504 
ORGANISATION OR A GARRISON COMPANY. 
Proposed 
Distribution. 
Parades— 
Company 
drill, Batta¬ 
lion drill, 
Sword drill, 
&c. 
Company 
drill. 
Battalion 
drill. 
I should distribute these details as per following table :—- 
Ranks. 
A Div. 
B Div. 
C Div. 
D Div. 
Total. 
rQ 
3 
go 
i—i 
6 
£ 
No. 2 Sub. 
rO 
3 
go 
CO 
6 
£ 
No. 4 Sub. 
rQ 
3 
GO 
lO 
6 
rQ 
3 
l/l 
CO 
6 
m 
i> 
6 
£ 
rO 
3 
GO 
00 
6 
£ 
Major . 
1 
1 
Captains. 
— 
- 
1 
-- 
— 
— 
1 
— 
2 
Lieutenants . 
— 
1 
— 
1 
1 
1 
— 
1 
5 
Company Sergt.-Major 
1 
1 
ir Q.-M. Sergeant 
1 
1 
Pay-Sergeant. 
— 
— 
— 
1 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1 
Sergeants . 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
9 
Corporals . 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
O 
1 
1 
10 
Bombardiers. 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
10 
Acting-Bombardiers ... 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
10 
Gunners. 
28 
27 
27 
26 
27 
26 
28 
27 
C 216 (including 
\ gun-layers). 
Trumpeters . 
— 
1 
— 
1 
— 
1 
— 
1 
4 
Total all ranks . 
35 
34 
33 
33 
33 
33 
34 
35 
270 
We have now to consider how far this distribution is adaptable. 
(1.) To parades in the barrack-square. 
(2.) To manning a fort. 
(3.) To interior economy, barrack accommodation, &c. 
With regard to (1) there is little or no difficulty ; when a company 
is struck off duty for its annual course, inspections, &c., there should 
be, after making every allowance for men in hospital, in prison, under 
establishment, permanently employed as clerks in regimental or dis¬ 
trict offices, servants to officers on the regimental or district staff, on 
command, &c., from 45 to 50 men on parade in each division. 
This is a sufficient number to form a company (I use the word in 
the infantry sense), and the men forming each of these companies 
should be always exercised at company, sword, carbine, physical drill, 
&c., by or under the superintendence of its own divisional officers. 
Four of these divisions will then form a convenient command for 
the Major when he comes to march past the whole company and put 
them through battalion drill. 
N.B.—The word company is a little awkward at battalion drill, the battery 
as a whole being now a company, and its divisions on this occasion 
being also companies, but I do not see how this is to be avoided if 
we are to follow the infantry nomenclature. 
