THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
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Count cle Bassus, of Count de Baras, of Don Louis de Valasco, and of 
Count de Bucquoy, Generalls,” Eldred, p. 112. The General was provided 
with 2 Aides-de-Camp, 1 Treasurer, 1 Pay Master, 1 Camp Master, and 
1 Muster Master, these to be “not onely honourable men, but men well 
experienced in the warres.” There were further, 15 gentlemen accustomed 
to Artillery (answering to our Captains), 12 Conductors, 4 Master Gunners 
(answering to our firemasters), 80 common gunners (whose duties were in 
many ways equivalent to those of our lieutenants), 30 pack bearers, 
2 forgerons “to make fire,” 2 marshals, 4 carpenters, 50 miners,* 2 coopers, 
* The first mine ever sprung in England was at the siege of Lichfield, by Prince Rupert in 
1643. It was constructed by the colliers of the neighbourhood. 
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