Box 1
General Orders—Outgoing Memorandums
Folder 1:
▪ General Orders (1940-1948)
▪ Uniforms, Badges, Holidays, Regulations, Organization
▪ Death of Lt. Hungerpillar (11 November 1943)
- First civilian employee to make the “supreme sacrifice for his country” by sinking a Japanese destroyer
▪ Good Conduct Medal (April-December 1944)
- List of men
▪ Official and only title is “Augusta Arsenal” not “Augusta Ordnance Depot” (3 April 1944)
▪ Organization in detail (8 August 1945)
▪ Announcement of FDR’s death (14 April 1945)
Folder 2:
▪ Field Service Orders (1946)
▪ Ammunition Storage Space (11 January 1945)
- Igloos and Magazines
▪ Standard operating procedures, inspection, ammunition storage, materiel
▪ Stock Status Reports on Parts, Supplies, Tools and Equipment (except ammunition) (21 January 1926)
Folder 3:
▪ General Circulars (1945)
- Reporting improvements, POWs, Telephone calls
- Position of “Civilian Chief” (27 June 1945)
Folder 4:
▪ SOP Circulars (1946)
- Reporting motor vehicle accidents, safety, cost, inventory, veterans, shipments
- Establishment of Vehicle Division (23 April 1946)
Folder 5:
▪ C.P. Circular (1947)
- Civilian personnel circulars (commendation, disciplinary action, suspension, or removal)
- Personnel Management (12 November 1947)
- Revised salary and wage program of Augusta Arsenal (17 July 1947)
Folder 6:
▪ Augusta Arsenal Memos (1944)
- Establish personnel records on all employees (as well as Veteran Preference) (16 September 1944)
- Leave for Wives of Military Personnel (4 July 1944)
- Orientation, Materiel, Salvage material, Property
- Conservation of Packing Materials (29 July 1944)
- One of the greatest wastes at the Arsenal
- Words of Praise from Detroit (14 July 1944)
- Serious Breach of Security Regulations (30 June 1944)
- Abuse of sick privilege (29 June 1944)
- Western Union Telegraph Company establishes commercial telegraph service at this station (22 June 1944)
Folder 7:
▪ Interoffice Memos
- Need for second shift at the IBM section (4 September 1943)
-Female employee becomes supervisor of Local Rationing Board in Augusta, GA (7 October 1943)
- Program of Accident Prevention Memo (18 October 1943)
- Army Ordnance Report (22 December 1943)
- Analysis of ordnance in America
- Great photos of posters about Ordnance
- Inspection of carbines from Fort Benning, GA (15 January 1944)
- List of defects
Folder 8:
▪ Interoffice Memos
- Injured employees, visitors, job training for men and women, conservation, discipline, post regulations
- Character Chest Drive (17 October 1942)
- Helps Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, YWCA, YMCA
- Transportation during Christmas, railroad and highways (1 December 1942)
Folder 9:
▪ Incoming Memorandums for Fiscal Year 1947, Unnumbered
▪ Personnel ceilings, production schedule, reductions in force
▪ Voting in Primary Elections (15 July 1946)
- Encourages employees to vote and get excused absence
▪ War Surplus Property Sale (7 August 1946)
- One week restricted to veterans
▪ Federal Pay Act of 1946 (19 August 1946)
- Passed and granted 14% increase in pay due to increased cost of living and other demands growing out of the war
▪ Shipment to Atlanta Ordnance Depot and Camp Gordon of Vehicles (19 August 1946)
▪ Free chest plate, X-ray, and blood test (4 October 1946)
- In association with Georgia Department of Public Health
▪ Employment Relations Council (11 October 1946)
- Men and one woman
▪ Examination announcement for open positions (November 1946)
- Gives job descriptions
Folder 10:
▪ Outgoing Memorandums, Fiscal Year 1947
- Transportation division, post property, storage
Box 2
Field Service Bulletins – Semi-Annual Physical Security Survey (1940-1953)
Folder 1:
▪ Treasury Division, Field Service Bulletins (1945)
- Domestic air shipments priorities (22 August 1944)
- Increased demand for supplies in the continental US
▪ Storage, Space, and Occupancy
Folder 2-5:
▪ Semi-Annual Security Surveys (1954)
▪ Lists security weaknesses and recommendations to eliminate or reduce deficiencies
▪ (Folder 4) Photographs of the Arsenal (23)
