OFFICE WORK OF A GARRISON BATTERY. 
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of anything is to be charged three times its declared value remains to 
be settled. Tunic., Is.; patrol, lOd.; annual trousers, Is. 3d.; biennial, 
do., lid.; Wellingtons, 9d.; ankle boots, 6d. 
Great-coats and Capes. 
119. Great-coats and capes are demanded from time to time as 
required. Usually all the unserviceable coats in the battery are brought 
before a Board of Survey in the spring and in the autumn, and are con¬ 
demned. The proceedings of the board are prepared on W.O. Form 130, 
on the back of which is a size roll and a form on which to demand new 
coats to replace those condemned. The same form is used when coats are 
required at any time, although none may be condemned, but only a 
larger number required. The sizes in the roll are generally too short, 
and an extra allowance of two sizes should be made in the demand, 
coats intended for men 5 feet 9 inches suiting men 5 feet 7 inches 
tall. The coat should be long enough to come down to the man's 
leggings. The numerals, grenades, and the chevrons on blue cloth 
required for the new coats are included in the same form, 130. The 
supply, when received, is treated, as to survey and record, exactly as the 
April clothing. Before issue from the battery store all the numerals, 
etc., are sewn on by the tailor, who receives Id. for each coat, drawn on 
W.O. Form 56 after pre-audit. Each coat (and its cape) is marked 
with a certain number, one of a consecutive series, so that all the coats 
that have ever been issued by a battery are numbered in one regular 
series. They are also marked with the man's number, battery, and the 
date of issue. The marking is done with the wooden types used for 
the clothing; for this Id. per garment (see A. C. 2 of 1874) is 
at present allowed to the battery. The charge is recovered on W.O. 
Form 857, sent to Pimlico for pre-audit, passed and returned from there 
with W.O. Form special 20, authorizing the payment, and then entered 
in the Pay List, supported by the two forms as vouchers. After 
1 April, 1880, one allowance covers all charges for marking (A, C. 15 
of 1880). 
120. When a new great-coat is issued, an entry is made in the 
clothing stock book, in the man's account book, and in the detailed 
account, both the last entries being signed by the man, and that 
in his book being certified by the Major. Its issue is also entered 
against the man's name in the nominal roll, and in the clothing 
ledger, a “ |," if it is a new coat, being inserted in the proper column. 
Full particulars of the coat are also entered in the register of great¬ 
coats (see para. 28), and the date of its issue and the name of the 
man receiving it are entered there. Once issued, the coat hitherto 
“ new'’ comes under the heading a part worn," and is accounted for 
under that heading (see para. 150). 
121. A great-coat may be returned into store before it is worn out, as 
