THE EOYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
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MEMORANDUM BY THE COMMITTEE OF ARTILLERY, ON A SYSTEM OF 
HARNESSING WITH THE BMICOLE* (BREAST STRAP), OF WHICH TRIAL 
HAS BEEN MADE IN THE ARTILLERY OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD. 
[Translated from the French, by Major Goodenough, R.A.j 
NOTE BY TRANSLATOR. 
The following papers were kindly furnished to me in 1865, from the 
Office of the Committee of Artillery at Paris, at the request of Major-General 
Lord F. Paulet, c.b., whom I accompanied oil an official visit to the Camp 
of Chalons that year as one of his Staff. 
It may not be generally known that a system of harnessing with breast 
harness was adopted in 1858, and is now in general use in the French 
artillery service. The advantages of the system as indicated in these papers 
and as specially set forth in the Beport from Mexico, which is the last of 
them, appear to be universally appreciated by the officers of the French 
artillery. 
The interest of the subject discussed in these papers* which is perhaps 
equalled by that of the examples they afford of the thorough and painstaking 
system adopted in testing a proposed improvement, is sufficient apology 
for their introduction to the notice of my brother officers. 
* A bricole is properly a sling or loop as used in man harness, or to support a basket or pedlar’s 
pack from the neck or chest. 
