SIEGE TRAINS 
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lary 
Articles. 
Proportion. 
Where Carried. 
Section 
y. 
Carriages, wood, complete — 
Travelling siege, with 
limber 
11 per 40 and 20-pr. B.L. 
f gun, with 1 to 7 spare 
"] On wooden naval slides, 
y with travelling arrange- 
j ment 
Sliding Naval B.L., 7-in. 
J 1 per 7-in. B.L. gun 
V. 
CasesLeather cartridge 
2 per piece according to 
Ammunition store wagon 
nature 
hi. 
Leather, hand-saw, 26-in. 
1 to each hand-saw 
On the saws 
V. 
Leather vent-piece 
1 per 40-pr. and 20-pr. B.L. 
Strapped on the gun lim¬ 
gun 
ber 
y. 
Clippers, port-fire 
1 to 10 pieces 
Ammunition store wagons 
fin limbers of travelling 
IV. 
Cloths, sponge 
6 per piece,including 7-prs. 
4 carriages, and in ammu- 
( nition store wagons 
IV. 
Cordage:— 
Tarred, 44-inch 
1 
4 „ 
3 „ 
V 2 fathoms of each per piece 
2 „ 
1 „ 
3 
4 ’•> 
J 
j- 4 fathoms of each per piece 
In ammunition store 
wagons 
Yarn, spun, hemp, 3 
thread 
White, 6-inch 
5 lbs. per piece 
j 
4 „ 
3 „ 
y 1 fathom of each per piece 
J 
V. 
2 „ 
Covers, vent slot 
1 per B.L. gun 
On the guns 
V. 
Extractors, tin cup 
1 per 7-in. B.L. gun 
Ammunition store wagon 
V. 
Fids, wood, gun 
1 per piece 
With the gyns,on platform 
wagons 
"Reserve grease in excess 
28 lbs. per piece, and for 
of the supply with the 
IV. 
Grease, Fenner’s 
every wagon in the 
train 
^ carriages, packed in iron 
drums of 561bs. each, 
total weight 2 qrs. 101b. 
V. 
Gy ns, triangle, 18 ft., light, 
I 
wrought iron, complete 
with tackle, levers, 
slings, and trucks* 
I 1 to 10 pieces over 35 cwt. 
II to 20 „ under 35 cwt. 
I 
y Platform wagons 
j 
V. 
Guns, Gatling, 45-in. 
2 to every 10 pieces 
On their carriages 
IV. 
("Common 6 ft. 
8 per piece, except 25 and 
("5 on each 40-pr.travelling 
V. 
Handspikes { 
l 
20-pr. 
< carriage, the rest in am- 
[_ munition store wagons 
L Traversing 
2 per 25 and 20-pr. guns 
On the carriages 
"Part in limber box, ba- 
IV. 
Hemp, undressed 
2 lb. per piece, including 
< lance in ammunition 
7-pr. 
store wagons 
III. 
Hammers, handled, claw, 
*1 on each travelling car- 
riage,the balance in am¬ 
28 os. 
j- 1 per piece 
V. 
Horns, powder, miners’ 
Implements, fuze and shell, 
1 to 10 pieces 
munition store w r agons 
V. 
parts of:— 
Drivers, screw 
Extractors, fuze, small 
Handles, hook, borer 
^ 1 per piece in battery, 
Hooks, rock-borer, with 
bits 
* including 7-pr. 
In limbers of travelling 
Keys, iron plug, G. S. 
> carriages, and in ammu¬ 
Drifts, wood 
Instructions 
nition store wagons 
V. 
Instruments, extracting > 
projectiles, with bags j 
1 1 to 3 pieces (M.L.)of each 
f nature over 35 cwt. 
("Lifting, screw, 
1 to every piece of 35 cwt. 
V. 
Jacks { Clark, with cover 
and over 
J 
[_Commonfieldservice 
1 to every piece under „ 
On the limbers 
* The head of a gyn projecting over the top of a parapet, serves as a mark to draw the 
enemy’s fire, and this at the critical time when a number of men are collected together mounting 
