Feeding. 
Veterinary 
Surgeon- 
Farrier. 
Wheeler, 
saddler 
and collar- 
maker. 
The mess, 
576 MARCHING AT HOME AND ABROAD. 
then be folded over the loins if hot, if cold the horses should be 
blanketed up, and the men turned out for breakfast, having previously 
given the horses their feeds, these will all be mixed and prepared, as the 
line orderly and his party will have come on overnight; the grass and 
grain crushers, etc. will be in the centre of the lines at the end. Allow 
an hour for breakfasts and then turn into stables, if the tents are in 
pat them up first, this should be done by the Orderly Officer, as laid 
down in regulations. Dinners will probably be ready about 3 or 3.30 
p-m., according to the hour the regiment or battery marched in. 
Stables and water between 4 and 5 p.m., then feed, give the last feed 
about 8 p.m. and with it a good proportion of the day’s grass, it keeps 
the horses quiet at night. The Q.-M.-S. and party should move 
off about 2.30 p.m. and the cooks about 4.30 p.m., one or two of the 
latter being left to serve up teas. 
Gram is generally easily obtainable and good, but bran may be hard 
to procure. On the Madras side you may have to take cooltic, which 
must be boiled, boosa or chaff can be often obtained, and serves instead of 
bran ; grass is very often bad and very hard to get, in which case kirby 
or chirrie, the stalks of jowari, and bajori, or sugar-cane are fairly good 
substitutes. There are several grains that can be used in emergencies, 
barley, Indian corn, mote, barjree, urreed, etc., these can often be ob- 
tained in the villages. If half a feed be taken on the road, it is deducted 
from the morning feed; when marching off trunk roads and on cross 
country tracks it is always wise to carry a half feed; I have personally 
had experience of some very rough roads in Khandeish and Rajputana, 
and once or twice spent a day or more crossing a river. 
A Veterinary Surgeon marches with a regiment but never with a 
single battery, the Farrier in his absence should take his place as far as 
possible, and the C.O. should see the Veterinary—history sheets 
are kept up to date, very sick horses can be sent in by rail (if near 
a railway station) to some military hospital. The Farrier should 
carry a good supply of ready mixed drinks, and also the ordinary medi- 
cines to make up on the road, a good stock of bandages, carbonate 
ammonia, ginger, vasiline, and simple dressing, antiseptics, etc. He 
must arrange to carry some charcoal for the field forge, and a certain 
amount of iron for shoeing purposes, his forge will be set up daily in 
the place told off for it, if possible under a tope of trees, where he can 
carry on his work protected from the sun ; as there is always Sunday’s 
halt, and one daya fortnight besides, he has ample time to keep the 
shoeing up to date ; charcoal and iron can nearly always be purchased 
in the larger native bazaars on the road. 
The Saddlers, Collar-Makers and Wheelers and other artificers will 
have a tent pitched for a shop, the former will probably have a good 
bit to do, and must draw their supplies from the store wagon as 
required. The Wheeler has charge of the gun-park in a battery, and 
should dress all wagons at once on arriving in camp, he should examine 
every wheel throughout daily, and see that they are cleaned and 
properly greased. 
The officers’ mess should have two sets of tents, one to go on ahead 
every night, and the other to stay till after breakfast next morning, 
and then to follow on, for the same reason also nearly a double supply 
