Forage, allowance of, 239 , how fed, 239 , weight of, 239 Fords, how crossed, 277, 414 Forge-chest, contents of, 146 Founder, 212 Frame bridges, 406 Freight, cubic yards to ton, 482 France, mountain-artillery, 70 , light " , 120 , gun-pit, 469 Freyre obturator, description of, 78 on 3.6-inch mortar, 113 Friction-primer for mountain-gun, 3 Frost-bites, 480 Fuel, allowance of, 453 Fuzes and friction-primers, how kept, 180 Fuze, Frankford Arsenal base-percussion for field-shell, 102, 108 , combination, for field-shrapnel, 99, 108 , for 3.6-inch mortar-shrapnel, 117 -shell, 117 for mountain-gun ammunition, 11 , Hotchkiss point-percussion, 9 G Gaits for artillery teams, 195 Galls, 55, 214 Gardner gun, description of, 346 nomenclature, 350 assembling, 352 dismounting, 351 carriage, 351 limber, 351 Gatling gun, description of, 327 , action of mechanism, 331 , precautions in firing, 336 , 1-inch, nomenclature, 344 , assembling, 345 , dismounting, 344 , long-barrel, 1883, assembling, 343 , dismounting, 342 , short-barrel, 1875, assembling, 341 , dismounting, 340 , carriage, 337 , limber, 338 , weights, etc., 339 Germany, light artillery, 120 , gun-pit, 471 Gerdom breech-mechanism, 86 Glanders, 56, 197, 214 Grease, 56, 215 , axle, when applied, 174 Gruel, how made, 206 Guard, commander of, 183 , orders for, 181-87 Guns, care of, 176 , when painted, 177 Gunners' quadrant for mountain-guns, 6 , description of, 116 Guncotton, 424 , how fired, 425 Gunpowder, combustion of, etc., 362 , description of, 419 , slow, 363 Gun-pits, general observations, 477 , Austrian, 4 , English, 473 , French, 469 , German, 471 , Russian, 475 H Harness, light-artillery, description of, 150 , weights of parts, 157 , price list, 440 for artillery-wagon, 157 , how fitted to horse, 172 , how arranged on pegs, 165 , care and preservation of, 61, 163 , mouldy, how cleaned, 162 , soaps and dressings for, 61, 164 Harness, varnish for, 161 for 1.65-inch mountain-gun, 12 , how packed, 17