The _Artillery of the Park_ is composed of all kinds of field ordnance. It is destined to form batteries of position; that is to say, to occupy advantageous situations, from which the greatest effect may be produced, in supporting the general movements of an army, without following it, like the battalion guns, through all the detail of its manœuvres. The park of artillery attached to an army in the field, generally consists of twice as many pieces of different kinds, varied according to the country in which it is to act, as there are battalions in the army. Gribauvale proposes the following proportion between the different kinds of artillery for the park or reserve, viz. two-fifths of 12 Prs. two-fifths of 8 Prs. and one-fifth of 4 Prs. or reserve for battalion guns. In a difficult country he says, it may be ¹⁄₄ of 12 Prs. ¹⁄₂ of 8 Prs. and ¹⁄₄ of 4 Prs. and for every 100 pieces of cannon he allots 4 Howitzers; but this proportion of Howitzers is much smaller than what is generally given. AMMUNITION _for Field Artillery_. _A proportion of Ammunition and Stores for each Species of Field Ordnance, viz. 1 Medium 12 Pr.[1]--1 heavy 6 Pr.--2 light 6 Prs. as they are always attached to Battalions of Infantry--and one 5¹⁄₂ inch Howitzer; according to the British Service._ ---------------------------+---------+---------+----------+----------- | _12 | _6 | _2 | _Proportion of |Pounders,|Pounders,| Light 6 |_5¹⁄₂ Inch Ammunition and Stores._ |Medium._ | Heavy._ |Pounders._|Howitzers._ ---------------------------+---------+---------+----------+----------- Shot fixed to wood bottoms --case 24 30 68 24 Shot fixed to wood bottoms --round 120 120 188 00 Shells, fixed 00 00 00 24 Shells, empty 00 00 00 120 Carcasses, fixed 00 00 00 4 {4 lb. 120 00 00 00 {3¹⁄₂ lb. 00 00 00 00 {2¹⁄₄ lb. 00 120 00 00 Cartridges of {2 lb. 00 30 00 00 flannel filled {1¹⁄₂ lb. 00 00 188 00 with powder. {1¹⁄₄ lb. 00 00 68 00 {10 oz. 00 00 125 00 {1 lb. 00 00 00 144 {12 oz. 00 00 00 28 Cartridges flan. empty 12 12 100 12 Ditto of paper for bursting 10 oz. 00 00 00 120 Tubes of tin--N. P. 172 178 560 190 Portfires--long small 18 18 62 18