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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS BY RAIL 
ON THE FIELD SERVICE SCALE. 
FRAMED BY 
THE QUARTER-MASTER-GENERAL IN INDIA. 
COMMUNICATED BY 
THE DEPUTY-ADJUTANT-GENERAL, R.A. 
Extract of a Letter No. 120 , dated 6th October, 1892 , from the 
Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-General for Mobilisation to the 
Inspector-General of Artillery in India. 
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(a.) A very large proportion.of the covered goods wagons on Indian 
railways are now fitted for the conveyance of horses. 
These wagons will each contain eight horses (not necessarily small 
ones), two native soldiers or followers, and the current day’s forage. 
It is consequently unlikely that high-sided trucks would be used for 
the conveyance of horses or that horses would ever be carried trans¬ 
versely. 
(b.) Harness and saddlery is not carried in the same wagons as the 
horses, but is packed separately in goods wagons. It does not seem 
desirable to let the bridle remain on the horses. 
(c.) The composition of trains for Artillery Batteries and Ammuni¬ 
tion Columns, as well as the estimated capacity of railway stock of 
five feet six inches gauge, and instructions for loading artillery car¬ 
riages are all given in the ts Instructions for the Conveyance by Rail of 
Troops on the Field Service Scale.” 
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Composition op Trains. 
The following tables show the composition of the trains required on 
a five feet six inch gauge line to convey corps units on the field service 
scale of baggage and transport (including 5 per cent, spare transport, 
but exclusive of camels * 1 and camel drivers). 
Troops railing to the base of operations on mobilisation will proceed 
on the field service establishment and on the scale of baggage and 
transport as laid down in preceding paragraph. 
The marshalling of the trains as shown herein is intended only as a 
guide, but it should be adhered to as far as possible, as it has been 
found by experiment to be convenient. The composition of the trains, 
on the other hand, is fixed, and is not to be altered without absolute 
necessity. (See notes on page 34.) 
1 Does not apply to the regimental camels of Native Cavalry, -which will accompany their 
corps. 
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