In the new organization of the artillery now ordered, it was formed into two European battalions of five companies each, and to each company was attached a battalion of six companies of lascars, under the command of the same officer; they were to perform the whole duty dependent on the corps of artillery, and to be instructed in the usual services of artillery, with the exception “of pointing and loading guns and mortars.” They were dressed in uniform, and armed with a light pike, so constructed as to form a cheveux-de-frise. ORGANIZATION of 1779. ──────────────────────────────┬────────┬──────────┬──────┬──────────────────── │ per │ per │Total.│ On returns 1 Feb. │Company.│Battalion.│ │ 1780. ──────────────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┬───────── Colonel Commandant. │ │ │ 1│Effective.│Invalids. ─────────┬────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── EUROPEAN.│Lieutenant-Colonels.│ │ 1│ 2│ 2│ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Majors. │ │ 1│ 2│ 2│ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Captains. │ 1│ 5│ 10│ 10│ 1 ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Captain-Lieutenants.│ 1│ 5│ 10│ 9│ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Lieutenants. │ 3│ 15│ 30│ 29│ 2 ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Lieut. Fireworkers. │ 3│ 15│ 30│ 30│ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Adjutants. │ │ 1│ 3│ 4│ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Aides-de-Camp. │ │ │ 1│ │ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Serjeant-Majors. │ │ 1│ 2│ │ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Qr.-Master │ │ 1│ 2│ │ │ Serjeants. │ │ │ │ │ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Drill Serjeants. │ │ 1│ 2│ │ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Drill Corporals. │ │ 2│ 4│ │ ─────────┼────────────────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼───────── 〃 │Pay Serjeants.