Handbook for Light ArtilleryDyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)
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Handbook for Light Artillery
Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)
Artillery, Field and mountain
Heavy cast-iron guns can be burst by firing 1 lb. of guncotton in the
same position and tamping with sand.
CHAPTER XIV.
Battery Books and Records. Rolls, Reports, and Returns. The Ration.
Salt and Vinegar for Public Animals. The Travel-ration. Present
Organization of U. S. Light Field-battery. Cost of a Battery of
Four 3.2-inch Guns, in Detail. Price-list of Artillery-harness.
Price-list of Harness for 1.65-inch Mountain-gun. Price-list of
Artillery Accoutrements, etc. Price-list of Horse Equipments.
Price-list of Stencil and Marking Outfits. Supply Table of Ordnance
Stores for a Battery of Light Artillery for Six Months. Allowance of
Ammunition for Target Practice. Standard Supply Table of Veterinary
Medicines. Tableware and Kitchen Utensils. Allowance of Clothing,
Equipage, Fuel, Lights, etc. Weights of Certain Articles of Clothing
and Equipage. Pay Table of Enlisted Men. Summary Court, and List
of Punishments. U. S. Signal and Telegraph Code. Penetration of
Projectiles. Cover for Field-artillery. Treatment of Sick Men.
Tables of Weights, Measures, etc. Tables for Converting Customary
and Metric Weights and Measures. Salutes. Camp Furniture and Mess
Outfits for Officers.
BATTERY BOOKS AND RECORDS.
Sick report book; company clothing book; morning report book;
guard report book; descriptive and deposit book--all obtained from
adjutant-general. Order book; letters received book; index to letters
received; letters sent book; index to letters sent; descriptive book
of public animals--all obtained from quartermaster-general. Artillery
practice report book--from chief of ordnance. Battery council book;
roster book.
ROLLS, REPORTS, AND RETURNS.
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