330 GOLD MEDAL PRIZE ESSAY, 1894 
The Brigade 
Division sys¬ 
tem. 
Brigade 
Division sys¬ 
tem applied 
to England. 
this would entail additional expense, it may be considered a disadvan¬ 
tage. 
It would appear that for personal command, 3 batteries with a front¬ 
age of 335 yards is about the maximum that one man can control. This 
corresponds with the space allotted to commanders of the other arms. 
Thus, the infantry battalion occupies a length of 350 yards in line, and 
a cavalry regiment (war strength) 336 yards in the same formation. 
Let us now see how we can best apply the brigade system for train¬ 
ing our Horse and Field Artillery, with the present localisation of our 
batteries. 
In England we cannot have localisation as understood in the Conti¬ 
nental sense of the word, but still our forces are localised. Aldershot 
for instance is the recognised head-quarters of the force which will be 
first called on to take the field, and although the battalions, regiments, 
and batteries composing it alter from time to time, the head-quarters 
of the so-called division are localised there. 
To consider how l'ar this kind of localisation applies to our Field 
Artillery, a list is given below of the present positions of the 37 bat¬ 
teries included in our Home establishment. In this list a number has 
been given to each Brigade Division to assist reference, but it is not 
proposed that they should necessarily have numbers, as their position 
will be sufficient indication; and our designations have within the last 
few years been changed to an almost confusing extent. 
Aldershot. 
Aldershot. 
Woolwich. 
Shorncliffe. 
.. Newcastle. 
.. Colchester and Sheffield. 
.. Weedon and Coventry. 
Ipswich and Sheffield. 
Longford and Athlone. 
.. Limerick, Clonmel and Fermoy. 
Exeter and Bristol. 
Hilsea and Christchurch. 
1st Field Brigade Division 
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In the above list, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Brigade Divisions are the 
only ones which require our special attention; as they form actual 
commands which can be exercised under their own Lieut.-Colonels in 
the field. The remainder (with one exception) consisting of batteries 
in two or more stations, are purely administrative ones, which give 
small scope to the Artillery Brigade Division Commander. 
By arranging the batteries in a list in their order for foreign service, 
and taking the first 3 to form the 1st Brigade Division, the next 3 the 
2nd, and so on to the 4th Brigade Division, we should have all the 
batteries next for foreign service at Aldershot; and the ones waiting 
to take their places at Woolwich and Shorncliffe. With these excep¬ 
tions, the positions of batteries are immaterial, the commands of the 
last 8 Brigade Divisions being purely local, with no permanent connec¬ 
tion with the batteries under them. These would be relieved as at 
present for convenience, and according to the necessities of the Indian 
relief, 
