CONTENTS— Continued 



PART III. Driving. 



Preliminary for the Battery Mounted 130 



The Driver 130 



Special Duty of Drivers 131 



Disposition of the Harness 131 



The Artillery Harness 133 



Harnessing and Unharnessing 135 



To Harness by Detail in the Field 135 



Unharnessing in the Field 137 



Adjustment and Fitting of Harness , 140 



Principles of Draft 146 



The Construction of the Artillery Carriage 146 



The Physical Conformation of the Horse, as a Mechanical Device . . 147 



The Team 14« 



Pairing and Teaming Draft Horses 149 



Mounted Instruction 149 



Driving 150 



The Driver 150 



Management of Pair 151 



Starting the Team 152 



Neck Reining 153 



Backing 153 



To Stop a Carriage or Reduce Its Speed 154 



To Back a Carriage 154 



The Brake and Its Use 154 



Gaits 154 



Marches 1 54 



Hints on March Discipline 157 



Rests 157 



Intervals and Distances 157 



Turns in Draft 159 



The Limber Turn 159 



Recruits 161 



To Confirm in Horses a Willingness to Pull 161 



Driving Up Steep Slopes and Over Difficult Ground 162 



Stalled Teams 164 



Hints to Drivers 166 



Field Management 170 



Arm Signals 172 



PART IV. Miscellaneous — Appendix. 



Restraint and Control of Animals 181 



Transport by Rail 183 



Entraining and Detraining 184 



The Order in Which Trains Are Made Up 185 



Inspection 186 



Preparation for Loading 186 



Loading 188 



Detraining 190 



Packing Drivers' Rolls 192 



Field and Surplus Kits 192 



Ordnance Property 192 



Quartermaster Property 193 



Cordage 196 



Care of Cordage 197 



Knots 199 



Types of Stables and Corrals 205 



Picket Lines and Standings 207 



Driver's Examination 210 



Drill Signals 211 



First Twelve Day Period— Equitation 218 



