i 7 4 PROPOSED SYSTEM. 



REQUISITIONS. 



Material is to be procured from store or from Z by first specify-' 

 ing on the face of the card its name and the purpose, and then by 

 indicating on the back in the requisition space from which source 

 it is expected and by whom it is required. The requisition is 

 then to be authenticated by the foreman's punching near the edge 

 of the card opposite, " required by." 



The further course of the card depends upon the regulations 

 of the post. The Commanding Officer may require all issues 

 from store to foremen to first receive his approval ; the embarrass- 

 ing and expensive results of this requirement have already been 

 dwelt upon, page 69. Suffice it to say, that while this course is 

 not recommended, the form of card lends itself as freely to it as 

 to the more direct method proposed ; so that, if demanded, all 

 requisitions, both from store and from Z, may need the previous 

 approval of the Commanding Officer. 



In the ordinary course they should pass from the foreman re- 

 quiring, up through the Master Workman and Executive Officer ; 

 but should a more direct method be preferred, there is nothing 

 in the working of the system to prevent the Commanding Officer 

 from acting directly upon the request of any foreman. 



Should the Commanding Officer wish to order supplies himself 

 directly, he may also do it as freely as before ; but he should 

 have a proper card made out, when, or before, the stores arrive. 



Requisitions from Store. 



As a general thing it is proposed, to have storekeepers honor 

 all demands made upon them by foremen, receiving in exchange 

 for the stores which they deliver the foreman's card punched 

 "received." The storekeeper punches "issued" on the same 

 card, and passes the card on to the stock clerk, to be disposed 

 of as elsewhere described. 



Requisitions from Z. 



When materials are known not to be in store, the requisitions 

 are made " from Z " and should always pass through the inter- 

 mediate channels to the Commanding Officer. The reason for 

 this is, that a requisition generally involves a purchase, which 



