OFFICE WORK OF A GARRISON BATTERY. 
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172. The practical working of the system may he best understood 
by a specimen case. Anew patrol jacket is, for some reason, demanded 
and received from Pimlico in September 1879. On arrival it is duly 
surveyed and entered as received at page 4 of the clothing ledger (its 
P.C. number being given), and in the current page of the stock book. 
In-March 1880 it is issued to Recruit Elton, as part of his annual 
clothing; its issue is noted in the stock book, “ New" part, in the 
man's account book, and in his page of the detailed account. In the 
ledger a black “ | " is put against Gunner Elton's name in the column 
for “ Jackets " in the nominal roll. On the 31st March, 1880, when the 
ledger is made up, this jacket is included among a total of 144, shown as 
issued to men at page 11, and at page 19 as brought on as part worn from 
issues; it is also included at page 21 among a total of 288 “ in wear," 
while in the man's sheet of the Detailed Account" it is included as 
one of the two jackets shown as G. Elton's “remain" on the same 
date. In the new ledger, opened on 1st April, this jacket is included in 
the total remain carried on, “ Part Worn," at page 19. On the 1st 
January, 1881, G. Elton is transferred from 18-24 to 19-24, and 
takes this jacket with him. No. 18-24 strike off the jacket, entering 
a black “ ’80 " in the jacket column of “ Taken away by Transfers " in 
the nominal roll of the ledger, against G. Elton's name; and carrying 
out that entry to the total shown at pages 27 and 21. In the detailed 
account a “remain" is struck in G. Elton's sheet, and the articles in 
his possession as recorded there, and as proved by actual inspection 
to be with him, are inserted in the transfer clothing return, this 
jacket being shown by a “ [ " in the jacket column, to last to 31st 
March, 1881. No. 19-24 take up the jacket on their charge in the 
same manner, entering it as a black “ '80" in the jacket column of 
te Received with Transfers," and carrying it, on the 31st March, 1881, to 
the totals at pages 19 and 21. They also open a new sheet in their 
detailed account for G. Elton, taking up the jacket by its date “'80." 
At the end of March, 1881, the jacket is examined, as it has worn its 
full time, it is found to be still useful, and is returned to the man. On 
the 31st March, 1881, No. 19-24 close their ledger, and as this jacket is 
part of the “ remain " in G. Elton's sheet of the detailed account they 
insert in the nominal roll the date of its original issue, “ ’80," in red 
ink in the proper column against his name; the jacket is also included 
among the total shown at page 21 “In wear." In July 1881 G. Elton 
is discharged by purchase, his detailed account is closed, and the jacket 
and the other articles shown in his “ remain " there are entered in the 
stock book # (P.W.) as received into store. On the 1st August, 1881, 
it is issued to a recruit, G. Green, and is therefore entered as an issue 
in the stock book, and in G. Green’s “ detailed account ” as well as in 
his account book, the original date, '80, being inserted in each book. 
On 1st March, 1882, it is again examined, found to be useless, taken from 
the man and returned to store. Its withdrawal is entered in the man’s 
detailed account, and its receipt into store in the stock book. It is then 
formally surveyed and condemned, authority for its return is obtained 
and it is sent off to Pimlico, or the Arsenal, as ordered. Its issue to 
Pimlico is entered in the stock book (P.W.) and in the ledger at page 
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