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OFFICE WORK OF A GARRISON BATTERY, 
27, the P.C. number of the authority being given, after which it 
disappears from the battery’s charge, being struck off on 31st March, 
1882, at page 21. 
The history of any other article, helmet, great-coat, etc., would have 
been recorded in the same way, except that in the case of a great-coat, 
its first issue would have been entered in the register of great-coats (para. 
28), where each subsequent change of wearer, or return into store, would 
have been noted. 
Clothing.—Foreign Stations. 
173a. A battery going to or returning from India has to prepare 
for the survey of the clothing that will take place by the Board consisting 
of the representatives of the English and Indian Governments. Full 
details will be found in the Equipment Regulations, Appendix I., pages 
147 to 149, as altered by Army Circulars 190 of November 1878, and 
197 of September 1879. This last Circular, 197 of 1879, must be 
specialty studied by such battery, going or returning. 
A battery going to India can take a supply of necessaries with it: for 
details see A.C. 25 of 1875, and appendix, as altered by A.C. 8 of 
1876, also para. 9 of A.C. 197 of 1879. 
For clothing required on arrival in India, see A.C. 193 of 1877, 
para. 3. 
For helmets required for embarking for India, see A.C. 193 of 1877, 
paras. 1 and 2. 
Private arrangements for the supply of boots or any clothing for 
troops embarking for India are forbidden by A.C. 79 of 1879. 
For helmets of batteries on foreign stations proceeding to India, see 
A.C. 193 of 1877, para. 4. 
173b. For white clothing at Hong Kong, Ceylon, and Straits Settle¬ 
ments, see A.C. 34 of 1879, paras. 3 and 4. 
173c. For clothing at foreign stations, except India, see A.C. 27 of 
1877, as altered by 34 of 1879. 
Equipment. 
174. The Equipment Regulations of 1876 (Revised Army Regula¬ 
tion, Vol. III.) give full particulars of the management of the arms, 
accoutrements, and musical instruments of a garrison battery. Un¬ 
fortunately they have been altered by a number of clauses in the Army 
Circulars, and they are still being so altered, that the original regulations 
almost disappear in the variations. A list of most of the clauses altering 
these regulations will be found in paragraph 201 of these notes. The 
words Eq. page 40, or Eq. para. 352, are here used for reference to pages 
or paragraphs of the Equipment Regulations, 
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