190 MOUNTED INSTRUCTION 



The man in charge should be equipped with a saw and hatchet to cut 

 an animal loose if the hoofs g'et fastened between the sides of the car. 



Except in hot weather the animals should be packed snugly together. 

 If an animal falls down and he cannot get up without assistance, the 

 man in charge should crawl along side of the car and take the animal 

 by the halter; with this assistance he will probably get up. 



DETRAINING 



The train conductor should be requested to notify the train Com- 

 mander immediately before any halt of 10 minutes or longer is to occur. 

 During that time the stock cars are to be inspected by an officer, the 

 Stable Sergeant and mechanics and any necessary repairs are to be 

 made at this time. 



Before reaching the feeding station the senior noncommissioned 

 officer in each car details a cannoneer to remain in the car as a guard, 

 causes the drivers to get out their grooming kits and cautions the men 

 that their remaining equipment, except pistols, is to be left in the car. 



Upon reaching the feeding station the men, except the Mess Ser- 

 geant, the cooks and guards, are notified to leave the cars and fall in at a 

 designated place. Roll having been called, the drivers are formed 

 separately from the cannoneers. 



Two gun squads are detailed to assist the Stable Sergeant in prepar- 

 ing the forage. These men are at once marched to the forage car. The 

 Stable Sergeant, upon reaching the forage car, gives the halter tie ropes 

 to one of the gunners who, assisted by a cannoneer, takes them to the 

 stock cars and distributes them as they are needed. These men are 

 responsible for collecting the tie ropes and turning them over to the 

 Stable Sergeant when the horses are reloaded. 



The Stable Sergeant causes the remaining men of his detail to put 

 one feed of oats in each feed bag and to distribute one feed of hay at the 

 feeding places. 



The feed bags are not taken to the feeding places until the animals 

 have been watered, when all the cannoneers assist in this distribution. 

 No attempt is made to give the horses their own feed bags. 



As soon as the stock cars have been unloaded, the mechanics begin 

 the repairs. An officer should be detailed to inspect the cars and have 

 the floors resanded. Before any car is unloaded sufficient drivers to 

 provide one for each two horses, are sent to join the detail of four 

 selected noncommissioned officers, a gun squad and one mechanic 

 detailed to each car to be unloaded. The drivers each secure two halter 

 tie ropes. An officer should be in charge of this unloading. 



Two of the noncommissioned officers of the above detail are assigned 

 to work inside the car, the others working outside at the door. The 

 cannoneers assist the latter -noncommissioned officers and also assist 

 the drivers in catching up the horses. The mechanic removes, the 

 fastenings and assists in opening the door. 



The princi])le difficulty in unloading is in i)re\'enting the horses from 

 leaving the car before the gangwa3\ gates, or side rails, etc., are in ])lace 

 and in avoiding overcrowding in the doorway. 



