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the Commanding Officer's warrant in the usual way; or the 

 packer might punch only in the L. S. section, and the inspector 

 or the Ordnance Storekeeper punch " Issued." A variety of 

 such methods are possible. 



It is not required that each box shall have one card ; stores like 

 ammunition, complete sets of harness, equipments, Catling guns, 

 reloading tools, etc., in original packages, may be lumped together 

 on single cards. But when the set is broken, it would probably 

 be better to make out a separate card for each item, so that the 

 requirements of paragraph 13, Property Regulations, which 

 demand that all such items be accounted for separately, be com- 

 plied with. In such matters a certain amount of discretion will 

 have to be exercised, though as a general rule it may be said that 

 all attempts to " cut corners " by calling in gross for stores 

 accounted for in detail, must result in increased clerical work 

 based upon more or less fugitive and unsatisfactory memoranda. 



