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==Occupations==
===Carnatic Ordnance artificersArtificers===This In June 1821, the Governor in Council authorised the formation of a corps of Carnatic Ordnance Artificers, to be recruited from the sons of Europeans born in India List and to be enlisted as European soldiers. They were to come from the Orphan Asylum, the fort school, and from other charitable institutions. One of the reasons for the establishment was the desirability of providing suitable employment for a portion of the Eurasian (mixed race) population.<ref>[http://archiverbooks.rootswebgoogle.ancestrycom.comau/books?id=URK-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA194 Page 194 ''The East India Company’s Arsenals & Manufactories''] by Brigadier-General H. A. Young, Director of Ordnance Factories in India 1917-1920 Google Books</ref> The Corps was attached to the Gun Carriage Manufactory<ref>[http:/th/readmadrasmusings.com/INDIAVol%2020%20No%2012/2010the-anglo-indians-of-madras.html "The Anglo-07/1278311194 postIndians of Madras"] is about men who were Carnatic Ordnance artificersfrom Madras Musings dated October 1-15, including the training these men received2010. Retrieved 10 November 2014</ref> An artificer, or artifier, has the general meaning of craftsman, and the meanings also include ‘A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory’ and 'A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems' (Carnatic is a term for South India, and refers to Madras Presidency) In Madras, many who were employed in the Carnatic Corps of Artificers, which was attached to the Gun Carriage Manufactory, were Anglo-Indian (Eurasian) <ref>[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2020%20No%2012/the-anglo-indians-of-madras.html "The Anglo-Indians of Madras"] from Madras Musings dated October 1-15, 2010</ref>
===Civil Chief Master Armourer===
The duties of a Civil Chief Master Armourer are discussed They appear to be persons who went around inspecting weapons in this Victorian Wars Forum places which held them, such as police stations and prisons. ‪ <ref>Peter et al. [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8582&p=39708 threadRole of a Civil Chief Master Armourer (India)‬] dated Victorian Wars Forum 12 September 2013et al. They appear to be persons who went around inspecting weapons in places which held them, such as police stations and prisons.Retrieved 10 November 2014 </ref>
==External links==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=n1ABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA164 ''Strength, Organisation and Composition of the Army of Great Britain''], Martin Petrie (1864) gives details of the Ordnance Department factories, pp164-167.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V04_391.gif  The Ordnance Department] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume  4'', page 362. Mentions the various factories.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LdISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187 Page 187] ‪''Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command‬, Volume 24, Part 2 East India (Education) II- Madras 1859, session 2''. This report refers to the attempt made by Lieutenant Braddock in 1830 to improve Carnatic Ordnance Artificers by theoretical instruction.
 
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