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SHOUT NOTES ON PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS. 
The loads of the 3-pr. mules were,—« 
Of Nos. 1 and 3 
called the 
“ Front Mules.” 
^The rocket gun and leather cover ... 
56 shell rockets for 550 and 750 7 
yards, in equal numbers.j 
lbs. 
lbs. 
2(T 
157 
58 
>276"| 
i 
30 
1 
11^ 
256 J 
The quivers for rocket sticks. 
Of Nos. 2 and 4 mules (less by weight of gun 20 lbs.). 256 
The n.c. officer and one man of each section carried leather tube pouches, each 
containing 75 percussion priming tubes. 
6-pr. Horse Artillery rocket subdivisions,— 
At Vittoria, in 1835, a division of mounted rocketeers was formed in the horse 
artillery of the British Legion, to accompany the movements of cavalry. 
The rockets were carried partly by the mounted men in holsters, or fixed, and the 
rest on led-horses in magazines upon a troop saddle, the flaps and pannels of which 
were made wide and thick to bear the pressure of the load. The led-horses were 
fully equipped, ready to be mounted when the magazines were removed, the reins 
and stirrups being made up so as to render them no incumbrance. The magazines 
contained 22 rockets, 2 more were carried in holsters, and 3 under the can tie in a 
small valise, making 27 ; but the horses carrying rockets could not carry sticks. 
The subdivisions consisted of,— 
9 n.c. officers and men.■) making C carrying 2 cavalry rocket tubes 
9 horses for do... >12 men and < of 6 ft., and 84 rockets; forming 
3 other men with a led-horse each ) 15 horses. ( when needful 2 sections. 
These led-horses and the men in charge of them, carrying 60 rockets, were called 
the first reserve , and there was a second set of 3 other led-horses with a mounted 
man in charge of each, carrying in precisely the 
same manner, 
60 more rockets. 
called the second reserve , making,— 
Men. 
Horses. Rockets. 
The detachment .. 
... 9 
9 
24 
The first reserve . 
... 3 
6 
60 
The second reserve .. 
... 3 
6 
60 
And the subdivision to consist in all of .. 
. 15 
21 
144 
The detachments were told off from 1 to 9, and the reserves in continuation. 
Nos. 5 and 8 carried the rocket tubes and were horse-holders. No 2. was also a 
horse-holder. Their formation was as follows,-— 
6 
5 
4 
( 
rH 
9 
CO 
7 
CO 
J 
Nos. 6 and 9 carried portfires in front of the near side 
holsters, and slow matches in an iron tube attached to the 
* 43 lba.j the weight of the pack saddle, must be added to these weights*—Ed* 
