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CONVEYANCE BY RAIL OF ARTILLERY IN INDIA. 
ESTIMATED CAPACITY OF PAIL WAY POLLING STOCK 5'6" GAUGE. 
1st class carriage ... 
2nd a n 
Composite carriage (1st and 2nd class) ...< 
3rd class „ . 
n a bogie carriage 
Horse-box (double) 
» „ (single) ... 
Wagon (horse or cattle) 
(«) 
-{ 
-{ 
Truck (cattle) . 
Truck (special) . 
Wagon (covered goods), 10 tons 
Open trucks for material not less than 18' 
long. 
Powder van . 
Brakes ... 
■■■{ 
8 British officers. 
18 native officers, warrant officers, staff sergeants, 
clerks, or commissariat agents. 
4 British officers and 9 warrant officers, staff ser¬ 
geants, or clerks. 
30 soldiers or native drivers (enlisted), or 
50 fol owers. 
60 soldiers or native drivers (enlisted), or 
100 followers. 
6 chargers. 
3 attendants. 
3 chargers. 
3 attendants. 
8 troop horses or ordnance mules and 2 followers 
with line gear, or 
10 ponies or transport mules and 2 followers with 
line-gear. 
8 bullocks and 2 followers with line-gear, or 
4 camels and 1 follower. 
1 elephant and 1 follower. 
5 tons baggage or tentage, &c. 
3 pairs of wheels for artillery carriages. 
3 tongas. 
8 transport carts in pieces. 
5 tons. 
Saddlery and harness, or 
Baggage or tentage, about 2£ tons. 
Notes. —When horse-bo^es (double) are not available, 2 horse-boxes (single) must be given, 
provided the maximum number of 30 vehicles for a train is not exceeded. 
In such a case, but not otherwise, a horse-wagon may be supplied in lieu. 
(а) The actual accommodation is 6 soldiers or 10 followers per compartment: but as the number 
of compartments varies in different types of carriages, for the purposes of calculation a carriage 
with 5 compartments has been taken. 
(б) The actual accommodation is painted on the end of each carriage. It has been assumed as 
double that of an ordinary 3rd class carriage for the purposes of calculation. 
A bogie carriage may, therefore, be given in lieu of two ordinary 3rd class, unless troops and 
followers would be mixed thereby (see notes to tables of trains). 
N.B.~If owing to the actual capacity of the vehicles supplied bemg greater than the 
estimated capacity as above stated, or for any other reason, it is found that there are more 
vehicles on a train than are required, the extra vehicles should be cut off. 
TABLE OF VEHICLES REQUIRED FOP TPOOP TRAINS. 
Unit. 
First class. 
Composite, 1st and 2nd class. 
j Second class. 
Third class. 
| Wagons, covered goods. 
Wagons, open, low-sided. 
Trucks (elephant). 
| Wagons (horse or cattle). 
Horse-boxes (double). 
Horse-boxes (single). 
1 
ffl 
j Total. ! 
Horse Artillery Battery, Train No. 1... 
_ 
1 
3 
2 
4 
_ 
12 
1 
_ 
2 
25 
ii Trains Nos. 2 & 3 
— 
1 
— 
3 
1 
5 
— 
10 
— 
1 
2 
23 
Pield Battery, Train No. 1. 
— 
1 
1 
3 
2 
6 
— 
11 
1 
— 
2 
27 
i, „ No. 2. 
— 
1 
1 
4 
1 
5 
— 
9 
1 
— 
2 
24 
British Mountain Battery, Train No. 1 
— 
1 
— 
5 
3 
— 
— 
17 
1 
— 
2 
29 
,, ii No. 2 
— 
1 
— 
5 
2 
— 
— 
17 
— 
1 
2 
28 
Native i, «■ No. 1 
_ 
1 
— 
5 
3 
— 
— 
16 
— 
1 
2 
28 
„ « „ No. 2 
— 
1 
— 
5 
2 
— 
— 
16 
_ 
1 
2 
27 
Heavy Battery, Train No. 1 . 
— 
1 
— 
1 
4 
— 
18 
— 
— 
— 
2 
26 
„ ii Trains Nos. 2, 3, & 4 
1 
2 
“ 
5 
12 
1 
2 
23 
