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parison with the entry in the Store Ledger, which will be made from the 
books of the various Storeholders. The D.-A.-S. of this department is 
the natural custodian of all invoices received, until the stores are handed 
over to the Storeholders. The Storeholder receiving stores must be 
responsible for their proper entry in his books. 
The condition of the stores would ordinarily be ascertained on receipt 
by the Asst.-Superintendent, assisted by the D.-A.-S. of Receipt Depart¬ 
ment, and he would decide in the case of “ unserviceable ” or 
“ repairable ” stores the course that should be followed; but in all cases 
the stores must be shown on the Store Ledger as “ received.” 
3. Pattern Room. —Should be in close proximity to the Issue and 
Receipt Departments. The patterns should be arranged according to 
the departments of the arsenal, so that each Storeholder should know 
where to look at once for any pattern. An accurate catalogue should 
be kept, and all drawings carefully arranged. 
Attached to the Pattern Room should be a small library, containing 
works treating of technical military matters. The officer in charge 
must make himself acquainted with all new stores. 
4. Armoury Department. —This department, containing all small-arms 
and materials for their repair, would be an extensive but simple charge. 
The same kind of arms should only be kept in one rack and properly 
labelled. 
In a second-class arsenal, and where a small-arms factory is not 
included, it will be well to have the small-arms workshops near the 
armoury, so that the functionary in charge, who should have been well 
trained in the small-arms factory, could efficiently supervise the work¬ 
shops, which would, however, be under the general superintendence of 
the officer in charge of the other arsenal workshops. 
5. Ordnance or Park Department. —Under this head we may group :—* 
(a) Ordnance, carriages, projectiles, and stores* for garrison service. 
(b) Ordnance, carriages, projectiles, and stores* for field service; 
including materials for repairs supplied to batteries. 
(c) Ordnance, carriages, projectiles, and stores* for siege service* 
In this department we may note the necessity for intelligent classifi¬ 
cation, for accurate tables of equipment and proportions, and that the 
D.-A.-S. in charge, or Storeholder, should be a practical artilleryman. 
For this department large and well drained spaces, with good sheds, 
must be appropriated. 
6. Harness , $*<?., Store , including materials for repair of the same. 
The Storeholder would be selected from the cavalry, or mounted branch 
of the artillery. 
7. Camp Equipment. 
* Not ammunition; 
