Military Laws And Rules And Regulations For The Armies Of The United States.

Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office Washington, May 1st , 1813

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
MAY 1, 1813.

1. Of Laboratories.

There shall be three principal laboratories in the United States; one in the neighborhood of ____, the neighborhood of _____, and one near _____.

At each of these laboratories the head of the department will cause to be bought ten acres of land, and have thereon erected workshops competent to the accommodation of forty workmen, and barracks for the further accommodation of the same, with the necessary magazines and store houses.  The workmen at each of the said laboratories shall be engaged for a term of service not less than five years, and at the rates prescribed by law; and at each there shall be one master wheelwright and carriage maker, and one master blacksmith, the whole to be under the direction of the Commissary General, or of some one of his officers.  It is however, understood, that, if workmen cannot be engaged for a term as long as five years, the Commissary General may engage them for a shorter period.  And he is also authorized to employ women and children, at low wages, in all work which can be as well performed by them as by men; and accounts regularly presented and certified by him, of the amount of all wages for work done under this regulation, shall be paid by the paymaster of the army.

At these workshops shall be made all gun carriages, ammunition wagons, travelling forges, and every other apparatus for the artillery, and shall be prepared all kinds of ammunition for garrison and field service.

2. Inspection of Powder, &c.

It will be the duty of the Commissary General of Ordnance to call upon the Commissary General of Purchases for the names and places of residence of all persons engaged in making powder, cannon, cannon shot, or other ordnance stores, under contract with the United States, and on notice of the time of delivery of such articles, he will cause the same to be duly proved and inspected.  Until thus previously inspected and proved, no ordnance, cannon balls, shells, shot, or powder, shall be received or paid for by any public agent of the United States.

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