Handbook for Light Artillery

Name: Handbook for Light Artillery
Author: Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)

Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)

Artillery, Field and mountain

Wheel--Carriage--Limber--Caisson--Battery-wagon
    and Forge--Artillery-wagon--Harness--Water-cart--Revolver
    --Hunting-knife                                             124-160


    CHAPTER V.

    Care and Fitting of Harness--Care of Carriages--Care of
    Guns--Care of Ammunition--Guard Orders                      161-187


    CHAPTER VI.

    The Horse--How Obtained--Description of--Inspection
    of--Power of Teams--Weight behind Artillery Teams--Gaits
    of Artillery--Dentition--Plate of Diseases--Health
    and Disease--Veterinary Medicines--Drugs
    and Doses, and How to Administer Them--Mashes--Poultices,
    etc.--Veterinary Notes, with Symptoms and
    Treatment of Various Diseases--Stables and Stable
    Management--Grooming--Feeding--Kinds of Food--Watering--Training
    Horses--Rules for Treatment and
    Care of Horses--Destruction of Horses                       188-260


    CHAPTER VII.

    Organization of Artillery--Composition of Light
    Batteries--Equipment--Equipment and Clothing for
    Marches--Marches--Selection of Camps--Making Camp--Breaking
    Camp--Allowance of Wagons                                   261-300


    CHAPTER VIII.

    Transportation by Rail; by Sea--Embarkation--Care of
    Animals--Diseases of Animals at Sea--Disembarkation         301-315


    CHAPTER IX.

    Machine-guns--The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon--The
    Gatling Gun--The Gardner Gun--The Maxim Gun--The
    Metallic Carriage for Machine-guns                          316-361


    CHAPTER X.

    Theoretical Gunnery--Definitions--General Principles--Probability
    of Fire--Burst of Shell--Burst of Shrapnel                  362-372


    CHAPTER XI.

    The Causes of Bad Shooting--Estimating Distances--Range-finding--Rule
    for Sighting--General Duties
    of Artillery Commanders--Target Practice, How Conducted--Projectiles
    Used--Kinds of Targets--Night-firing                        373-391


    CHAPTER XII.
    Cordage, How Preserved--Strength--Blocks and
    Tackle--Knots, Hitches, etc.--Lashings                      392-402

    Bridges--Trestles, Piers, etc.--Single-sling and Double-sling
    Bridges--Stringer Bridges--Fords--Flying and
    Floating Bridges--Rafts and Casks                           402-418

    CHAPTER XIII.
    Hasty Demolition--Gunpowder--Dynamite--How Used
    in Blasting--Guncotton--Rack-a-Rock--Handling,
    Transportation, and Storage of High Explosives--Charges
    for Hasty Demolition--Where and How to
    Place Charges                                               419-430

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Handbook for Light Artillery

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