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 with another grouping of components. In Fig. 34 we have a chart which may give a valuable suggestion to anyone who is considering the rearrangement of departments in any large organization. The present arrangement and the proposed arrangement are each clearly indicated, with connecting lines to show instantly the disposition of each of the old departments.

Fig. 35. Routing of a Letter Through the Adjutant General's Office Requesting the Discharge from the Army of an Enlisted Man in Recruiting Service, Contrasted with the Routing Proposed by President Taft's Commission on Economy and Efficiency

By referring to the horizontal scale and to the vertical scale the steps can be studied either by departments or by operations

In Fig. 35 is given a convenient method to show the routing of papers through a large office, together with the operations through which these papers must pass. Across the top of the chart is a scale of departments. The circles drawn immediately below the space for