2J4 Hohart Town considered with 



shall have perfected themselves in the science and practice 

 of gunnery, so as to fit them for giving instructions to 

 others, there might then he raised a general artillery corps 

 of well-disposed citizens ; the first hody acting afterwards as 

 instructors and officers in their turn, under the general 

 superintendence and guidance of the officer hefore men- 

 tioned : and they should meet as often as their several 

 avocations would allow. 



The uniform worn ought to he of the plainest and 

 most economical description, and found by the members 

 themselves. 



To further the general views, and cover incidental ex- 

 penses, money should be raised by a general subscription of 

 the inhabitants. The expenses would consist of ammunition 

 for practice, side-arms, (i.e., sponges and rammers, port- 

 fire-sticks, handspikes, &c. &c.), and of the hire of a room 

 for meeting in for the delivery of lectures, and other 

 purposes. 



The funds would be disbursed under the control of a 

 Managing Committee, who would appoint a Secretary and 

 Treasurer, and frame such laws and regulations as are 

 requisite for the successful study and prosecution of 

 military science and exercises, and for the government of a 

 well-regulated Society. 



Thus would be formed the nucleus of an efiective Com- 

 pany of Artillery, which might be increased to any extent 

 warranted by circumstances. If other force, as infantry, 

 were required to be raised, the same method might be 

 employed. Artillery is generally the chief difficulty, and is 

 therefore dwelt upon in detail. 



There are at present in the Ordnance Stores, in addition 

 to the ten guns (32-pounders,) on the Battery, fourteen 

 32-pounders complete, making a total of twenty-four of these 



