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AMMUNITION COLUMNS AND PARKS, CONSIDERED WITH 
_ REFERENCE TO THE REPLACEMENT OF AMMUNITION, 
HORSES AND MEN DURING AND AFTER AN ACTION. 
BY 
LIEUTENANT G. F. MACMUNN, D.S.0O., R.A. 
‘HOLD SURE.” 
SILVER MEDAL PRIZE ESSAY, 1896. 
TREATMENT OF SUBJECT. 
PART I.—Meaning—Tactics—Functions of Columns and 
Parks—Amount of Ammunition to be carried— 
Foreign Systems. 
PART II.—Interior Organizations of Units—Carriages— 
Supply of Material—Personnel—Horses—Sub- 
divisions of Units. 
PART TI.—Summary of Conclusions—Comparisons with 
existing Organizations—General Remarks-Columns 
and Parks during an Action. 
[PAN DR GE Ag 
THE organization in peace time of Ammunition Columns and Parks 
as an integral part of an army is a comparatively new feature in army 
systems and it is only during quite the last few years that they have 
taken practical shape in our service. 
As it is the purpose of the subject of this essay to elicit discussion 
and ideas as to how these Ammunition Columns and Parks may be best 
organized to meet their object, it would be well to understand exactly 
what each of these terms means and what are the functions and tactics 
of a “ Column” and of a “ Park.” 
By an Ammunition Column we understand that part of the sub- columns, 
divisions of an army which carries the ammunition of the fighting line, 
which cannot be carried by that line itself, it is a tactical part of the 
army and must move with, and keep close to, the fighting line. 
The Ammunition Park is the feeder of the fighting line and pay, 
connects it through the Ammunition Columns with the ordnance 
stores at the base. 
‘The “ Cofumn” supplies the troops during an action, the “ Park” 
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