The problem was General Ripley, the Army's ordnance chief.
Concern about the guns exploding led Commander John Dahlgren, the Union's naval ordnance chief, to order that no more than 15 pounds of powder be used, although 30 pounds of powder was the more appropriate load, a decision that would limit the ship's effectiveness.
Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer Stephen M. Mills, 35, of Fort Worth Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Chief Petty Officer Nicholas H. Null, 30, of Washington, W.Va. Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer Robert J. Reeves, 32, of Shreveport, La.
Sandby, born in Nottingham in 1731, was 16 when he was roped in by the army Board of Ordnance as "the chief Draftsman of the fair Plan" to map Scotland after the crushing of the Jacobite uprising in 1745.
In August 1867, the commander of the Department of Washington wrote to the Chief of Ordnance, asking how much longer he needed Fort Greble as an ordnance depot for materiel removed from dismantled forts.
Special Warfare Operator Senior Chief Petty Officer Thomas A. Ratzlaff, 34, of Green Forest, Ark .Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Senior Chief Petty Officer Kraig M. Vickers, 36, of Kokomo, Hawaii Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer Brian R. Bill, 31, of Stamford, Conn. Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer John W. Faas, 31, of Minneapolis.
But the real roadblock to wider military acceptance and development of the Spencer was the Department of War Chief of Ordnance, Gen. James Ripley, who dismissed the Spencer and similar breechloaders as just "newfangled gimcracks," and he refused to authorize their purchase.
Galt, whose actual title was Chief of Ordnance, charged with supervising the forging and turning of gun barrels.
During much of this period he was chief of ordnance, under Johnston's command, managing supplies and ammunition in what later became the Army of Northern Virginia.
During the early days of the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, Alexander continued as chief of ordnance under Johnston, but he also fought at the Battle of Williamsburg, under Maj.
Later that year Stone was appointed Chief of Ordnance for the Pacific Department, a post he held until 1855, and also began construction of the Benicia Arsenal in California that year.
