direct.

18....The commanding officer of an armory shall make quarterly and annual reports of the inspection of all arms manufactured at the armory, in conformity with the directions in the forms numbered 37, 38, 39; and the master armorer, under the direction of the commanding officer, shall keep a book, in which shall be entered copies of all the inspection reports herein required. The originals of said reports shall be forwarded to the Ordnance office, on the completion of the quarterly or annual inspections.

19....The commanding officer of an armory shall authorize the issue of materials required for fabrication in the workshops in such quantities, and at such times, as may be considered necessary; provided the supply so issued (which shall in all cases be placed in charge of the master armorer) shall at no time exceed the quantity which may be required for use in the course of three months.

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careful to keep each principal branch of the manufacture in an equal state of advancement. He shall be the chief inspector of all materials and tools, and of all finished arms, to be delivered into the public storehouse, and he shall be responsible that the same shall have undergone the proofs required by the Ordnance Department, and shall be complete for service. He shall hold the foremen responsible for the faithful execution of the part of the work with which they may be respectively charged.

21....The foremen at national armories shall keep accounts with the individual workmen employed in their respective branches, of tools and materials, and of work, rough or finished, delivered to, or received from, them respectively. They shall be inspectors and comptrollers, each in his proper department, of the work executed. Suitable distinguishing marks are to be adopted to ensure the due inspection of all parts of the work, and the responsibility of the foremen.

22....The foremen at each of the national armories shall make out and hand to the master armorer certified monthly rolls, specifying the names of the persons employed, the quantity of work performed by each during the month, and the amount due for the same, whether by the established regulations or particular stipulations. And the master armorer shall also certify to the correctness of said rolls, and hand them to the commanding officer, that he may cause the general monthly pay rolls to be made out. The pay rolls shall exhibit the compensation due to each individual for the month, and will become the vouchers on which the payments will be made. The books and accounts of the master armorer and foremen shall be open to the inspection of the commanding officer and his clerks, and are to be carefully preserved, and ultimately deposited in the office of the commanding officer.

23....The commanding officer of a national armory shall, under direction of the chief of the Ordnance Department, arrange all work connected with the fabrication of arms at the armory under classes or heads, not exceeding ten nor less than five, according to the different degrees of labor, skill, or ability required in its execution; and each workman thereon employed shall be assigned to work under some one class; shall be denominated of that class; and shall receive a daily compensation, corresponding thereto such compensation shall

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