reason that "at the front it is well-nigh impossible to teach these 

 things" and so that "the horses may not suffer in consequence." 



Mobility must always be a prime factor in assuring the utmost use- 

 fulness of our Field Artillery. Experience in France demonstrated 

 that the driver must be capable of getting his gun anywhere, under all 

 circumstances. Perhaps ill-trained recruits can ride their pairs over 

 a smooth road along level ground. l)ut to drive the same pair to position 

 in war, over broken, shell-torn battle areas, requires the most skillful 

 team of drivers, horsemen who can dri\x with the least wear and tear 

 on their animals and equipment. The capable driver must know not 

 only what he wants to do, but how to do it, which will enable him not 

 only to "think it over" but to "put it over." The successful horseman 

 must first know how to care for his mounts, as a successful driver must 

 first know how to ride. 



The result of the intensive war training has brought out much careful 

 thought on this subject from many sources, but recjuires a condensation 

 and ex|)lanation of the best subject matter, in logical sequence for the 

 most efificient instruction in mounted courses for our horse drawn 

 Field Artillery. Endeavor has been made in this compilation to pre- 

 sent a comprehensive, instructive, attractive and compact textbook 

 for the mounted student in the school of Field Artillery. 



The subjects covered herein have been taken almost wholly or in 

 part from service manuals, various official handbooks, lectures and 

 instruction matter from The School of Fire, Brigade Training 

 Pamphlets from Artillery Centers, the Field Artillery Drill Regula- 

 tions, the Cavalry Drill Regulations, the Arni}^ Horseshoer, the Stable 

 Sergeants' Manual, The Army Horse in Accident and Disease, 

 instruction notes of the Mounted Service School, The F. A. C. O. T. S. 

 Black Book used at Camp Taylor, Ky., instruction in draft by Colonel 

 William P. Ennis, F. A., the English Gunners', Drivers', and Mounted 

 Soldiers' Handbook and many other sources. 



