he 3- by 5-inch index card.
These are filed alphabetically in special cabinets. An index card also
should be made for every alias which an individual has used. Figure
417 shows an electrically operated file cabinet in which the index
cards are filed. It is suggested that the alias cards be of a
different color from the one bearing the correct name, known as the
"Master." Each alias card also should have typed on it the correct
name of the individual, for purposes of reference and cross-checking.
For convenience and accuracy these files, as in the fingerprint files,
should also have suitable guide cards.

[Illustration: 415]

| |
______________________________________________|______________|____________
LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME | F.P. CLASS | IDENT NO.
| | |
______________________________________________|______|_______|____________
ALIAS RACE SEX AGE

__________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS | | | | |
| | | | |
__________|__________|________|________|______________|___________________
HEIGHT WEIGHT EYES HAIR COMPLEXION OCCUPATION
|
______________________________________|___________________________________
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH SCARS AND MARKS
__________________________________________________________________________
(SEE OTHER SIDE FOR ARREST RECORD)

[Illustration: 416]

DATE | NUMBER | CHARGE | DISPOSITION
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
______|__________|__________|_________________
| | |

It is advisable to make use of charge-out cards when original index
cards are drawn from the files. Figure 418 shows a charge-out card.

To supplant the