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ready. The loading up will then be done by the same parties that 
unloaded them, assisted by the men who were originally told off to 
entrain the mules. 
Instructions for Loading Artillery Carriages. 
The despatching officer should see that trucks with sound floors are 
supplied for artillery carriages, especially for those of Heavy Batteries. 
If possible, arrangements should be made for end loading the car¬ 
riages of a Heavy Battery. If this is impossible, they should be 
loaded beforehand, as the labour in side loading is very heavy, and the 
operation is a lengthy one. 
As end loading will in most cases not be possible, trucks with let 
down doors at least 5 feet 6 inches wide must be supplied for all artil¬ 
lery carriages. The trucks supplied should, if possible, be not less 
than 18 feet long. Trucks with let down ends are also convenient, as 
they can be let down so as to give more room for loading, and closed 
up again afterwards. 
Artillery carriages must be loaded in the centre of the truck, so as 
not to throw more weight on one side than the other. 
In the case of a Heavy Battery, care must also be taken to so arrange 
the load in the truck that all the springs of the latter are evenly 
compressed. 
As during heavy troop traffic the supply of the more capacious 
types of open trucks cannot be counted upon, three pairs of wheels 
only have been allotted per truck, though in many trucks more than 
this number can be loaded with ease and safety. 
The carriage should be firmly secured so as not to shift. With the 
12-pr. equipment, care is to be taken that projecting parts are not 
rendered liable to injury by too close packing. Care is to be taken 
that no part of a gun or carriage projects beyond the buffer-cases of 
the trucks. 
Batteries should be practised in loading their carriages (including 
the spare carriages) in dummy wagons with four and more pairs of 
wheels to the truck as well as three, so as to be prepared for possible 
contingencies. 
Instructions for Loading Baggage. 
Much time will be saved if carts conveying baggage to the train are 
brought up opposite the goods vans and formed up at close interval 
facing away from the train, so that the baggage can be unloaded easily 
close to the vans. 
Corps which have to receive camel transport at the base will have to 
indent for local carriage to take their baggage to the entraining 
station. 
At the detraining station transport will also be supplied to remove 
the baggage of such corps and reserve rations from the station to the 
camping ground. 
Instructions for Taking Over and Marking Trains. 
An officer will proceed to the station half-an-hour before the troops 
to take over the train and mark the carriages. 
