=175.= _Supply and transport of ammunition in the field._ 1. _Service ammunition and regimental reserve._--A battalion takes with it into the field, in regimental charge, Service { 100 rounds per rifle, carried by the soldier; ammunition. { 4,000 rounds packed on the carriage of the { machine gun[8]; { 2 boxes on each of eight pack animals (_i.e._, { one pack animal per company); and 16 { boxes in each of five S.A.A. carts, also Regimental { 6,600 rounds per machine gun in one reserve. { S.A.A. cart. (1,000 rounds for Short L.E. { rifle and for machine gun, and 1,100 { rounds for L.M. or L.E. rifle are carried { in each box). On the march one pack animal will be in rear of each company; four S.A.A. carts (including that carrying the machine gun ammunition), will be in rear of the battalion; the remaining two carts will form a brigade reserve. Officers commanding battalions will arrange for the replenishment of this ammunition at every favourable opportunity. They are responsible that the ammunition carried by the men is complete, and that when ammunition is expended, it is replaced with the least possible delay. 2. _Brigade Reserve._--A brigade reserve of small arms ammunition will be formed by two S.A.A. carts being detached from each battalion, these will follow in rear of the brigade. Each brigadier will detail a mounted officer to take charge of the brigade reserve. 3. _Divisional Reserve._--A divisional reserve of 100 rounds per rifle and 8,800 rounds per machine gun is carried in the small arms ammunition section of the ammunition columns of brigades of divisional artillery, each of which will supply one of the infantry brigades of the division to which they belong. The same number of rounds for corps troops is carried in the special section attached to the ammunition column of the horse artillery brigade. The divisional reserves are in artillery charge. 4. _Ammunition Park._--Fifty rounds per rifle and 9,000 rounds per machine gun. 5. _General arrangements in the action._--In action the ammunition pack animals will be advanced as close as possible to their respective companies, every advantage of cover being taken in doing so; two S.A.A. carts will follow as close in rear of the supports to the firing-line as the hostile fire will permit, one being usually in rear of each wing; the remaining cart will follow in rear of the battalion reserve. The cart carrying the machine gun ammunition will move as directed by the officer commanding the machine guns. During an action the regimental reserve ammunition carried in the carts will be in charge of the serjeant-major, who should get into communication with the supports and also the brigade reserve by means of signallers.