Artillery commander, duties of, 376 corps, 262 , divisional, 262 , transportation by sea, 301 , how stored on shipboard, 301, 302 , disembarkation from shipboard, 303, 314 , transportation by rail, 301 , organization of, 261 , proportion of, in army, 262 teams, power of, 194 -wagon, weight and description of, 149 -harness, 150 -wagon harness, 157 Axes, where carried on caisson, 142 Axle-seats for field-gun carriage, nomenclature, 127 Armament, how stored on railroad cars, 306 on shipboard, 302 Army-wagon, inside measurement, 482 Austrian light artillery, 121 mountain-artillery, 70, 71 gun-pits, 473 B Barley, pounds in bushel, 481 Barrels, weights and dimensions of, 417 Barrack chairs, allowance of, 453 Battalion commander, duties of, 377 Batteries, the different kinds of, 261 Battery books and records, 431 , light, enlisted men for, 263 , composition of, 262 , organization of, 263 , present organization, of 434 commander, duties of, 377 guard, 181-187 , cost of, 435 , special-duty men allowed, 434 , supply table of ordnance stores for, 445 tableware and kitchen utensils, 451 Battery-wagon and forge, weight and description of, 144 , nomenclature, 145 , articles carried on, 145 , storing of implements, 147 Beans, pounds in bushel, 481 Beef, pounds in barrel, 481 Belt, officer's, cost of, 443 Bivouacs, 288 Blacking for harness, 62 Bladder, inflammation of, 207 , irritation of, 207 Blasting, dynamite, 420 Blocks, etc., 394 Blue-grass seed, pounds in bushel, 481 Boats, buoyancy of, 416 for bridges, 415 Books kept in light battery, 431 Bowbrake, nomenclature and description, 127 Bowels, inflammation of, 208 Boxes, capacity of, 482 Bran-mash, how made, 206 Bread, rule for making, 69 Breaking camp, 296 Breech-block, field-gun, description of, 73 mechanism, field-gun, action of, 81 , how dismounted, 83 , how assembled, 83 , 3.6-inch mortar, 113 , Gatling gun, action of, 331 , Hotchkiss revolving cannon, how assembled, 321 , how dismounted, 320
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