AMMUNITION, _for small arms_, in the British service, is generally packed in half barrels, each containing 1000 musket, or 1500 carbine cartridges. An ammunition waggon will carry 20 of these barrels, and an ammunition cart 12 of them: their weight nearly 1 cwt. each. The cartouch boxes of the infantry are made of so many different shapes and sizes, that it is impossible to say exactly what ammunition they will contain; but most of them can carry 60 rounds. See the word _Cartridges_; and for artillery ammunition, see the word _Artillery_, for the field, for the siege, and the defence of a fortified place. The French pack all their ammunition in waggons without either boxes or barrels, by means of partitions of wood. Their 12 Pr. and 8 Pr. waggons will contain each 14,000 musket cartridges, but their 4 Pr. waggons will contain only 12,000 each. AMMUNITION _bread_, such as is contracted for by government, and served in camp, garrison, and barracks. AMMUNITION _shoes_, _stockings_, _shirts_, _stacks_, &c. such of those articles as are served out to the private soldiers, by government. See HALF-MOUNTINGS. AMMUNITION _waggon_, is generally a four-wheel carriage with shafts; the sides are railed in with staves and raves, and lined with wicker-work, so as to carry bread and all sorts of tools. It is drawn by four horses, and loaded with 1200 pound weight. See WAGGON. AMMUNITION-_cart_, a two-wheel carriage with shafts; the sides of which, as well as the fore and hind parts, are inclosed with boards instead of wicker-work. See CAISSON. AMMUZETTE. See the word GUNS. AMNESTY, in a military or political sense, is an act by which two belligerent powers at variance promise to forget and bury in oblivion all that is past. AMNESTY is either general and unlimited, or particular and restrained, though most commonly universal, without conditions or exceptions: such as that which passed in Germany at the peace of Osnaburg in the year 1648, and between the United States and Great Britain, in 1783. AMNESTY, in a more limited sense, denotes a pardon to persons rebellious, usually with some exceptions; such as was granted by Charles II. at his restoration. AMNISTIE, _Fr._ See AMNESTY. AMORCE, an old military word for fine-grained powder, such as is sometimes used for the priming of great guns, mortars or howitzers; as also for small-arms, on account of its rapid inflammation. A port fire, or quick match. AMPLITUDE _of the range of a projectile_. See PROJECTILE. AMPOULETTE, an old military term used by the French to express the stock of a musket, &c.