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ARTILLERY MOBILISATION. 
BY 
MAJOR F. G. STONE, R.A. 
(Continued from jp. 287, Xo. 6, Vol. XXI.) 
CHAPTER IV. 
II.—Ammunition Columns. 
A nucleus of one Warrant Officer and six men has been formed for 
each Ammunition Column. To this nucleus is assigned the care and 
custody of all the equipment of the Ammunition Column. The per¬ 
sonnel required to complete to War Strength is detailed as follows :— 
Officers—By the Deputy-Adjutant-General, R.A., from officers 
serving. 
N.-C.O/s. and Men—By the Officer Commanding Horse and Field 
Artillery, Woolwich, from men serving and from 
Horse and Field Artillery Reservists. 
The plan adopted for completing to War Strength in N.-C.O/s. and 
men has already been explained at p. 281, No. 6, Vol. XXI. 
On mobilisation, the officers and men serving will proceed at once to 
the places of mobilisation of their columns, and the equipment will be 
drawn from the Ordnance Store Department. The Reservists will join 
at Woolwich and be clothed by their respective depots, they will then 
proceed to the places of mobilisation of their columns. Horses will be 
drawn in the manner detailed under the head of “ Duties of Officers 
Commanding Units/’ at p. 213 (h.), No. 6, Vol. XXI, from the centres 
shown at p. 278, No. 6, Vol. XXI. 
The constitution of the Ammunition Columns on mobilisation varies 
according to the nature of its allotment; there is also a slight difference 
in the establishments for Home Defence and Service Abroad. 
The following table shows the normal establishments, and is ap¬ 
plicable as regards Home Defence to columns No. 12 and 16; column 
No. 8 belongs to the 1st Army Corps (Corps Troops), which has three 
batteries of Horse Artillery instead of two for Corps Artillery, the 
Corps Ammunition Column has, therefore, to be increased by— 
2 Ammunition Wagons with Limber, R.A., and 
2 Ammunition and Store Wagons for Cun Ammunition, 
involving an increase in personnel of— 
4 Gunners, 
12 Drivers, and 
24 Draught Horses. 
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