164 
SIEGE TRAINS. 
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N^ocabu- 
lary 
Section 
Articles. 
Proportion. 
Where Carried. 
y. 
Keys, spring lock 
1 to every carrriage so fitted 
With the men in charge 
hi. 
Knives, clasp, with marline 
1 per piece 
Carried by the men 
spike 
y. 
Lanyards, friction tube 
Field and siege 
(3 to every piece, including 
•< 7-pr., and to each 
Limber&smallstoreboxes 
l of travelling carriages 
j & in ammunition store 
J wagons 
( rocket trough 
iy. 
Lanterns, brass globular, 
2 per store and 2 per forge 
in box 
limber wagon 
V. 
Levers, iron, for relieving 
1 to 2 7-inch B.L. guns 
V. 
vent-piece 
Levers l Iron - shod crow,7ft 
severs j Wood> 8ft> 
1 to 4 pieces over 35 cwt. 
1 to 8 pieces 
IV. 
Line, Hambro 
1 skein per piece 
V. 
Linstocks, with cocks 
1 to 8 pieces 
> Ammuuitn. store wagons 
y. 
Machines or trough, rocket, 
2 per 100 rockets 
24-pr. 
IV. 
Marline 
1 lb. skein per piece 
IV. 
Oakum, tarred 
1 lb. per piece 
IV. 
HI. 
Oil, Lucca 
1 quart per piece 
'On travelling carriages, 
< and in the ammunition 
Pincers, carpenter’s 
1 pair per piece 
store wagons 
Planks, wood, for moving 
guns, 10 ft. by 17 in. by 
5 in. 
|- 2 per piece 
In platform wagons, with 
’ the guns 
fOrdinary ground* 
1 per 40-pr. M.L. and B.L. ■ 
V. 
Plat- ! 
and 6*3 Howitzer or 
forms 1 
Mortar 
*To be carried and laid by 
L Special 
1 per 7-in. M.L. or B.L., 
the Royal Engineers 
64-pr. M.L. and 8-in. 
Howitzer or Mortar 
V. 
Pockets J Tube with stra P s 
2 per piece, including 7-pr. 
/ In limber and small store 
roexets j Buff Fuz0 dQ . 
2 per piece, except 20-pr. 
B.L., & including 7-pr. 
I boxes of travelling 
j carriages, and in am- 
\ munition store wagons 
V. 
Prickers, priming iron 
2 per piece (M.L.), includ¬ 
With the guns 
ing 7-pr. 
'‘On travelling carriages, 
and for guns on gar¬ 
V. 
Rammers, gun, with wood 
2 per piece 
rison carriages in the 
staves 
ammunition store 
wagons 
V. 
Rods, pointing, with planks 
1 per Howitzer and Mortar 
Do. 
V. 
1 to 4 40-pr. M.L. & B.L. 
1 per piece of 35cwt.& over 
(On platform wagons, 
( with the gyns 
f Drag, heavy pairs 
1 to every piece & plat¬ 
V. 
Ropes < 
form wagon 
( do. light do. 
1 to every ammunition 
store forge and store 
limber wagon 
- With the carriages 
V. 
Ropes, lashing wagon 
Do. with 3 to every plat¬ 
form wagon 
III. 
Saws, hand, 26-in. 
1 to 3 pieces 
V. 
Scales, hanging, with rods 
1 set per travelling carriage 
In ammunition store 
[ wagons 
V. 
Scotches, wood, elm, 
1 to 2 pieces of 35 cwt. 
medium 
and over 
y. 
Skids wood: Fir, 14 ft. by 
8 in. square ; oak 14 ft. 
by 5J- in. square, dis¬ 
1 of each to 4 pieces of 35 
| cwt. and over 
With the gyns on plat¬ 
mounting guns; 8 ft. by 
9 in. by 6 in., 3 ft. by 6 
form wagons 
1 
in. sq., 3ft. by Sin. sq. 
J 
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the gun. The Russians have adopted an apparatus designed by Colonel Redinsky for drawing 
mounted guns into position. This is done even up steep slopes by the gun detachment alone 
and without any exposure. It is of the nature of a capstan fixed on to a platform moveable 
on rollers. 
