forms, such as gun-stocks, shoe lasts, axe helves, etc.
      In 1795 there were forty to fifty men employed and two hundred and forty-five muskets made. There have been manufactured, all told, up to the present time, over two million weapons. At the time of the firing upon Fort Sumter, about a thousand per month were produced; three months after, three thousand were made each month; and in 1864 one thousand muskets were produced each day, thirty-four hundred men were employed, and the pay roll ran as high as$200,000 per month during a portion of the year. Often, during 1864, one thousand stand of arms were daily boxed and sent to the front. Some parts of the works were kept running during the full twenty-four hours. At present there are about four hundred men employed; and just before the manufacture of the Springfield breech-loader was stopped, one hundred and twenty guns were produced each day. From the start in 1795 to the present, over $32,500,000 have been expended by the government upon real estate and machinery and for manufacturing purposes.
      Among the superintendents of the Armory have been many able men and valued citizens. The present policy of placing the works in charge of army officers only has not always been followed; many civilians have been in control.
      The present management is in the hands of Col. Mordicai, with four or five commissioned officers of lower rank. Strangers often speak of the Armory as if it were a post, like a fort. This is a mistake. Only a half company of men are kept here to keep the grounds and buildings in order. Officers and men belong to the Ordnance Corps. There is little drill beyond guard mounting and the manual of arms. There are a sunrise and a sunset gun, and a guard is posted at the