366 
MINUTES OF PKOCEEDINGS OF 
Mules. 
Serial 
No. 
2 days’ forage for 1 mule ... 
Weight. 
lbs. 
27-8 
to 
<D 
Load of mule No. 45, without pack-saddle. 
(This mule is led singly). 
242-6 
1 
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8 
ed 
Ph 
CO 
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46 
93 meat rations for 93 men for 1 day, with packing. 
26 rations at 2*5 lbs. each (bread, tobacco, and salt) for the 
13 men detailed to the train for 2 days, in one pack bag 
1 billhook . 
20 pair of boots, spare, in one pack bag ... 
61-7 
65-4 
3-7 
77*8 
Total 
208-7 
2 days’ forage for 1 mule . 
27-8 
Load of mule No. 46, without pack-saddle. 
(This mule is led as 1 of a pair). 
236-4 
Keserve rations for 93 men at 1*35 lbs., equally divided 
between two pack bags... 
1 pickaxe, 1 shovel, 1 wood axe. 
129-6 
18-5 
* 
6 cooking utensils and stew-pan . 
19-8 
Total 
167-9 
47 
2 days’ forage for one mule. 
37-8 
Load of mule No. 47, without pack-saddle. 
(This mule is led with mule No. 46, as a pair). 
195-7 
CsT 
3-J- pecks of oats equally divided in two large corn sacks... 
174-1 
to 
a 
r Ci 
co' § 
4 days’ forage for one mule..... 
Load of 1 mule, Nos. 48, 50, 52, 54, without pack- 
saddle.... . 
54-6 
228-7 
CD 
gp 
«§ 
co" 
iO • 
13 bundles of hay, at 12*3 lbs... 
160-5 
CO 
to 
iO r^j 
4 days’ forage for one mule... 
44-6 
OS S3 
Load of one mule, Nos. 49, 51, 53, 55, without pack- 
saddle.. 
215*1 
Mules 48 and 49, 50 and 51, 52 and 53, 54 and 55, 
are led in pairs. 
The method of packing is to be adjusted to the nature 
of the pack-saddle of the locality, and when feasible 
this should be practised in time of peace. 
