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TACTICAL EMPLOYMENT OF AMMUNITION WAGONS. 
numbers, exclusive of the two wagon numbers; the accompanying 
sketch shews the position of the centre section in action, and it will be 
seen that even with detachments averaging eight numbers per sub¬ 
division, provision is made for holding the Section Commander’s horse 
as well as the echelon leader’s, and in the flank sections a horse holder 
is available ^or the Sergeant-Major’s or other horse if required. If 
ten numbers per sub-division are available, the two extra numbers 
should be with the other six wagons, available to replace casualties 
or to accompany the relief echelons. 
By the addition of three wagons we secure a total of 188 rounds per 
gun, but a proportionate increase of establishment is entailed, which 
I estimate as under: — 
i Sergeant as Echelon leader (this would be the Non-com¬ 
missioned officer under training for Quarter-Master Sergeant.) 
6 Gunners (Limber gunners and spare.) 
10 Drivers (one spare.) 
20 Draught horses (two spare.) 
13 Riding horses, to provide for Echelon Leader and ten 
numbers in detachment, should this number not be already 
available. 
If however, wagons are to be effectively used on service, training 
must be provided for in peace; the facility with which the wagons 
of a Horse Battery in India drop into their places, forms a strong 
contrast to what is not unfrequently seen at Home, when on a special 
occasion a wagon supply is improvised, and if a satisfactory training 
for a battery is expected, at least one wagon per section should be 
added to the peace establishment of every battery at home. 
In conclusion it is submitted that by the present proposal, effective 
and ample ammunition supply is secured, viz. 96 rounds actually with 
each gun, and a reserve of 18 draught horses are placed under the 
hand of the Battery Commander, who is in a position either to hold 
his own or to advance with full limbers, and this result is obtained 
without loss of mobility, or additional call on the Cavalry for escort, 
the only disadvantage being that a larger target is presented, but this 
again is discounted by the ruling principle that the cavalry and not 
the guns are the target in a cavalry fight. 
