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2. The Circumstances under which an Arsenal may be Established. 
The foregoing definition does not pledge ns to an acceptance of the 
principle that one division of labour is of more importance than another 
in constituting an arsenal; nor should it do so,, for the circumstances 
are varying under which an arsenal may be established, and no absolute 
rule can be laid down to govern every case. 
The following appear to be the general divisions of this branch of 
the subject. We may have to establish an arsenal in— 
(1) England. 
(2) India. 
(3) The Colonies. 
(4) A foreign country, during a war with that country. 
(5) A foreign country inhabited by a savage nation, as in an expe¬ 
dition against that nation. 
In the first case, an arsenal might consist of establishments for manu¬ 
facture, and for storage of munitions of war. 
In the second case, it would probably consist of large establishments 
for storage, with small factories or workshops for repair and replace¬ 
ment. 
In the third case, large establishments for storage, combined with 
the adaptation of any existing factories to the manufacture of such 
munitions of war as could be made in the country. 
In the fourth case, as our base of operations would usually be on the 
sea, we should rarely be able to secure the advantages of the factories 
of the country situated at the centres of population, and the arsenal 
would generally become an extensive depot. 
In the fifth case, also, the storage of munitions of war and the for¬ 
mation of a field arsenal would be the primary considerations. 
In considering the nature of the arsenal we should desire to establish 
in England, I think it must be assumed that the grand factories at 
Woolwich, whose organisation and superintendence have received no 
small meed of approbation from the highest authorities of this and other 
countries, can form no absolute example to the military administrator. 
In the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich are comprised vast ranges of works 
which no state could afford to reproduce and support in a second 
locality. The Royal G-un Factories, the Royal Laboratory, and the 
Royal Carriage Department are establishments we may desire to 
transfer to some more secure part of the kingdom, but whose splendid 
scale we cannot hope to imitate. 
In the establishment, therefore, of an arsenal in England, my remarks 
will apply chiefly to a second-class arsenal, or “ great military depot, 
in which a certain amount of military stores should always be preserved, 
in order that the country may not be deprived of its military resources 
in the event even of Woolwich falling into the hands of an enemy, and 
which may also be used temporarily, to a certain extent, as an arsenal 
of construction on an emergency; or, at all events, as a place for the 
