Number of 
carriages, 
812 SILVER MEDAL PRIZE ESSAY, 1896. 
In our service we have arranged to carry— 
Rounds per gun, in the Columns... aa ve 14) 146 
Ditto ditto, Park ae B72, } 
While the infantry rounds have been fixed at for the Lee-Metford— 
Rounds per rifle, in Columns se 500 ae a 137 
Ditto ditto, in Park 60 
It will be noticed that our rounds per gun are not quite up to the 
average, but are not far from it. 
This applies only to arrangements for the 12-pr. The introduction 
ei a heavier field-gun and consequent alteration wili be alluded to 
ater. 
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IntERNAL ARRANGEMENT OF AmMuNITION Units. 
Having decided how many Columns should accompany an army corps 
and how many sections the Park consists of, it remains to discuss the 
internal arrangements. These should be made with regard to— 
(1). Suitability for command. 
(2). Being officered and manned from the artillery, similarity in 
organization to artillery. 
(3). Simplicity. 
(4).. Carrying capacity and mobility. ' 
(5). Similarity of the wagons to artillery, so far as replacement 
of material may demand. 
(6). Similarity of all harness in Park and Column to artillery 
harness, so that horses may be transferred intact as they 
stand in the teams. 
(7). Suitability for supply. 
With regard to suitability and facility for command the connection 
of each column with the brigade division of artillery, as well as its 
internal administration, is much simplified if it can be organized like a 
battery. The same may be said of the sections of a Park. 
The number of carriages to carry the ammunition required is not too 
large in each Column for formation into six sub-divisions in the 
divisional and corps troops columns and four in the cavalry brigade 
column. In the Parks the number of carriages in each section is less 
than in the Columns and can be organized into fewer sub-divisions. 
SIMPLICITY. 
Simplicity is to be gained by having as few varieties of carriages and 
draft as possible and in making the organization of each Column or 
section as like one another as possible. It will be seen that there are 
more varieties in the Columns than in the Park. 
The carriages available in our Service are :— 
(1). Artillery ammunition wagons as used in the batteries. 
(2). Small-arm ammunition carts. 
(3). Ammunition and store wagons of considerable capacity for 
either small-arm or gun ammunition. / 
