The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley.

  • Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Date:
1886
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Credit: The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE OFFICER'S KIT. [9 )ffrs. of each Troop and Company,* or for every 3 other offrs. who may fleet to mess together. In addition to the valise or kit-bag, which is to be ooked upon as the light equipment of offrs., there will be allowed to every xffr. a bullock-trunk to carry about 100 lbs. wt. of personal baggage. I his runk to be embarked with offrs., but to be left at the B. of O. during active novements in the field, and to be brought up only when it may be deemed idvisable by the C. in C. f An Infantry offr. s kit should be as follows . - Worn or carried on the Person.—Helmet, tunic, trousers, shooting-boots, socks (woollen), silk drawers, flannel shirt, silk pocket-handerchief, gaiters, dasp-knife (with a tweezers in it), drinking-cup and water-bottle, J pocket- xook,§ telescope or field-glass (having compass attached to it), watch, water- proof-coat, haversack, and a map of the country. To be carried in Valise, forming Bed.—A great-coat with cape (81bs.), 1 blanket (4 lbs.), 1 pr. of trousers (2 lbs. 2 oz.), 1 pr. of shooting-boots and 6 spare boot-laces (2 lbs. 14 oz.), 2 pr. of worsted socks (8 oz.), 1 pr. of silk drawers (10 oz.), 1 flannel shirt (13 oz.), 1 silk pocket- handkerchief (4 oz.), 1 woollen nightcap (4 oz.), 2 towels (1 lb.), a holdall containing 1 comb, 1 small hair-brush, 1 tooth-brush, 1 small clothes-brush, t pr. of scissors, and a metal soap-box (1 lb. 6 oz.), 1 small sponge in bag 3 oz.), 1 housewife (4 oz.), 1 tin of dubbing (3 oz. 1, 1 portfolio, containing pen, ink, and paper (15 oz.), 1 journal book (9 oz.), 1 cholera belt (6 oz. ), 1 calico bandage |[ (3 oz.), x candle lamp with a few candles (1 lb.), 1 tin match-box If (3 oz.), 2 tin plates (14 oz.), 1 cup (in leather bag), containing knife, fork, spoon, pepper and salt pots (1 lb.), 1 India rubber basin (1 lb.), some tobacco, and ‘The Soldiers’ Pocket Book' (1 lb.). The total wt. of these articles is 29 lbs. 14 oz., and as the valise in which they are con- tained weighs 9 lbs., the whole kit weighs, say 40 lbs. The valise forming the bed and holding the above detailed kit measures, when packed, 10 in diameter, and is 28 long, as shown in sketch (p. 10). Fig. 1 shows the valise rolled up, in plan when opened out for use as a L>ed,°and a longitudinal section through it then. It consists of a waterproof sheet 26 wide, ending in a cylindrically-shaped bag which holds the kit and * A pot tern set of cooking utensils weighing about 20 tbs., can be had from M V. ’1. White, Military Outfitter, Aldershot. I One of these bullock-trunks is to be seen in the pattern-room. Horse Guards. X The best water-bottles are tho..e made of ebonite, and covered with felt: they can be had of Silver Sr Co., Cornhill7 those holding a little less than ij pints, weigh when empty 13! oz.\ when full 2 lbs. 3‘1 oz. Our regulation water-bottle, that is f wood, holds 1 i pints, weighs when empty 1 lb. 4 oz.; when full, 2 lbs. 10 oz. $ The most convenient size is 7 by 4. / strongly recommend metallic memo- randum books ruled, with the corners rounded off, as the best for field sendee. || To be carried on persons when in actual presence of the enemy. ^| In damp climates, matches having sulphur on them should be selected.
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