Collar, steel, description of and how fitted, 154-156 Colic, spasmodic, 55, 209 (men), 478 Commander, artillery, duties of, 376 , battalion, " " , 377 , battery, " " , 377 Cooking, camp, 293 utensils in field, 265 Corps, artillery, 262 , duties of chief, 377 Constipation, 210 (men), 478 Cordage, 392 Corns, 210 Corn brooms, allowance of, 453 Corn, how to determine quantity of, 482 , pounds in bushel, 481 Cracked heels, 211 Cramp, 56 Cross-fire, 366 Curb, 211 Cubic measure, 483 D De Bange obturator, description of, 77 _Definitions_: Adiabatic transformation, 363 Air-space, initial, 363 Angle of departure, 364 Angle of elevation, 364 Angle of sight, 364 Ballistics, exterior, 363 , interior, 362 Cross-fire, 366 Density, 362 Density, gravimetric, 362 of loading, 362 , sectional, 363 , spherical, 363 Detonation, 363 Direct fire, 365 Drift, 365 Enfilade fire, 366 Final velocity, 365 Flanking fire, 366 Gunpowder, ignition, 362 , inflammation, 362 , combustion, 362 , explosion, 362 , slow, 363 High-angle fire, 365 Indirect fire, 365 Initial velocity, 365 Jump, 365 Line of departure, 364 Line of fire, 364 of sight, 364 Oblique fire, 365 Plane of fire, 364 Point of mean impact, 367 Plane of sight, 364 Probable rectangle, 367 Probability of fire, 366 Reduced length, 363 Remaining velocity, 365 Reverse fire, 366 Similar guns, 363 Similarly loaded guns, 363 Trajectory, 363 Velocity of emission, 363 , initial, 365 , remaining, 365 , final, 365 Deflection, rule for correcting, 95 Dentition of horse, 196 Demolition, 427-429 Destruction of horses, 260 Detonation, 363 Diarrhœa, 478 Direct fire, 365 Diseases of the horse (see Veterinary Treatment), 200 mule " " " , 53 Disembarkation from shipboard, 301, 314 Distances, estimation of, 374 Distemper, 211 Ditches, how crossed, 276 Divisional artillery, 262 Dressing for harness, 61 Dried apples, pounds in bushel, 481 Drift, 365 Driggs-Schroeder field-gun, 84 , how dismounted, 85 , how assembled, 86 Drowning, 479 Drivers, mountain-batteries, instructions for, 62-64 Dynamite, description of, 420 , how used in blasting, 420 Dry measure, 484 E Elevating device for field-carriage, 127, 129 Emetics (men), 480