234 PROPOSED SYSTEM. 



CASES 22, 23, 24, 25. Issuing on Requisitions. 



. The requisition space may be used by the Ordnance Store- 

 keeper in getting material from Z to complete the issue. This 

 would be particularly useful at a place like Benicia Arsenal, where, 

 on a single requisition, supplies for the field have often to be pro- 

 cured from the following sources : 



1. By direct issue from store; 



2. By fabrication in the workshop ; 



3. By purchase ; 



4. By receipt from Eastern arsenals. 



Having a stock ledger which correctly shows from day to day 

 the amount of material of every kind on hand, the first two cases 

 would be indicated by the stock clerk writing either " from store," 

 or " fabrication " under the words " to be received or issued by." 



The packer would then know that the first lot could be sent off 

 immediately, while the second would have to wait till the stores 

 were made. The third and fourth cases would be indicated on 

 the upper spaces in the usual way for requisitions ; the Ordnance 

 Storekeeper punching instead of the officer in charge. The card 

 thus matches into both parts of the administration of the post. 



The packer would sort his cards according to the sources of 

 supply, so that, like the order tickets described page 146, all cards 

 in hand would represent unfinished business, and would carry 

 their own explanation to any inquirer, however unfamiliar with 

 the history of the requisition. When stores arrived after purchase, 

 manufacture, or receipt from other arsenals, each lot would have 

 its billet, showing for whom it was intended : as it now is, this is 

 largely a matter of memory ; why mistakes are so infrequent, can 

 only be explained by the comparative smallness of the transactions 

 and the long experience of the warehousemen, for delays of rribnths 

 often occur between the first and the last issues on a requisition. 



In punching " Issued " on cards representing issues after fab- 

 rication, the storekeeper should be careful to punch only " re- 

 ceived " on the separate card on which the foreman issues the 

 fabrication to store. As in every other case, he has only to punch 

 according to the facts to have his card right. 



