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Here is a bare outline of ideas for Post Westville/Westville Ordnance Works. Anyone with carpentry, sewing, leatherwork, and other skills, should think of where they could fit in. If you don't have the skill but would like to learn, this would be a great opportunity to "apprentice". This list is a result of research, publishing, and collecting. I hope it stirs more creative juices.
Dave
Westville Ordnance Works
I. Post Westville.
A. Hospital and convalescent center.
B. Tax-in-kind collection activities and warehouse.
C. Cotton press and cotton gin.
D. Conscript Camp of Instruction.
E. Parole Camp.
F. Westville Quartermaster Depot.
1. Shoe repair.
2. Repair of haversacks, canteens, etc.
3. Rolling of bandages and scraping waste for filling.
4. Repair of clothing of troops in the Arsenal and convalescent.
5. Saddle pads from Spanish moss, etc.
G. Westville Commissary Depot.
1. Transfer of tax-in-kind foodstuffs to government control.
2. Production of boxes, bags, and baskets.
3. Preparation of food for packing- salt pork, corn pones, etc.
4. Preparation of meals for the Post operatives and convalescents.
II. Westville Arsenal.
A. Westville Ordnance Works.
1. Finial casting (pewter) for cartridge boxes, cap boxes, etc.
2. Bayonet manufacture.
3. Wooden item production.
a. Musket tompions.
b. Cartridge box blocks.
c. Ammunition and sundry boxes.
d. Shoe forms (for shoe manufacturing).
B. Ordnance Repair Shop.
1. Arms repair.
2. Accoutrement repair.
C. Westville Cartridge Laboratory.
1. Bullet-molding works.
2. Cartridge-rolling works.
a. Paper cutting.
b. String and cord manufacture.
c. Printing bundle labels.
d. Cartridge rolling tables.
e. Cartridge filling tables.
f. Cartridge bundling tables.
g. Packing of ammunition boxes.
3. Chemistry Operations.
a. Production of oils (linseed, neatsfoot, etc), beeswax, tallows (sheep, beef, lard), paints, shellacs, coatings, etc.
b. Experimental testing.
D. Material Collection.
1. Metals- iron, copper, brass, lead, mercury.
2. Leather- new and scraps.
3. Sulfur, niter, potash, etc.
4. Wool, flax, rags, rope, bagging, paper, thread, tallow, alcohol, flour (for glue), wood, etc.
III. Issue of the results.
A. Immediate issue of the efforts.
B. Packing for the use of the Westville or future events.
Dave
Westville Ordnance Works
I. Post Westville.
A. Hospital and convalescent center.
B. Tax-in-kind collection activities and warehouse.
C. Cotton press and cotton gin.
D. Conscript Camp of Instruction.
E. Parole Camp.
F. Westville Quartermaster Depot.
1. Shoe repair.
2. Repair of haversacks, canteens, etc.
3. Rolling of bandages and scraping waste for filling.
4. Repair of clothing of troops in the Arsenal and convalescent.
5. Saddle pads from Spanish moss, etc.
G. Westville Commissary Depot.
1. Transfer of tax-in-kind foodstuffs to government control.
2. Production of boxes, bags, and baskets.
3. Preparation of food for packing- salt pork, corn pones, etc.
4. Preparation of meals for the Post operatives and convalescents.
II. Westville Arsenal.
A. Westville Ordnance Works.
1. Finial casting (pewter) for cartridge boxes, cap boxes, etc.
2. Bayonet manufacture.
3. Wooden item production.
a. Musket tompions.
b. Cartridge box blocks.
c. Ammunition and sundry boxes.
d. Shoe forms (for shoe manufacturing).
B. Ordnance Repair Shop.
1. Arms repair.
2. Accoutrement repair.
C. Westville Cartridge Laboratory.
1. Bullet-molding works.
2. Cartridge-rolling works.
a. Paper cutting.
b. String and cord manufacture.
c. Printing bundle labels.
d. Cartridge rolling tables.
e. Cartridge filling tables.
f. Cartridge bundling tables.
g. Packing of ammunition boxes.
3. Chemistry Operations.
a. Production of oils (linseed, neatsfoot, etc), beeswax, tallows (sheep, beef, lard), paints, shellacs, coatings, etc.
b. Experimental testing.
D. Material Collection.
1. Metals- iron, copper, brass, lead, mercury.
2. Leather- new and scraps.
3. Sulfur, niter, potash, etc.
4. Wool, flax, rags, rope, bagging, paper, thread, tallow, alcohol, flour (for glue), wood, etc.
III. Issue of the results.
A. Immediate issue of the efforts.
B. Packing for the use of the Westville or future events.