Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-11-26

method Of securing ana chartlng thls Information
become that Il requires little labor anu tA eOss'
by comparison with the results aehlereo N -
Ristng IN Intelligent buying, 10 FemaFkaey loW'
Other charta corrected daily. keep tho puEsAv
Informed as 10 the amount az stocks on hsnu
In every detail, not only al the atorehouaes eut
on the ahipa as WE'LL Since the navy tnIoesn y,
extensive wireless ayusem is in constant com.
munication with livery ship ahoat, the task o.
keeping up these charts IL not 40 dtmcuW -
seems.
Or the bunch Of cards making up . ahip' sfcom
pRny also Rroduoibla on the instant
Machines have reduced the amount ~ WORK In
the accounting section more than 30 poF cent.
There are rehnamentn Of cost keeping u . mlif
tary establishment that IRE not hwawn Ia
private establishment, for all expenditures must
Sonfofm 10 some specific item af ~ appropria'
tion bill, and appropriations for the naval egtAh
lishmen. are found " three different bpPropriN'
tion. acts.
Roughly speaking. 100000 separate accounts
must be kept properly TO meet the requirements
OF the Law and to furnish the information ~ 70
costs. gross and detailed needed. Imagine
ledger with 100000 accountsi
Here the cards and mechanism have come 10 10
the extent that half the number of me. needed
is months ego required 70 DO the work
In addition great deal Of new work has been
taken ON.
The use OF new card punching machines Ii ro
sponsibie for the larger economies.
The machine Is arranged that Il sorts the
punched carda, arrnnKea them in proper groups
nscertaius the totals OF the figures indicated By
the punched holes and prints sheat the
resulta Il 10 accounting reduced 20 mechanism.
OF course the usual machines. such addina
machines and the like. are part OF the equipment
In fact the whole trend OF the reforms n this
section has been 70 reduce everything 70
mechanical basis. -. .
The result IL great economies in operation IN.
creased efficiency. Increased accuracy and In
creased speed, To the casual observer the stFik.
ing thing II the disAppAAfanes Of books. Few
indeed are the books In sight, remarkably slihA
the nlea. In other words. the accountancy ByR
ten has been reduced to the simplest Dimensions.
Ask any man. ofaecr or eivilion, In the sstab
Iinhment how the whole organization has been
made over In such q time. and he instantly will
tell you that Sammy MCGOWAN did IL. And then
he win grow confidential and tell you what be
estesms ls the secret Of the whole accomplish.
ment, the spirit that McGOwan has put ialo bis
entire force. I'VE don't tolerate Grouch@s." your
informant VIII say We all belong TO the Dou1
Worry club and Mc0owan lie its president
Another thing this paymaster general haa done
lie 10 establish in Washington. with the approval
of the secretary OF the navy. 3 school Tor navy
pay 6mears These officers ere appoins=d fsn=s
civil 10 on competitive examination Thsy 70
into the service equipped With q COED academic
education but with no knowledge OF the navy
and its needs. Hence the new service school
which has in this years class 10 young oaacers
who are being trainaa. in thsiF new profession.
Admiral Mcuowan himself 10 . product Of
civilian training When he secured bis appoint.
msnt ID the Day corps In 1894 be Was > South
Carolina newsbap@f man who had worked his
way through college and Law school b. ranninR
Z BRICK yard and serving ; ticket agent AZ .
taiiway station Maybe there he got the training
which mas made aim great business executive.
The fact that be has spent most 81 HE aaVsi
career mt accounts for hs tnsiatsucs thai the
<set and not the bureau 10 the thing ever To b.
Kept IN mind.
when he left the Atlantic feet TO 20 ashore a.
pag&MsfaF general Ms COMMANDING oaacmr "A.
mITaf a4AgeF. said OF him. tie has aada the nav
department Of the fleet . sm00tbis working nil.
ftary machine"
That e the ideal be holda I'D 20 hia bureau
and corps: "Aaks Il . smooth running military
machine=