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CONVEYANCE BY RAIL OP ARTILLERY IN INDIA. 
The battery-sergeant-major to the baggage mules. 
The quartermaster-sergeant to the baggage. 
The sergeant farrier to the chargers and ponies. 
One sergeant, and three men per sub-division to the guns and am¬ 
munition. 
One sergeant, and four men per sub-division to the baggage. 
One sergeant, and four men per sub-division to the ordnance mules. 
Two men per snb-division to the baggage mules. 
One non-commissioned officer to superintend the packing of the 
ordnance saddles. 
One non-commissioned officer for the baggage saddles. 
The European guard will put three sentries at intervals along the 
platform, and will travel in the carriage attached to the rear brake. 
4. On Arrival. —On arrival at the station the battery will form up 
by half batteries according to the detailed strength for the two trains. 
The half battery will form up on the platform as follows, facing the 
train :— 
First and third lines -and reserve ammunition in rear. 
Second line in centre. 
Baggage in front. 
The gunners will be told off to their carriages and entrained by the 
officer on duty. 
They will leave their great-coats, belts, and jackets in the carriages 
under the charge of one man per carriage, and will then fall in, in 
squads, as already told off. 
The guns will come into action, ammunition boxes~and other loads 
will be taken off, and the mules unsaddled as nearly as possible oppo¬ 
site the wagons which will contain them. 
The saddles and harness will be packed in the paulinsand strapped 
up, and will be carefully loaded by sub-divisions. 
The second line mules will be unsaddled as soon as they''arrive at 
the station, and the entraining will begin as early as possible. 
As each second line driver gets his mules into the truck, he will take 
the line gear of the corresponding first line mule and one paulin to the 
first line driver. 
The baggage will be unloaded at once opposite the goods wagon ; 
the mules unsaddled and entrained : after which the drivers will return" 
pack up their saddles by threes in the paulins, and place them in the 
front brake. 
Two drivers will remain in each mule wagon with the mules, who 
will put on the line head collars and secure the mules* heads to the 
bar by the fore-foot shackles. 
The officers* syces will travel in the horse-box with the chargers. 
As soon as all are in, the wagons will be closed and secured, and the 
men will be entrained. 
5. Detraining. —In detraining, the gunners will leave their great¬ 
coats, belt, &c., in the carriages until all the work is done. 
The mules will be first saddled up, and the loads sorted out and placed 
