=Special-duty Men Allowed in a Light Battery.=--1 N. C. O. to take immediate charge of police, etc., of stable and picket-line, 1 clerk, 1 tailor, 1 cook, 1 assistant cook, when necessary (the head cook is allowed 25 cents per day from company fund); 1 N. C. O. (detailed from roster) to supervise rooms and gun-racks. COST OF EQUIPMENT (EXCLUSIVE OF AMMUNITION) FOR A FOUR-GUN 3.2-INCH FIELD-BATTERY, WITH COMBINED BATTERY-WAGON AND FORGE. (Total Cost as herein indicated $17595.71.) -------------------------------------------+-----------+----------- | Price. | Amount. +-----------+----------- Articles. |Dolls.|Cts.|Dolls.|Cts. -------------------------------------------+------+----+------+---- 4 3.2-inch B. L. steel guns | 1022 | 00 | 4088 | 00 4 3.2-inch carriages and limbers | | | | (cost of brake included) | 1316 | 74 | 5266 | 96 4 3.2-inch caissons and limbers | 721 | 50 | 2886 | 00 1 combined forge and battery wagon | 816 | 00 | 816 | 00 9 sets artillery-harness for 2 wheel-horses| 170 | 59 | 1535 | 31 9 sets artillery-harness for 2 lead-horses | 138 | 81 | 1249 | 29 | | | | ON EACH CARRIAGE. | | | | | | | | 1 pair bow-spring recoil-brakes | 62 | 50 | | 1 sponge and rammer, jointed, for bore | 6 | 00 | 6 | 00 2 short rammers and sponges, | | | | combined, for chamber | 9 | 00 | 18 | 00 1 sponge-cover, bore-sponge | | 40 | | 40 2 sponge-covers, chamber-sponge | | 45 | | 90 1 prolonge (section of picket-rope) | 8 | 60 | 8 | 60 1 combination screw-driver } {| 1 | 28 | 1 | 28 1 gunners' gimlet } {| | 24 | | 24 1 gunners' reamer } {| | 50 | | 50 1 priming-wire } in trail-box {| | 10 | | 10 1 vent-punch } {| | 50 | | 50 1 front sight } {| 8 | 00 | 8 | 00 | | | | WITH EACH CARRIAGE-LIMBER. | | | | | | | | 1 breech-sight, bronze | 36 | 00 | 36 | 00 1 breech-sight pouch | 1 | 81 | 1 | 81 2 gunners' haversacks | 2 | 20 | 4 | 40 2 primer-pouches | 1 | 33 | 2 | 66