The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley.

  • Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Date:
1886
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Credit: The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    42] Mountain Batteries.—The gun now adopted is the 2-5'' R.M.L. steel screw gun of 400 lbs. The establishment of Warrant-Officers, Staff-oergts. Sergts., Corpls., Bombadiers, and Trumpeters for mountain batteries is that same as for Field Batteries. For a Mountain Battery with mule equipment.—The artificers are oncit Farrier, and of collar-makers, wheelers, and shoeing smiths, 3 of each 1 qo gunners, 57 drivers on permanent establishment, and 94 hired drivers • 18 horses for officers and non-com. officers, &c. ; 112 ordnance mules anc 81 baggage mules; 72 ammunition boxes containing 36° shrapnel, ante 144 common shell; xoo rounds of case ; 360 rounds M.H. carbine, and 12a rounds for revolvers ; 216 percussion fuzes ; 108 medium and 324 small time, and concussion fuzes. No transport for tents is provided. For a Battery .with camel equipment, the difference in establishment is : shoeing smiths instead of 3 ; 100 gunners and 45 camel drivers instead c mule drivers, 22 horses and 90 camels ; 72 ammunition boxes, containing 144. common, and 432 shrapnel shells, and 144 rounds of case , 4 boxes of M.rH carbine, and 1 box of revolver ammunition. The heaviest load on any came is 381 lbs., saddle and gear included : the lightest is 273 lbs. No transpon for tents is included in this establishment. . The war establishment of batteries in India as regards Europeans is tt 1 same in all three Presidencies, and is as follows. * Mountn. Batty, of 6-400 lb. Screw Guns. < >» rt 1 C . c r? p T3 c . . S! Ranks. pi PQ *6 0 ctf ss« « 5 rt gn X d cb : 0 . 1 1 1 I Z l I I 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 5? 2 2 Farrier Serjt. & Carriage-smith . . . Corporals Bombardiers 1 6 6 1 6 6 I 6 6 6 6 55 55 Shoeing & Carriage-smiths 2 2 * * I . . . Bombdr. Collar-maker I I I • . • I I 8a I . . Gunners 76 76 70 97- 54 54 * * l62 1- * IOO 120.