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and under the 2nd hypothesis, 212 (1275 -f- 6). The howitzer in the 
first case 185 (371 — 2), and in the second case 157 (315 -f*2). 
To have the double supply we require under the 1st hypothesis 6 
carriages more for the 6 prs. and 3 for the howitzers, total 9, which 
brings the total number of carriages to 32 and the number of rounds 
Q y H K 
per 6 pr. to 196 + 130, or 326 and per howitzer tol85H- ^say 307. 
Under the 2nd hypothesis a double supply would demand 9 gun and 4 
howitzer waggons more, 13 in all, bringing the total of carriages to 
39. The total number of battery waggons would be 26 under the 2nd 
hypothesis, and 19 under the 1st—a difference of 7 waggons. The 
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number of 6 pr. rounds would be 212 + 130 + = 407, and of how- 
itzer 157 + = 307. 
The 2nd hypothesis has therefore an increased total of (407 — 326) 
6 = 486 rounds, but employs 7 carriages and 35 horses additional. 
Now, if these horses were replaced by pack-mules, the latter would 
carry 35 x 24 = 840 rounds, or a further increase of 840'—407 = 433 
rounds. But the proportions obtained under the 1st hypothesis of 326 
for 6 pr. and 307 for howitzer are sufficient and form exactly a double 
supply. 
Note E. 
The calculations in the last paragraph. 
At first sight many of them appear to be erroneous, and it would 
seem in dictating them the Emperor was following in his mind the 
development of an hypothesis which he never ennuciated, so that it is 
no easy task to unravel them. 
However that may be, the basis of the imperial arithmetic was 
probably the following :— 
8.A.A. waggons, about 15,400 rounds, or rather moreHhan 21 per 
man in a battalion with 720 rank and file. 
Mule } 3000 rounds, say 4 rounds per man of the battalion. 
With these data the paragraph should apparently be read as follows 
from the 3rd line :— 
The 3 battalion mules will carry 9000 rounds—say 12 per man. In 
putting with the army division a half waggon per battalion, we have 
10 rounds per man and adding half a mule per battalion, i.e. 2 rounds 
per man, we get 12. The division will then have 24 rounds a man. 
If it be composed of 12 battalions, that implies, in addition to the 36 
battalion mules, 6 waggons and 6 mules which will be placed: 1 waggon 
and 1 mule in each of the 3 battery reserves, and 3 waggons and three 
mules in the park of the division. 
At the park of the army corps there will be per battalion a half 
waggon and a half mule, or 6 waggons and 6 mules carrying 13 rounds 
a man. 
The same at the park of the army. 
A half waggon per battalion, or 11 rounds a man, horsed, on re¬ 
quisitioned carriages. 
