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PROPOSED SYSTEM. 



Starting afresh at Benicia Arsenal, the standing orders were 

 first provided for as follows : 



No. of Shop-Order. 



Application. 



I Maintenance of Arsenal and Post. 



2 " " workshops. 



3 Repairs of public buildings. 



4 __ T Work on new shops, then building. 



5 Maintenance of public grounds. 



6 -- " " heating and lighting system. 



7 " " water system (locally important). 



8 Overhauling ordnance and ordnance stores in 



store and for issue. 



9 Overhauling ordnance and ordnance stores in 



the hands of troops. 



IO. Packing ordnance and ordnance stores for issue. 



ii...._ Maintenance of transportation : horses, carts, 



wagons, harness, wharves, boats, etc. 



12 Maintenance of motive power. 



13 : " " shop fixtures. 



14 " " tools and machinery. 



15 " " proving ground. 



16 Private work, to be paid for. 



At both arsenals the numbers soon became as familiar as the 

 workmen's names. 



Foremen are allowed, on their own authority, to issue small 

 supplementary orders based on these standing orders, as it is con- 

 sidered that all necessary precautions have been observed when 

 the Commanding Officer has an assured, though ex post facto, 

 knowledge of their acts. 



Order Tickets. 



Going back to the Shop-Order Book, a definite number of 

 copies of the order are made in brief upon order tickets. 



