NOTES ON AETILLEEY. 
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Thus every battalion will have a waggon and a half; horsed,, and 
mules, present with it ... . that will make 36,000 rounds 
horsed or on pack-mules, and 15,000 at the reserve depot. 
The 36,000 rounds horsed give 50 rounds a man, and the 15,000 
give 20, total 70. There will be besides, at depots in the second line 
and at less than 5 marches in rear, 25 rounds a man. 
A battalion will thus have 4| mules, of which 3 with it and~3 halves 
with the artillery, and 2 waggons of which 1J horsed. Similarly a 
division of 12 battalions will have 36 mules with and belonging to the 
battalions, 6 waggons and 6 mules at the divisional park, the same at 
the army corps park and the same at the general park. Total, 18 
waggons and 18 mules in addition to the 36 battalion mules, or 
(18 x 15,000) + (18 x 3000) + (36 x 3000) = 432,000 rounds, which 
gives 50 rounds a man to 8640 rank and file. There would also be at 
the rear of the army at less than 5 days march the value of 14 waggons, 
or about 25 rounds a man. 
We see we should have to put on wheels the contents of 2 waggons 
per battalion (of which one and a half horsed). So an army of 100 
battalions would require 200 S.A.A. waggons, of which 150 would 
be horsed, only requiring therefore 750 horses (without counting lame 
ones) and - 250 pack-mules in addition to the 300 battalion mules. 
That makes from 1300 to 1400 horses and mules to carry the 
cartridges, which appears to be the mean. 
