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the troop and the regimental funds, and this was found to be too great 
a burden. 
The Illustrated London News of 1863, in its article on the Brighton 
Manoeuvres of that year, gives some idea of its turn out. “ Each gun 
“ was drawn by four horses which were specially kept for the purpose. 
“ When marching past they advanced at a gentle canter, gradually 
“ increasing their pace until a racing gallop was reached, causing 
“ dismay to those spectators who were aware what skill is needed in 
(l maintaining such a speed.” The two guns for this troop were 6-prs. 
and were supplied from Woolwich. 
In 1862 the Company numbered 844 members and comprised besides composition 
the Horse Artillery troop, a troop of Light Cavalry, a battery of Field ° i 862 . any * 
Artillery (the old Matross Division with four guns), and a battalion of 
ten companies. 
The 6-pounders of the Field Artillery were first horsed in 1860, 
being drawn by four horses each ; two more guns—6-pounders—were 
added in 1864, and on the disbandment of the Horse Artillery troop, 
its two guns were returned to Woolwich and two 4-inch howitzers were 
drawn instead, so that in 1867 the Field Battery was a six-gun battery 
equipped as the Royal Artillery batteries were at the time, with four 
guns and two howitzers. 
In 1880 the Company went into camp at Southend, the Field Battery 
taking four 6-pounders and one wagon by route-march, each drawn by 
four horses. 
The guns, carriages, etc. were by this time very old, and the Com- NewArma- 
mandant at Shoeburyness who inspected the Regiment condemned the ment * 
armament as dangerous and unfit for service. The Duke of Portland, 
then Lieut.-Colonel Commanding, applied for and obtained (1881) four 
new guns—9-pounders R.M.L., of 6 cwt.—as a loan from the War 
Department. New harness and saddlery was similarly obtained in 
December, 1886. 
No proper record seems to have been kept of the earlier attempts to instruction 
carry out gun-practice. The first mention of this is in 1822 when the 111 Artlller ^- 
Matross Division went twice a year to Woolwich to fire their guns. 
The instruction of the batteries was mainly dependent on the officers 
of the Regiment, but in 1840 Drill-Sergeants from the Royal Artillery 
were employed to instruct. This help was probably continued more or 
less regularly, and from 1870 until 1889 the Sergeant-Instructor of the 
Field Battery was Sergeant-Major Cochrane, R.A., a man well-known 
to generations of Artillery Officers as the Sergeant-Major at the R.M. 
Academy. 
Prior to 1889 the Adjutant of the Company had never been an Artil- Adjutancy, 
lery Officer. The last three Adjutants before that date were Captain 
Potts, Colonel Morrison, and Major Borton, the two latter having 
previously served in Royal Marines and the Infantry of the Line re¬ 
spectively. They were all three appointed by the Crown, but only the 
two earlier Adjutants were paid by the Government. Major and Lieut.- 
Colonel Borton*s salary was paid by the Company and his tenure of 
the post lasted from 1875 to 1888, 
