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{Extract from the “Revue D'Artillerie,” Sept. 1880,) 
TRANSLATED BT 
OAPT. A. E. TURNER, R.H.A. 
ADOPTION OP A DEVOLVED EOD HODSE AND 
PIELD ADTILLEDY IN HOLLAND. 
The “ Recueil Militaire ” states, that the war minister in Holland, 
having come to the conclusion that the smooth-bore pistol carried by 
mounted men of horse and field artillery, as well as the short sword 
worn by dismounted men of the latter, are insufficient for their personal 
defence, has issued the following orders, with the sanction of the King. 
1. The depots and all the men in regiments of horse and field 
artillery, will be armed with the cavalry pattern six-shooter revolver 
(system Chamelot-Delvigne) :— 
Calibre.9*4 mm = *37 in. 
C cartridge .16 gram. = 9 drams. 
Weight of < ball ..12 • 2 gram. = 7 drams. 
(charge . *6 gram. = 9‘2 grains. 
2. The revolver will be carried in a holster, attached to the right side 
of the waist-belt, and, in addition, will be slung to a cord, passing 
through a ring on the end of the butt; this will be worn round the 
neck, in front of which it will be drawn together, by means of a keeper, 
so that it will fall over the centre of the breast. This cord will be red 
for the field, and yellow for the horse artillery. 
3. The ammunition will be carried in the wallets for mounted men, 
and in a small-arm ammunition box, which will accompany the gun, for 
dismounted men. 
4. In order that the men, in cases of emergency, may be able at once 
to lay their hands upon some rounds of ammunition, a small pocket will 
be made in the inside of the skirt of the tunic on the right side, for 
men of the field artillery; while in the case of horse artillery the present 
pattern pouch will be slightly altered for the purpose. 
