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
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| Tents.
+---------+-------
|Hospital.|Common.
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For 1 company | 1 | 1
" 2 companies | 1 | 1
" 3 " | 2 | 1
" 4 " | 2 | 1
" 5 " | 3 | 1
" 6 " | 3 | 1
" 7 " | 3 | 1
" 8 " | 3 | 1
" 9 " | 4 | 1
" 10 " | 4 | 1
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CORN BROOMS AND SCRUBBING-BRUSHES.
To each battery, without regard to its numerical strength, 3 corn
brooms and 2 scrubbing-brushes per month.
BARRACK CHAIRS.
One for each non-commissioned officer.
One for every two enlisted men of all other grades.
ALLOWANCE OF STOVES, FUEL, LAMPS, OIL, OFFICE FURNITURE, AND STATIONERY
FOR A LIGHT BATTERY.
=Stoves.=--3 large stoves in each dormitory, 1 large stove in each
mess-room and day-room, 1 small stove for each of the two rooms
for non-commissioned officers, 1 small stove for the reading-room,
blacksmith-shop, carpenter-shop, saddle-shop, and guard-room each, and
one cooking-stove or range for the kitchen.
=Fuel= (monthly).--For each enlisted man 1/12 cord of wood from
May 1 to August 31, and 1 cord from Sept. 1 to April 30. Stations
between 36 and 43 degs. N. lat. ¼[17] increase; stations further
north ⅓ increase. For guards, not to exceed 3 cords from Sept. 1 to
April 30, with ¾ cord increase for stations between 36 and 43 degs.
N. lat.; and 1 cord for those further north.
=Lamps.=--One burner for every ten (10) men and every fraction
thereof, when fraction is five or more, of maximum strength of
organization, and lamps or lanterns, not exceeding 3 for each barracks,
for lighting interior passage-ways. Office, guard-house and first
sergeant each a lamp with single burner. Stables, number of lamps or
lanterns required, approved by department commander.
=Oil= (monthly).--Four ounces per burner for 1½-in. wicks and 2 ounces
for smaller wicks during each hour of authorized illumination. (1 gal.
for 26 hours for large burner, or 52 hours for small burner.)
=Office Furniture.=--To each desk, 1 ink-stand, 1 paper-folder, 1
ruler, 1 steel eraser, 1 piece of india-rubber, and 4 lead-pencils.
=Stationery= (quarterly).--Battery commander: 6 qrs. writing-paper, ¼
qr. envelope-paper, 10 sheets blotting-paper, 20 pens, 2 pen-holders,
1 pint black ink, 1 oz. red ink, ½ pint mucilage, 3 oz. sealing-wax, 1
piece office tape, 80 envelopes.
TABLE OF WEIGHTS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND EQUIPAGE.
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