Wrought iron: how manufactured; its uses and applications in the manufacture of Ordnance stores. The alloys: familiarity with all those used in the manufacture of stores, and how prepared. Application of Mechanics to Machinery. A thorough acquaintance with all the machines in use at all the Arsenals, Armories, and Foundries; how made; their object and use; capacity, power required to run them, and all the details connected with the subject. (For general list of such machines see Circular No. 60, series 1863, Ordnance Office.) Practical application of the foregoing knowledge to the uses of the Ordnance Department. A thorough conversance with all the details of manufacture and subsequent critical inspection of cannon, with all the implements, equipments, harness, carriages, and projectiles (fitted and unfitted for service) required for their use. All the varieties of small arms used in the service, and the requisite ammunition pertaining to each; all accoutrements and horse equipments; the whole subject of Powder in all its details; general machines for the use of Artillery in field or garrison; and, finally, all the tools and materials furnished or in use by the Ordnance Department. Law and Regulations, and Administration. All the General Orders from the Adjutant General's Office since the publication of the then latest edition of the General Regulations of the Army. All the Circulars from the Ordnance Office, bearing on the duties of an Ordnance Officer, published since the date of the then last edition of the Ordnance Regulations. A perfect knowledge of the administrative duties of the Ordnance Office, its relation to the other Bureaus of the War Department, and a full acquaintance with the method of conducting the business of each division in that Office. Theory of the duties of an Ordnance Officer at the Headquarters of an Army or Department. Practical duties of an Ordnance Officer in charge of a depot in the field. History. History of the Ordnance Department from its first organization up to the present time. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 395. } WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, December 14, 1863. The Paymaster General is, under the direction of the Secretary of War, charged with the military responsibility of the Pay Department in all its details. The subordinate officers, being confined exc usively to the disbursement of public money, are subject only to the orders of the Secretary of War, the Paymaster General, and the senior officers of their own Department, except that they are liable to arrest by the senior officer of the Department, or command, to which they may be assigned for the regular payment of troops. The arrest of a paymaster will be immediately reported to the Paymaster General, in order that the case may be brought before the Secretary of War for such action as he may direct. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: |