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The limber carries three' boxes of ammunition, the spare article box, mess 

 chest, and a box for pea jackets of the men. Eyes are affixed on each side 

 of the shafts for straps, to secure the boarding pikes, and two hooks under 

 the shafts will carry a water beaker; the drag rope is passed around the 

 boxes on the limber for use in any emergency. 



Weight of the parts of Limbers, 



Two wheels 1^8 lbs. 



One pea jacket box 55 ^^ 



One mess chest • • • • °^ ^^ 



One body ^1^ 



Total. 



612 lbs. 



If a wheel is disabled on the gun carriage, it should be taken from the 

 limber- if the gun carriage is altogether disabled, the gun can be triced 

 up under the limber, using the drag rope to lash it fast; lashing cord 

 should always be found in the till of the pea jacket box. The harness is 

 made up of artillery and mountain howitzer harness parts; the bridle, 

 halter, saddles, and cruppers being from field artillery harness, the balance 

 from mountain howitzer harness. 



HARNESS 



Is made up from the field artillery harness: 



Two driver's saddles and girths. 



Two halters. 



Two bridles. 



Two loop straps and cruppers. 



One trace loop. 

 And from the mountain howitzer harness: 



Two breast straps. 



Two breechings. 



There are also two shaft loops fixed to saddle tree under stirrup strap. 



Two traces one-fifth of an inch wide, three thicknesses leather, with 

 spring hooks to hitch leader to shafts. 



Two shaft girths. 



One pair leg guards on stirrup strap. 



AMMUNITIOK BOXES 



Are made to contain twelve rounds for the rifle gun, and nine rounds for 

 the smooth bore twelve-pounder. The kind of ammunition in the box is 

 plainly marked on the outside, and the marks should be carefully noted in 

 packing the ammunition anew. Rope handles are fixed on each end of the 

 boxes, by which they should always be handled carefully. A key to with- 

 draw the screws to open the lid should always be found becketed to each 

 box. There are dowels on the frame of the gun carriage by which the 

 boxes are steadied in their place in moving; also on the limber; two boxes 

 are carried on the gun carriage, and three on the limber. Two more can 

 be lashed on the gun carriage and two on the limber, if necessary. 



