---------------------------+--------------+--------------- Personnel. |Riding horses.|Draught horses. ---------------------------+--------------+--------------- Subaltern 1 | 1 | -- Sergeant 1 | -- | -- Corporal 1 | -- | -- Privates 12 | -- | -- Drivers | | (1st-line | | transport) 2 | -- | 4 ---------------------------+--------------+--------------- Total 17 (1 officer) | 1 | 4 ---------------------------+--------------+--------------- [Illustration: MACHINE GUN ON ADJUSTABLE TRIPOD BEHIND COVER. FRONT VIEW. _By Permission of Messrs. Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd._] [Illustration: MACHINE GUN ON ADJUSTABLE TRIPOD BEHIND COVER. VIEW FROM REAR. _By Permission of Messrs. Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd._] _Equipment._--2 machine guns with tripods on 1 limbered G.S. wagon drawn by 2 horses. _Ammunition._--3,500 rounds with each gun; 8,000 with regimental reserve; 10,000 with brigade ammunition column; 10,000 with divisional ammunition column for each gun respectively. TERRITORIAL FORCE: SECTION WITH AN INFANTRY BATTALION ---------------------------+--------------+--------------- Personnel. |Riding horses.|Draught horses. ---------------------------+--------------+--------------- Subaltern 1 | 1 | -- Sergeant 1 | -- | -- Rank and | | File 15 | -- | 2 ---------------------------+--------------+--------------- | | Total 17 (1 officer) | 1 | 2 ---------------------------+--------------+--------------- _Equipment._--2 machine guns on field carriages each drawn by 1 horse. _Ammunition._--4,000 with the guns; 6,000 with regimental reserve; 10,000 with brigade ammunition column. SECTION WITH A YEOMANRY REGIMENT ----------------------+------------------+---------------- Personnel. | Riding horses. | Draught horses. ----------------------+------------------+---------------- Subaltern 1 | 2 | -- Sergeant 1 | 1 | -- Corporal 1 | 1 | -- Privates 12 | 12 | -- Drivers 4 | -- | 8 Bâtman 2 | -- | -- ----------------------+------------------+---------------- Total 21 | 16 | 8 ----------------------+------------------+---------------- _Equipment._--2 carts for guns, tripods, and 2 sets of pack-saddlery; and 2 carts for machine-gun ammunition.
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