222 PROPOSED SYSTEM. 



CASES 1 8, 19, 20. Storekeeper's Receipts from Z. 



With the material should come a card, made out by the stock 

 clerk, so that all the storekeeper has to do is to verify the card 

 and punch it " Received." Should no card have come and the 

 emergency require the immediate delivery of the material, the 

 storekeeper should make out the card himself. In such a case 

 he should specify on each card the number of the package from 

 which it was taken, and on one of the lot of cards representing 

 the contents of each package, will give the weight, marks, etc., 

 of the package as provided for in the stock section. In such a 

 case he should have the Commanding Officer's punch-mark in 

 the L. S. section before he punches the card himself; or it should 

 certainly be submitted to the Commanding Officer before being 

 acted on by the stock clerk. See page 1 74. 



Should the storekeeper be so directed, he may immediately issue 

 the material to a foreman by punching " Issued " and sending the 

 card to him with the stores (case 19). If the foreman wishes to 

 hold the material in charge he will simply punch " Received " and 

 return the card to the storekeeper after indicating on it to what 

 order the material is to be charged ; but if he requires it for imme- 

 diate consumption, he will also punch it " Issued." 



Such involved cases, though always required under the existing 

 system, would under that proposed be comparatively rare. The 

 foreman in case 19 would simply receive the stores himself, and 

 the storekeeper's return would not be burdened by the entries, 

 since he would know nothing of them. Case 19 represents a 

 direct purchase by the Commanding Officer, without previous 

 requisition. See page 174. 



Case 20 represents a requisition by a foreman for a special pur- 

 pose. While the requisition is approved, the purpose is dis- 

 approved, and the material is bought for store. The storekeeper 

 acts as in case 18, except that, as the material is not to be used 

 on any shop-order, he crosses the number out at the time he 

 punches the card. This is sufficiently explained by the order on 

 the back, directing its receipt by W. 



