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been encountered over which they could not transport ammunition to 

 the guns. I beh'eve that for all classes of horse-drawn artillery operat- 

 ing under present conditions the number or caissons could be reduced 

 to one per gun if trailers drawn by small caterpillar tractors could be 

 provided to carr}^ an additional 200 rounds per gun for light artillery 

 and 100 for heavy artillery. Under such conditions arrangements 

 could be made by which even the guns could be drawn by tractor. This 

 would eliminate a large percentage of the horse supply problem and 

 reduce greatly the labor and worry of keeping the guns supplied. 



