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Ammunition Boxes. —Sufficiently strong to stand knocking about and falls. 
Maximum weight when full, 56 kil. (128 lbs.). 
Stores. —Everything necessary to replace all parts of the system which may 
become ineffective should be carried, sufficient for one or two months. 
Provisions. —Eorage and rations for two or three days should be carried. 
Tools and ironwork for executing all necessary repairs and fittings must also be 
taken. 
Pack Saddles. 
Artillery pack-saddles must fulfil the following conditions :— 
(1) . Not to gall the animals. 
(2) . To be stable so that the loads shall not oscillate. 
(3) . Its weight not to exceed what one man can easily manipulate. 
(4) . The materials composing it must not easily deteriorate and in case of 
damage it should be readily capable of being repaired. 
(5) . That the attachments of the loads should be simple and produce a rigid • 
connection between them and the pack-saddle. 
(6) . That it should serve equally well for all loads. 
The author then goes carefully into the essential conditions for each of these 
requirements in turn and, as the Spanish nation especially excels as regards pack- 
saddlers, all the conditions and hints given by the author on this subject are well 
worthy of study. 
Animals. 
The best for Mountain Artillery is the mule. They should have a good 
appearance, bull neck, deep and wide chest, sound and clean limbs, large knees and 
hocks, straight back and deep ribs. The height should be 5 ft. to 5 ft. 2 in. and 
they are most effective between the ages of five and fourteen. 
A mule which fulfils these conditions ought to be able to carry a load of 3 to 
nearly 4 cwt. without much food for a march of 10 to 12 hours, but it should not 
be taxed to its full limit. 
The author estimates the number of mules required for a battery at about 12 
per gun. 
Personnel. 
The men should be fairly tall, robust and sound in wind and limb. The 
minimum regulation height in Spain is 5ft. 7*3 in. They should be recruited in 
mountainous districts. 
On a war footing 33 men per gun of all ranks. 
Organization. 
The author prefers regiments of Mountain Artillery to groups of batteries, it 
being more economical and advantageous from the point of view of efficiency. 
The number of guns per battery may be four or six; he does not see much to 
choose between these numbers, as with this arm the sections are frequently 
detached and the section may be preferred as the tactical unit to the battery. 
Instruction . 
The practice should not be assimilated too closely to that of Field Artillery. 
Mountain Artillery should constantly practice firing against vanishing and moving 
targets, with frequent change of target and projectile. Mountain Artillery is 
liable to surprises and to be attacked at close quarters in places where its flank 
cannot be properly protected, 
