Mountain-gun, 1.65-inch, description of, 1 , nomenclature of, 3 , action of breech-mechanism, 3 , breech-mechanism, how dismounted, 4 , how dismounted, 11 , care of, 4 , loading-tools for, 11 , sights for, 5 , ammunition for, 6 , instructions for packing ammunition, 18 , carriage for, 8 , instructions for packing carriage and harness, 15-18 , harnessed for draught, 19 , organization and equipment of, 20 , animals required, 22 , packing-outfit, 12 , weights carried by mules, 19 , service of, 22 , range table, 10 , 3.0-inch, description of, 23 , ammunition for, 27 , carriage for, 24 , how packed, 35 , limber, 25 , loading-tools for, 31 , sights for, 23 , spare parts, etc., 29 , tools and supplies, 30 , weights carried by mules, 38 , organization and equipment, 34 , cannoneers per gun, 34 , range table for, 33 Mule, description of the, 49 , care of, 51 , feeding and watering, 50 , harnessing and breaking, 52 , how saddled, 40 , how unsaddled, 48 , shoeing the, 51 , veterinary treatment, 53 , weights carried by, in 1.65-inch battery, 19 by pack, 39 Mules, number required in 1.65-inch battery, 22 N Navicular disease, 219 Night-firing, 391 Nose-bag, pounds of oats in, 482 O Oats, description of, 240 , how to determine quantity of, 482 , weight of nosebagful, 482 , pounds in bushel, 481 Oblique fire, 365 Odometer, 279 Obturator, de Bange, 77 , Freyre, 78 , spare, where carried, 136 Oil, allowance of, 454 Oiler, where carried, 136 Onions, pounds in bushel, 481 Officer of the day, battery, 183 Office-furniture, allowance of, 454 Officers' equipment and clothing on march, 265 Ophthalmia, 220 Orders for stable guard, 181-187 Organization of artillery, 261 of light battery, 263 (present), 434 of 1.65-inch mountain-battery, 20 of 3.0 " " " , 34