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The transport is as follows :— 
a a ESOT od 
Transport. No. Drivers pen Remarks. 
‘For gun ammn. 6 } 33 66 * In charge of spare horses 
1» S.A,ammn. 5 and as officers’ servants and 
1 Stores 1 3 6 batmen. 
A.&S8. J} 1» Equipment 
Wagons R.A. { 1 Reserve ... \ 1 2 4 
u Rations ... 
1 Supplies ... i 2 4, 
L w Tents iL 2 4 
Forge with limber, R.A. : 1 3 6 
Spare 00d 00. cdo 000 900 15* 10 
Rolin cto 000 obo 000.00 16 60 100 
The amount of ammunition conveyed is as follows :— 
ASS SES TE ERE SPE 2 EE 
Ammunition. Number Remarks 
CSB THEN coo cea cD cocoa || SOW) The 80 men armed with 
Cart- Teall, \) DML TEL, @aMOTA® 55 000 09 x0 33000 carbines carry in addition 
ridges. TENS ete | oot eee eRe 720 600 rounds of carbine am- 
Gi, \Cimiillesl Mya, ace 0000000 864 munition in their pouches. 
Shells Clormamenorn WFR 450 o00 can 000 0008 168 
filled. { Saapnel oD ieme ret AAG ul Gosh glee aces 648 The 60 drivers armed 
Snot Gas WASHER, 540 a0p 809. 0000 © 90 000-6 48 with pistols also carry 720 
Percussion, MAIL, IN@.B 50 200-000-400 168 rounds of pistol ammuni- 
HWA \n, epav@l 1P, SIRO, INO BS —c00 tan 000 008 - 720 tion. 
IBTEIOIOT {HELO 000 00 609 000-000 00000 1200 
Such being the items over which he has control, let us now see how 
they can be dealt with most effectively. 
SECTION III. 
RECAPITULATION OF TABLES. 
It will be convenient to briefly summarize the accumulation of data 
which the foregoing tables present us with, and to place them ina 
somewhat more digestible form before my readers. 
The method of supplying ammunition within the battery does not 
form part of our task for discussion in this essay, and it is presumed 
that artillery officers are familiar both with the system now in vogue, 
and also with the resources they may look to within a battery itself. It 
may, however, not be amiss to recapitulate a few facts which should 
always be borne in mind. 
Assuming the existing organizations and equipments as a basis of 
discussion, an officer has with his battery 108 rounds. 
They are carried in six boxes, two on the gun limbers, two on 
wagon limbers, and two on wagon body. As a general rule, when 
